Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 370: Clocha Stitch

Today we have a self-coaching stitch called Colcha Stitch. For its history and development, please read the article of Needlery, where you will also find stitch directions.

For further background information of the stitch, I'd recommend reading Jillian's blog, Always Stitching, too.

Now, when you see the stitch you might say: "I've seen this before!" and you are right, we have made two similar stitches in the past.

#36 Rumanian Stitch and #82 Bokhara Couching are worked in very similar ways, but the results are different.

The couching stitch for the Rumanian Stitch is so long that it blends into the laid stitch (see the blown-up photo below). 

For the Bokhara Stitch, however, the couching stitch is placed carefully to make a ribbed pattern, as you can see in the light blue circle in the photo above.

The Clocha Stitch, on the other hand, gives you free rein - make the couching stitch any size you like and place them close together or wide apart.

There are two attractive points with the Colcha Stitch, apart from its charming looks - it is economical when it comes to thread, and it can be, or rather should be, stitched roughly; there is no need to try to be Ms Perfect Stitcher!

Have a look at my photo tutorial.

If you have already read the articles in the links at the start of this blog post, you know that the Colcha Stitch should be worked with wool yarn on woollen fabric. I have therefore added a woollen sample, too.

Homework:

Play it roughly with the three samplers!

Friday Homework for Lesson 369: Single Wave Stitch

 Easy homework!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Silk Kimono Scribble Cloth

WIPW - Row 16

 Work In Progress Wednesday can report that all the blocks of row 16 of 

Hexablooms

are now stitched together into a long line.

The next step will be to attach the long line to the flimsy, below row 15.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 369: Single Wave Stitch

When I introduced #355 Double Wave Stitch I promised I would do a single version, too. Here it is - #369  Single Wave Stitch.

It is registered in Mary Thomas's Dictionary Of Embroidery Stitches as Wave Stitch Filling, and in The Embroidery Stitch Bible it is known as Wave Stitch.

Work it like this:

By using the same holes, you get a continuous wavy line, 

here seen in brown.

Homework:

Make some waves on these samplers.