This stitch is a real teaser! It looks so simple and straightforward, but unless you have a good and even grid, you are snared in a trap!
It was easy and enjoyable to do the Aida Sampler, but the Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart and Mottle Wool Scribble Cloth almost drove me crazy. Although I used waste canvas and a gridded tracing paper to stitch through, the work was confusing and the result disappointing. Finally, I managed to get some decent freehand results on the Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth.
I will not use this stitch again unless it is on canvas or Aida.
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth
I agree, it looks great on the aida cloth.
ReplyDeleteIt does look like it would be simple to do, good to know.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me think of the quilt block Flying Geese.
ReplyDelete"Simple" and "Easy" are not at all the same thing, are they!
ReplyDeleteI like Rachel's comment, 'Simple and easy are not the same things!'
ReplyDeleteSo true. I tried this darning stitch on a sock and found out that I had to have some kind of a foundation under it. So I used running stitch in concentric circles to close up the holes and then I used running stitch diagonally to strengthen that and by then any more stitching was not needed because it would be too heavy. Yes, maybe it's just a decorative darning type stitch.