Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 115: Chained Sheaf Stitch

Today we have an evening class here at Sunday Stitch School and will focus on a combination stitch from Totsuka Embroidery Stitch Book 8 (Arrangements with Lazy Daisy Stitch).

The books in this series are filled with variations of basic embroidery stitches. In this volume of Detached Chain Stitch, also known as Lazy Daisy Stitch, there are many interesting ways to vary the basic stitch.

Very few of these combinations have been given a name, I will nickname today's stitch Chained Sheaf Stitch as it is made up of three Straight stitches tied together with a Detached Chain Stitch, in a way similar to the bundled up Sheaf Stitch.

Updated: Mattia gives me the French name: point de gerbe enchainé

Have you seen this stitch before? Do you know if it has an official name? Please let me know if you do, and I will change to the correct name. Until then, here is the instructions for Chained Sheaf Stitch:

Make horisontal Straight Stitch x 3,

then come out at the middle of the top stitch.

Make a Detached Chain Stitch

right over the three stitches.

Anchor the stitch at the bottom.

You can use this stitch to make a little butterfly or winged bug.

Vary the length of the horisontal stitches, 

and take the needle out in the middle of the stitch.

Pull the tread until you have gathered the stitches.

Add a pair of feelers.

Or a French Knot for a head...

Homework:

Infest these samplers with winged creatures, or simple Chained Sheafs.