Let's start the set of five new stitches with a loopy one - Astrakhan Velvet Stitch, or just Velvet Stitch for short.
It belongs to the Loopy Family together with #93 Rya Stitch and #248 Surrey Stitch.
I recommend two internet sites for instructions: Royal School of Needlework or Deanna Hall West's article in Piecework Magazine, where she shows no fewer than seven different ways to do the stitch!
Or you could follow my photo instructions, which I based on The Embroidery Stitch Bible.
Place a pin below the actual stitch line to wrap the loops around.
Go under the pin while not going through the fabric.
Pull the thread to the left.
The first stitch is complete.
New stitches are placed above the previous stitches.
You need another pin to wrap the new loops around.
These stitches are spaced so there is a lot of fabric between each row.
Here they are right above the previous row filling the fabric.
Keep the loops like this, or cut them open to make a tufted look.
Homework:
Add here.
Good tutorial! That is a fancy stitch, I was just reading the Sherlock Holmes mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, where the Bohemian Nobleman is described as wearing 'heavy bands of Astrakhan slashed across the sleeves and front of his double breasted coat'. Funny coincidence. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuch good instructions! It looks a bit complicated and I can't imagine myself ever trying. But never say never!
ReplyDeleteOh, now that's a good stitch. I know I've tried stitching it, but not so far for a purpose. Must think of something to do with it...!
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