proper orientation of a 34 moss 34 or 34 chain 34 stitch 2 rotation of the needle to maintain proper orientation with the looper and the x y frame movement 3 needle height adjustment to control the 34 moss 34 stitch height or 34 chain 34 stitch appearance and 4 needle height adjustment to a 34 home 34 position to allow the needle to clear the material upon a thread breakage a thread color change or the end of the design due to the invention disclosed herein these four functions are all controlled by a single drive motor and drive arrangement the four functions however will only be referred to throughout as rotational steering and height adjustment for the sake of simplicity referring now to the drawings and first to fig1 a perspective view of a chenille embroidery machine constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is generally identified by the reference numeral 10 the chenille machine 10 comprises an embroidery head 12 which encloses many of the various components necessary for the operation thereof located adjacent the head 12 is a control panel 14 which allows an operator to automatically program the machine 10 for specific operations an x y drive rail 6 is provided to support and drive a hoop assembly 18 shown in phantom lines which holds a material 21 to which a design 20 will be embroidered the machine 10 has a needle 22 see.