WIPW - A Hexagonial Week

 For this week's Work In Progress Wednesday report, I have only news of 

Hexablooms

where I stitched together the 19 blocks on the left (those on the right were joined together previously).

I also stitched/cut out the following parts:

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 359: Wool Stitch

It was in a Japanese library book by Yumiko Higuchi that I found the Wool Stitch.

It is simply a Lazy Daisy Stitch with a vertical Straight Stitch on top.

Follow my photot tutorial.

Anchor the Lazy Daisy Stitch.

Come out again in the same hole you started from.

Anchor the Straight Stitch in the same 

hole as the Lazy Daisy Stitch.

In a twisted thread like Perle, you can easily see how the stitch is made. 

In wool, it looks obscure, mysterious and fuzzy.

Homework: Add here.

Friday Homework for Lesson 358: Air Chain Stitch

 Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

WIPW - Experimenting with Air Chain Stitch

 This is the last Work In Progress Wednesday report for March 2026.

Hexablooms 

I made five new flowers.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Sampler 

Here is #357 Whipped Wheatear Stitch made with a plain red Perle and a knobbly, braided and slippery synthetic thread in purple.

As for the #358 Air Chain Stitch, I wanted to use the fact that the arch has plenty of room under its 'belly'. I couched a piece of ribbon under four of the arches. Please note that, on purpose, I put one of the stitched arches out of order. 

A ring was trapped under another two arches. As the ring is not fixed to the fabric, it can be flipped over.

Birthday Present

Here is the completed pot holder I showed a zoomed-up picture of last week.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 358: Air Chain Stitch

On YouTube, I found a neat stitch posted by SahinaArts. It looked like a ladder with Palestrina Stitch for the two rails, and a string of loose Chain Stitch for each of the rungs. 

Unfortunately, I can no longer find this video clip. That is why, today, I want to use the section that makes up the rungs.

If you are familiar with crocheting, you know how to make a slip knot 

and then cast on a set of links for a chain,

thus making Sunday Stitch School #358 Air Chain Stitch. We will, of course, be using an embroidery needle instead of the crochet hook.

Just follow the photo tutorial:

For those of you who have taken part in TAST and remember Buttonhole Version 2 with Picot, you already know how to make the Air Chain Stitch.

Homework:

Build some Air Chain arches on these samplers.

Friday Homework for Lesson 357: Whipped Fly Stitch

 I like the Fly Stitch, and I like whipping it! It's an easy way to change the look of the basic stitch. It's an easy way to use threads that are difficult because of their material (fuzzy wool, knobbly linen, flat silk ribbon or sharp metallic...) as they only go over and under the surface part of the base stitch and never need to go through the fabric.

Aida Sampler

A slithery blue rayon(?) thread and a red knobbly and harder cotton thread, impossible to pull through the fabric without destroying both fabric and thread.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Three strands of brown DMC floss and two strands of blue Appleton embroidery wool.

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

A purple silk ribbon and a Bunka thread (knitted and quick to unravel) in brown and with metallic strands in it.

WIPW - Outdoor Stitching

A bit of the work reported in this Work In Progress Wednesday report was done outside. 

The weather was mild and sunny yesterday when I had to escort someone to somewhere and sit waiting before we could return.

There is a space indoors where I can usually find a seat to sit and read or stitch. Yesterday, though, was so pleasant at midday that I chose a seat on the terrace. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and I was happy to stitch in the open air. 

Is spring here to stay?

Hexablooms

I have stitched together blocks to form half of a new row of flowers.

I have basted some new hexagons and two more flowers.

A Birthday Present

I have started on yet another birthday gift. Once again, it will be an oven mitt/potholder.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 357: Whipped Fly Stitch

 In 2012, I took part in TAST, for the first time. TAST stands for Take A Stitch Tuesday, which is a stitch course and challenge still run by Sharon Boggon of Pintangle.

The very first stitch I learned was Fly Stitch.

I like this simple stitch, and all its cousins: #71 Twisted Fly Stitch, #81 Reversed Fly Stitch, #91 Double Fly Stitch, 202 Fly Stitch with twisted Ties, #210 Closed Fly Stitch, #223 Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel, #236 Plaited Fly Stitch, #249 Fly Stitch Rose

Actually, one of the easiest ways to tweak and expand a stitch is to put one of these adjectives in front; Threaded, Laced, Interlaced, Whipped, Tied, Couched, Woven, Padded, Detatched, Overcast, Twisted, Buttonholed, Barred, Reversed, Fringed, Plaited, Looped, Beaded, Outlined, Mirrored, Knotted, Stepped, Crossed, Double and Half.

In today's lesson, we will have a look at Whipped Fly Stitch. Here is a good chance to use a 'difficult' thread.

One place to see how to work it is at Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials.

I have also made a photo tutorial:

Homework, by Friday, make something with these three samplers.