Showing posts with label Laced Wheel Stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laced Wheel Stitch. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 March 2020

Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 121 - 125

These are times of global distress. We urgently need help to fight the Corona virus.
Sunbonnet Sue works in a laboratory and has developed both the cure (green bottle) and the vaccine (orange bottle). Isn't she worth the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine 2020?


For the other stitches I used Stem Stitch.

Saturday, 14 March 2020

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 121 - 125

Time to revise five Sunday Stitch School stitches.
Click on the title to go to the instructions and homework.

121 Point à la Minute
I must admit that I misread the instructions and made this stitch up with eight wrapped Straight Stitch placed in a double cross formation.
Later I realised the wrapping should travel from one Straight Stitch to the other on the surface of the fabric, and thereby joining the stitches together into a proper cross.
See them both here:
Personally I will accept both, and definitely favour the wrong version!

122 Needle Weaving Bar
Woven stitches like the Open Base Picots add a lot of interest to free form embroidery and Stumpwork. That stitch can be used for petals that need to stand up.
On the other hand, a Needle Weaving Bar is always anchored but can be twisted or arched. Easy to do and with dramatic effect.

123 Indian Edging Stitch
Here we have an exotic stitch that looks complex and complicated. It is neither! Once you get the hang of it, your hands and brain can be put in auto pilot - a self stitching stitch!

124 Laced Wheel Stitch
If you want to make impressive flowers, here is a great stitch. Again it looks more complex and complicated than it is. Vary the size, length of the six Straight Stitches, the amount of wraps and of course the thread, and you can make a whole flowering meadow of various flowers.

125 Carina's Knot Stitch
A cousin of the French Knot and Colonial Knot, this is a useful stitch. The dimple in the middle of the knot can be used a s a cup for other knots or beads.

Homework:
Sunbonnet Sue, what do you make out of these five stitches?

Friday, 6 March 2020

Friday Homework for Lesson 124: Laced Wheel Stitch

This is a stitch that looks good on fabric with a clear grid, like Aida, canvas or even weave, but also makes nice free form stitches on plain weave.
Laced Wheel Stitch is easy and enjoyable. Picking out various threads for the stitch is great fun, too.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Teal Wool Tailoring Scribble Cloth



Sunday, 1 March 2020

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 124: Laced Wheel Stitch

Today we have a laced stitch, which makes nice flowers or geometric patterns. With two different threads the possibilities are endless.

The stitch is called Laced Wheel Stitch and I found it at badasscrsossstitch.

Work it like this:

Make a large Cross Stitch

Make a double Upright Cross Stitch
on top.


Change to another thread
and come out under one of the
previous threads.

Weave over the double Upright Cross
and under the standard Cross Stitch.



One time 'round the park',

or as many as you like.

Anchor underneath the laced thread.

Homework:
Well you know, the same three old samplers as usual: