Friday Revision Homework - Stitches: 341 - 345

This scene with Sunbonnet Sue is off-season. It is obviously winter and cold (in Japan anyway) right now. Summer, though, was hot and LONG. This made the fad of battery-operated and handheld fans stretch long into autumn. 

I made the picture a long time ago, but didn't use it. #345 Barred Buttonhole Wheel Stitch was the perfect stitch to depict the fan, and thus the picture is a memory of this year's prolonged Indian Summer. 

Being glued to the smartphone's screen and showing off a tattoo are also fads or modern trends,  but have no seasons! So is triple-tasking; surely Sue is doing sit-ups too!

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.

Friday Homework for Lesson 342: Broken Chain Stitch

It is fun to stitch the Broken Chain Stitch in various directions. I like to start at the top and work downwards. I'm not very fond of stitches where you stitch away from yourself, but for this stitch, it is OK.

Aida Sampler

This is the last stitch I can add to this stitch sampler. It has been fun to work on, albeit only in small sections.

I will start a new Aida cloth sampler next week.

Here is today's homework:

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

 Two curves.

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 342: Broken Chain Stitch

It is important to read blogs! Then you will be reminded of stitches you have learned but have not used a lot, or missed part of!

That was the case with me when I saw a beautiful Mandala made by Angela of Princess Bubbles. 

To her Mandala, Angela had included the #152 Chain of Heart Stitch, one I added to Sunday Stitch School's list of stitches five years ago, in November 2020.

Now, that stitch consists of a mirror image of a Broken Chain Stitch; together they form a heart. Suddenly, it struck me that although I have introduced the linear heart-shaped stitch, I have not yet made a tutorial for the basic part - the Broken Chain Stitch itself.

So today's stitch is all thanks to Princess Bubbles. Thank you, Angela.

Here is my photo tutorial:

First, let's have a look at the usual Chain Stitch

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Compare it with the Broken Chain Stitch.

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In the example below, I have given the links of

the chain more space. They look a bit

like wonky horseshoes or fishhooks.

I have not found the Broken Chain Stitch in any books, but there are several videos on YouTube if you want to see moving pictures.

Homework: Bestow these samplers with lucky Horseshoes or go fishing!