Stitch

9 Stitch
AKA	“YELLOW STRIPE HAT”

Stitch is the ninth member of the Felt.

Concept and creation

Stitch's hat is designed after the yellow-striped billiard ball numbered 9, and his name comes from the proverb 'a stitch in time saves nine'; in the proverb, in time is used to mean 'over time', however Stitch, as a time travelling tailor, has the ability to literally make stitches in the fabric of time. His name also rhymes with that of Itchy, who shares his hat color.

Biography

Intermission - original timeline

Stitch was imprisoned by Diamonds Droog, someone who, appropriately enough, could be considered "dressed to the nines". Droog forced him to build effigies for the Midnight Crew and sew up Slick's injured eye. He attempted to burn the effigy while they were distracted but was killed by Slick. Oddly enough, an alternate-timeline Stitch was also killed by Slick and stored in the Wrathtub of an alternate Hearts Boxcars.^{[citation needed]}

Skills and abilities

Stitch is “a damn good tailor”, and is responsible for mending any tears that appear in either of Lord English's Cairo Overcoats. The scar on his own face suggests his sewing skills are as effective on the real deal as they are in effigy.

Weapons and paraphernalia

Stitch employs a series of effigies which have “magical properties binding [them] to the mortality of someone, depending on what hat [they] wear”; damage done to the person represented by the effigy will be reflected on the effigy itself. Using Stitch's tailoring skills, it is also possible to repair said damage by repairing the associated damage on the effigy.

Stitch's use of juju dolls could be considered to make him a pair with Die, who has a similar power to kill rather than heal with his doll, and whose associated number is the visual inverse of Stitch's.

In Collide, Stitch also uses one of these effigies as a bludgeoning weapon, and in ranged combat he is seen to use a tommy gun of the type traditionally associated with prohibition-era gangsters.^[image?]

References

Lord English •  Doc Scratch •   1  Itchy •   2  Doze •   3  Trace •   4  Clover •   5  Fin •   6  Die •   7  Crowbar •   8  Snowman •   9  Stitch •   10  Sawbuck •   11  Matchsticks •   12  Eggs •   13  Biscuits •   14  Quarters •   15  Cans

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