Yang Shou-yu, the pioneer of crisscross embroidery, as a student of Western painting experimented in depicting the lines of Western painting via needlework, finally succeeding by means of the crisscross needlework technique.
她指出，美術繡的針法和傳統刺繡一樣，以工整、細膩見稱；而亂針繡則採用長短粗細不一的線條，交錯堆砌而成，近看線條十分紊亂，故名為亂針繡。