Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 128: Four Legged Knot Stitch

When this neat little stitch was first introduced on Pintangle, I didn't know if I should add it to my collection of TAST stitches, or include it in Sunday Stitch School.

Well,  Sharon Boggon, the creator of the most stimulating online stitch tutorial TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday), has not set it as a TAST stitch yet. I will therefore use it for Sunday Stitch School's #128.

Four Legged Knot Stitch is an easy stitch, but please keep in mind, it is a knotted stitch and that means hard to un-stitch.

This member of the Upright Cross Stitch family has similarities with some other stitches, like its distant cousin,  Knotted Loop Stitch (one of the TAST stitches which can also be found in A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2).

I would also say it is similar to a Sword Edging Stitch, without the knot.

and for that matter the Mennonite Tack Stitch.

In spite of having six legs, the  Moss Stitch (#43) also seems related. The knot is, however, worked in a different way.

As for this distant relative,  the Sorbello Stitch, the legs don't actually cross, but are tied together.

In all the above stitches the threads form some sort of cross, with or without a knot in the middle.

Let's leave it at that and get started on the instructions for Four Legged Knot Stitch:

Stretch the fabric in a hoop

and start like this.

Place the needle underneath the vertical leg and the stretched out horisontal one. Wrap the working threat around the needle to form a knot.

Pull through.

Anchor to the left.

Done.

Homework:

These samplers need a sprinkling of Four Legged Knots.