Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 201 - 205

Please listen to Sue's plea!

 

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 201 - 205

Take some time and repeat stitches 201 to 205. Click on the title to go to the instructions.

201 Italian Knot Stitch

An instant favourite, a great stitch I picked up on an Indian blog.

202 Fly Stitch with Twisted Ties

This stitch comes from the same source as 201.

203 Pariser Stitch

If you ever want a 'Buttonhole Stitch' that sits still in a straight jacket, try this one.

204 Mountmellick Thorn Stitch

This is a unique stitch, but a bit fiddly, as it contains a French Knot.

205 Glove Stitch

This one, however, is everything but fiddly. It's easy-peasy, and looks grand to glove boot.

Homework:

Let Sunbonnet Sue have a say with these five stitches.

Friday Homework for Lesson 205: Glove Stitch

On this cold and gloomy Friday in Tokyo you need a pair of gloves, so it is the perfect day to hand in homework for the Glove Stitch.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

It is easy to make the Glove Stitch even, if it is a perfect look you are aiming for. It looks equally as good when done roughly and wild as you can see in the picture above. Furthermore it is a quick stitch, so all in all a great stitch!

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 205: Glove Stitch

I should have added this stitch LONG ago, but either I forgot, or I thought it too similar to #38 Bosnian Stitch.

If you look at a pair of leather gloves you are likely to see how the Glove Stitch has been used to join two pieces of leather together, creating a rim.

However you can just as well use Glove Stitch for embroidery. It is easy. Here is how:

 

Isn't that neat? Instant impact with very little effort.

Now compare #205 Glove Stitch with #38 Bosnian Stitch, which from the front looks exactly the same, but is worked in a different way:

To start with you work in the opposite direction.

Then you make the Straight stitches, upright

and return by crossing over to the second Straight Stitch.

Here you can see that the two stitches look the same. Glove Stitch in blue, and Bosnian Stitch in red.

It's on the back of the embroidery that you see the difference.

Homework: 

Play around with these samplers.