Friday Homework for Lesson 364: Kashimiri Ball Stitch

I started writing this blog post with this sentence: 'This is an easy stitch, as we have already learned the Straight Stitch #317, Smyrna Stitch #94, and the Spid...'

Then I had to stop; the Spider's Web or the Woven Wheel, two names for a very basic stitch, have not been included yet in either my TAST or Sunday Stitch School's collection of stitches! I DID do the Woven Long Tail Chain #116, but the weaving is over a Chain Stitch, not a Straight Stitch.

And of course, I did it in the tutorial for Kashimiri Ball Stitch last Sunday.

Oh, I learn so much by collecting these stitches! I learn to see all the mistakes and misses I make!

The Spider's Web (aka Woven Wheel) will soon be added to the collection under its own name, but for now, it is used in today's homework of Kashimiri Ball Stitch.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

One wonky and one traditional.

WIPW - More SDGs Mending

 It is already time for another Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Hexablooms

I now have a pile of 16 completed blocks for row 16. The fabric for the remaining 11 blocks is prepared, cut, and numbered, awaiting basting and assembling.

Gifts

The luncheon mats are finished. I also made a Swedish 'tablecloth roll'. It is a cardboard tube that has been covered in fabric and used to roll up table runners and the like for storing.

SDGs Mending

While sorting out and packing away winter blankets and flannel bed linens, I discovered that my pillow liner (a plain pillow cover used between the pillow and the pretty pillow cover) was torn. 

It's a very old liner, probably from the 1970s, but of high quality and still clean and fresh. Frugal as I am, I thus decided to mend the tear in the same way as I did the tear in my black jacket - by using iron-on tape. I will be able to use the pillow liner for some time yet.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 364: Kashmiri Ball Stitch

Today I want to let Shami Immanuel of My Craft Works teach us how to make the Kashmiri Ball Stitch. On her blog post, she has a link to the video you can see below.

Or you can have a look at my photo tutorial.

Homework: Add Kashmiri Balls to the three samplers.

Friday Homework for Lesson 363: Torocko Stitch

 This was faster and easier than I expected!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

WIPW - White and Metallic Hexagons

White,  Metallic and odd pieces of fabric that have been turned into Hexagons, that's what this week's Work In Progress Wednesday report is all about.

Hexablooms

I have mainly made parts, e.g. the white hexagons that fill in gaps in the pattern and the metallic hexagons used for the middle of the flowers.

Gift

The other hexagons, those I am using for the luncheon mats that will be given to some friends, have been assembled into two flowers.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 363: Torocko Stitch

Today, we have a canvas stitch of the trellis type that I picked up from Shannon Downey at Badasscrossticher. The stitch is called Torocko Stitch and consists of a grid and a number of upright crosses that are couched down in the middle.

You can also check out Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials. Or KimberlyOuimet. Or have a look at Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, if you have the book.

Here is my photo tutorial:

You need to measure out a grid of squares of odd numbers. On Aida or other types of fabric, it is easy to count the holes, and aim for squares of an uneven number of holes. I used 7 holes.

First, make the long, straight horizontal stitches.

Then add the vertical stitches.

Place upright crosses over the grid, like this.

Finally, couch down the middle of the crosses.

Until you have completed the grid.

Homework: Add to the samplers

Friday Homework for Lesson 362 Roza's Ladder Stitch

Roza's Ladder Stitch was fun to work with. Be aware, though, that you need to pay attention to how much you pull the thread to control the tension. Or each 'twiggly person' (the twisted part of the stitch) won't stand straight up.

Aida Sampler

The perfect grid is a great help to make the stitches behave and sit evenly.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

This was done without waste canvas, and I had to eyeball the stitches.

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

For some reason, it was hard to stitch on the red silk. I wonder why the silk suddenly felt so hard and stiff...

As you can see, the stitches are not particularly straight or even.

WIPW - Another Hexagon Gift

Today's Work In Progress Wednesday report proves how useful the Hexagon blocks are!

I am making another 

Hexagon Gift

This time, I am making blocks and appliquéing them onto a pair of store-bought luncheon mats.

Hexablooms

The parts for the Hexabloom quilt are also being stitched together. I didn't count, but I think there are about ten newly assembled flower blocks in the box.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 362: Roza's Ladder Stitch

 I bet this stitch has an official name, but it is not mentioned in the YouTube video where I found it. The YouTube video channel is RozaBird. 

Don't you think the stitch resembles the kind of rope ladder often used in outdoor obstacle activity parks?  I thought so, and I will thus call it Roza's Ladder Stitch until I learn otherwise. Please help me out - if you know the stitch's real name, let me know in the comments below.

In a way, the stitch is similar to Bonnet Stitch..., but this is double...

Here is Roza's video:

My photo tutorial can be seen below:

Notice that the working thread goes down.

Notice that the working thread goes up.

Anchor neatly in the last hole of the line.

If you found this a complcated stitch, watch the video and you will see how straight forward and quick it is.

Homework: Add to the three samplers.