Wow this was fun!
Sunbonnet Sue was so fed up with the pandemic and really wanted to celebrate that she has been vaccinated against Covid-19 and can now travel safely.
She went to a Pacific island paradise and danced till sunset.
I would like to say Thank You to Sarah Aldrich who came up with the idea of using the Fringed Buttonhole Stitch for a hula skirt.
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Time to review stitches 166, 167, 168, 169 and 170.
Click on the heading and a link will take you to the instructions.
This stitch looks very similar to 170 Danish Cross Stitch, but is worked very differently.
167 Fringed Herringbone Stitch
Thanks to Sharon Boggon of Pintangle and TAST, we have this charming variation of Herringbone Stitch.
A kind of laced Running Stitch, where you are supposed to fill in a space.
This is a beautiful stitch, traditionally used on Persian shawls.
170 Danish Knotted Cross Stitch
A cross with a knot, there are many stitches similar, like 43 Moss Stitch, but this is an easy one.
Homework:
Let Sunbonnet Sue plan her post pandemic life.
Easy and quick and great in many ways. I was thinking this could be a super way of 'decorating' an appliqué ...
Basically, today's stitch, Croatian Stitch, is a Laced Running Stitch.
This one we have already done. The point with Croatian Stitch, though, seems to be to fill in a shape.
I found Croatian Stitch at Kimberly Ouimet's blog. She in turn had seen it in Mary Webb's Embroidery Stitches.
You start by drawing a shape and stitching the outline with evenly spaced Running Stitch.
After that use a (contrasting) thread to lace the stitches to fill in the shape.
Now I am not sure if the lacing thread can to go through the Running stitches only once,
or if twice is possible...
With this double threaded way, the shape really IS filled in...
