Showing posts with label Danish Knotted Cross Stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danish Knotted Cross Stitch. Show all posts

Friday, 21 May 2021

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 166 - 170

 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.




Please note that she is decent underneath her straw skirt. She IS wearing her Croatian bikini bottoms!

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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Sunday, 16 May 2021

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 166 - 170

 Time to review stitches 166, 167, 168, 169 and 170.

Click on the heading and a link will take you to the instructions.


166 Satin Herringbone Stitch

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.










168 Croatian Stitch

A kind of laced Running Stitch, where you are supposed to fill in a space.









169 Kerman Stitch

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.



Friday, 14 May 2021

Friday Homework for Lesson 170: Danish Knotted Cross Stitch

This stitch is easy, and easily confused with Danish Knot Stitch, Moss Stitch and Satin Herringbone Stitch.

I like that it looks like a bug.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart



Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth

Aida Sampler


Sunday, 9 May 2021

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 170: Danish Knotted Cross Stitch

Welcome to have a look at Sunday Stitch School's stitch No 170, which I have called Danish Knotted Cross Stitch. 

I found it in Totsuka Embroidery Stitch Book #6 (戸塚刺しゅうステッチBook 6. 

There is no official name in the book, so I made a descriptive name, Danish Knotted Cross Stitch, as this is a combination of a Cross Stitch and a Danish Knot Stitch, the latter is a stitch we did long ago!


Work it like this:

Make a Cross Stitch.


Come out above the middle of the cross.

Don't pick up any of the fabric.

Tighten the loop a bit,
then make the knot on the other side.

Anchor above the line.

Is it a bug, I wonder?!

Several in a row make a nice line.
Of course you can first make all the crosses and then do the knots in a different colour or thread.
This is a stitch with possibilities.

Homework:
Make these samplers 'bug infested'.