Today I have a needlepoint stitch for you. It is beautiful. It also looks complex, and when you see the numbers on the stitch diagram your head might spin. However, with a little bit of patience and practice it is an easy stitch, well worth the effort.
If you intend to work on even weave fabric, take the help of waste canvas.
Jean Hilton has good instructions on Needlepoint Teacher.
First I marked the area with soluble ink.
Start from the bottom and stitch
across the first corner.
Before you go across to the next corner,
take the needle UNDER the stitched
thread.
Continue in the same way,
until you reach the starting point,
where you exit one hole up.
Make sure you have placed the thread
in the correct way at every corner.
Now go under BOTH threads of the cross.
Enter and exit one hole away from
the previous ones.
Go UNDER ALL the threads (now three)
Continue in the same way around
the block.
You begin to see the starry pattern.
When you have inserted your
needle in hole #72, the starry
shape is complete.
Work these three samplers as well as the Canvas Sampler.
It does have a lot of steps but the result is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really pretty stitch.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very striking stitch!
ReplyDeleteThat's a very pretty stitch!
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice stitch.
ReplyDeleteI love it! What a nice little frame it makes for a bead or something.
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