Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 131 - 135

Here is my homework for the five latest stitches learned at Sunday Stitch School, summarised in a Sunbonnet Sue sampler.

What do you associate with the month of June? Rain (rainy season in Japan)? Summer break starts (Swedish schools)? Midsummer festival? Masses of wild flowers? Or June brides?

Well, Sue wanted to be a June bride. She made her dress and veil, she took her bath and picked her flowers (read here about these traditions), and here she is... waiting... but where is Overall Sam?

So what happened? Did she get married? If so, whom did she wed? Did they live happily ever after? Or did she change her mind and run away? Or was she left at the altar? What do you think?

The outline of her dress is in Stem Stitch and the shoes in Satin Stitch.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 131 - 135

Time to review the most recent five stitches. Click on the title to see instructions and homework.

131 Interlaced Cross Stitch
Beautiful as a stand alone stitch, or made into an intricate pattern - Indian Kutch embroidery.

132 Dandelion Stitch
Easy and charming.

133 Sinhalese Stitch
This stitch from Sri Lanka looks like a wrapped Open Chain Stitch, but is worked differently.

134 Slanting Blanket Stitch
The name says it all, or should we describe it as an Italic Blanket Stitch?

135 Net Stitch
One of many filling stitches, this makes a nice fishing net, after all, fishing nets ARE knotted!

Homework:
Make a picture of Sunbonnet Sue using the five stitches.
How about something based on this sketch?

Friday Homework for Lesson 131: Interlaced Cross Stitch

I enjoyed doing my homework!

Aida Sampler
Working on Aida is easy as the holes are so clearly marked.

Sunday Stitch Reference Chart

The Looped Square, ⌘, is more prominent when it is worked in a darker colour than the foundation Herringbone Square.

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth
On plain weave, this stitch is a little bit of a challenge - no guide lines, but I quite like the look of these anyway. I used two colours (red and white) for the Herringbone Square in one set of stitches.

Sunday Stitch School: Lesson 131 - Interlaced Cross Stitch

Are you ready for another set of new embroidery stitches?
Today we are dealing with #131, a combination stitch preferably worked in two kinds of thread.
It is called Interlaced Cross Stitch and is basically a Herringbone Square laced with that symbol seen on Apple computers' Command key - the looped square ⌘.
Incidentally this endless loop is also known as St John's Arms, Saint Hannes Cross, Gordon Loop and Bowden Knot, but now I am digressing.

In TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) I have learned Herringbone Square, and a laced version called Laced Square Herringbone. In the latter the lacing turns the square into a nice cross.

Now for the Interlaced Cross Stitch you also start with the Herringbone Square and then lace the square along the sides.

Like this:
Measure out the square.

Stitch the Herringbone

For the last part,

make the thread go over and 

under the previous stitches.

Now change the thread and
begin the lacing in one corner.
Starting from the left,
go under
and over the green thread
according to the picture,
as if you were weaving.

Change the direction and

continue round the square.

Anchor in the hole the red thread

first came out, making the Looped Square

complete.

Unless I am mistaken this is also the basic stitch for Indian Kutchwork. Shami Immanuel of My Craft Works has made a series of very nice tutorials for Kutchwork, with excellent pictures, much better than mine. Do check them out.

Tutorial 1 Single Stitch (Interlaced Cross Stitch) 

Tutorial 2 Two Stitches

Tutorial 3 Several Continuous Stitches

Homework:
A display of Interlaced Cross Stitch would be welcome on these samplers