These stitches are difficult when done on a small scale and if worked with white thread on white linen you have to look very carefully where you insert the needle. On low-count Aida, Queen Stitch works up like a breeze. There it also looks tidy!
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Despite using waste canvas these stitches do not look neat. I can't have stretched the foundation fabric tightly enough in the hoop as the stitches seem to have shifted. Queen Stitch is obviously a canvas stitch which should be on well-stretched canvas.
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
I had learned the lesson about lack of tension in the previous picture, so for the mottled wool I kept the fabric as drum tight as I could and then attached the waste canvas carefully. Now it was far easier to get an even look.
The colourful part makes me think of a Harlequin costume.
5 comments:
I like this stitch, especially on evenweave fabric or canvas.
Yes, that's a lovely harlequin pattern!
O yes, the last row is beautiful!
That looks fantastic!
Queen Stitch is the bane of my life. I have a Elizabethian piece put aside because I can't get the look I want with that stitch using a silk thread. I am goint to try it on Aida and have another go.
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