Suf embroidery is a counted thread technique worked with fine solid-colour threads and darning stitch work on the reverse side of cotton fabric. The stitches that appear on the face typically are 2.5 to 5 mm long but only one fabric thread apart. The threads are counted just before the needle is inserted, and the most striking features are that the stitch is worked from the back of the material. It is a painstaking form of embroidery without tracing the motifs, and the artist's imagination depicts the infinite variations upon the fabric.

Suf Embroidery involves the use of geometric patterns. 'Leher' or wave is a common pattern. This art form is represented by highly stylized motifs. Most Suf patterns begin with a triangle and are full of rhythmic patterns and motifs depicting the artisans' lives.