It was good to take a week off! The heat is hard to beat, but I am feeling much better now.
So, let's get on with our revision of the latest five stitches. Click on the title to get to the instructions.
This is also known as Woven Wheel and is useful when you have bulky threads that can't easily go through the fabric, but slip smoothly over and under the spokes of a wheel.
The same goes for this stitch. For the basic Stem Stitch, you need to have a reasonably smooth thread. For the whipping part, where the thread only goes over and under the foundation stitch and does not pierce the fabric, you can use about any thread you like, however troublesome.
Here is a Canvas stitch that can make a nice chessboard if only stitched in two colours, or you can play around with a number of shades for a more colourful look.
This is the single version of #355 Double Wave Stitch.
was traditionally used to assemble blocks of wool fabric and then decorate it with embroidery motifs. The result would be a thick and warm bedcover or blanket.
It is a self couching stitch without the strict rules for even placement, angle and length of the couching stitches of its relatives, the #36 Rumanian Stitch, #50 Bayeux Stitch and #82 Bokhara Couching Stitch.
Homework: Make a picture where Sunbonnet Sue is making good use of the stitches.
