I found it in Elizabeth Healey's excellent book Stitch, Fabric & Thread. The book is packed to the brim with interesting techniques and projects - all sorts of fabric adventures.
A number of unusual embroidery stitches is also included, if you remember, we've already covered Mennonite Tacks (#83) and Methodist Knot (#90).
Have a look at this book review:
Elizabeth Healey has just written a new book, that I am impatiently waiting for.
Now back to the Dandelion Stitch. It is a combination of an Open Lazy Daisy Chain and a Fly Stitch sharing the same tail.
Make it like this:
Start with a loose Open Lazy Daisy Chain Stitch.
Don't pull too hard, you want a U-shape.
Give it a long tail.
Make an upside down Fly Stitch
using the tail.
Pull to make a
sharpish Ʌ look.
Hey Presto, the Dandelion Stitch
Homework:
Add Dandelion Stitch on these three samplers.
4 comments:
That is a great stitch. I've looked through Elizabeth's book and she does some amazing things with that stitch. And she's got another book coming out soon? I imagine it will be packed with fun ideas.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with Dandelion Stitch.
That is a great way to do a book review. So informative.
Going off to look at Elizabeth's work. That's another stitch I've never heard of before!
It's a nice stitch but it doesn't remind me of a dandelion, I wonder why it is called that?
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