Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 341 - 345

 It's time to look back at the last five stitches:

341 Bamboo Stitch

This is a nice filling stitch. If you look closely, it does look like the stems of bamboo grass.

342 Broken Chain Stitch

Fish hooks? Dangling earrings?

It's an easy stitch and can be used as a base for other stitches like French Knots or Straight Stitch.

343 Open Fishbone Stitch

Here is the perfect stitch for portraying leaves. It looks very nice in a variegated thread.

344 Persian Star Filling Stitch

Tension is important here, but the result is very pleasing, don't you agree?

345 Barred Buttonhole Wheel Stitch

I love this variation of the traditional Wheel Stitch. If you packed more of the Buttonhole Stitch in each quarter, you would end up with a cross in the middle!

Homework:

Let Sunbonnet Sue illustrate these five stitches, somehow.

Homework for Lesson 345: Barred Buttonhole Wheel

 This was fun! Every time I see this stitch, I think of a button with four holes!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 345: Barred Buttonhole Wheel

I guess you recognise this stitch: 

It is called Buttonhole Wheel and I stitched this a LONG time ago while taking part in TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday), led by Sharon Boggon of Pintangle.

Today, we turn to the Royal School of Needlework's Stitch Bank and learn a variation of the same stitch. It is called Barred Buttonhole Wheel. The main point is that instead of one hole in the middle, you use four holes. 

The link to RSN's Stitch Bank is here.

My photo tutorial can be seen below:

Mark a cross to see four holes.

Widen the holes with a stiletto or thick needle.

Draw the circle.

After adding (three) stitches for the first hole,

move to the second hole and add the same number of spikes.

Then move to the third and fourth holes.

Connect the circle.

Remove the markings with water.

You can, of course, also stitch over a button with four holes.

Homework

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