Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 221 - 225

Friday No, Saturday Revision Homework. It is past midnight here in Tokyo, and I didn't make it in time to hand in my homework on a Friday. Well, it can't be helped...

A typhoon is approaching and the rain is pelting down. In the homework picture, rain is falling on Sunbonnet Sue, too. I guess tears are also falling from her eyes.

In recent months so many of us have lost someone, be it a beloved Queen, a politician with diplomatic skills extraordinaire, a heroic soldier, a victim of flooding, a reluctant soldier, a small child swept away in torrential rain, a tortured civilian, or in my case, a family member passing quietly...

Apart from these five stitches, I have used Stem Stitch and Running Stitch.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 221 - 225

Recently Sunbonnet Sue was gardening. Now it is time for her to illustrate another summery of five stitches, namely:

221 Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch (click the title to see instructions)

A fancy way of using 3 x Chain Stitch!

222 Detached Chevron Stitch

When the Chevron Stitch is done as an individual stitch it looks rather different - and striking.

223 Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel

A Whipped Wheel based on the Fly Stitch will give you this decorative emblem-like stitch.

224 Guilloche Stitch

Stem Stitch + Threaded Satin Stitch + French Knot = Guilloche Stitch!

225 Overlaid Threaded Chain Stitch

This is easy, fast and attractive. Your tricky threads can come out to play, especially if the loops in your  Chain Stitch base are large.

Homework:

Make a scene with Sunbonnet Sue to showcase these five stitches.

Friday Homework for Lesson 221: Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch

As long as you keep the two rows of Chain Stitch even in length, it is easy to lace/stitch the contrasting Chain Stitch between them.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Sampler

Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch DOES take curves, but not so neatly... I prefer this stitch done in a straight line.
 

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 221: Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch

Those who have followed TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) have probably come across a stitch called Triple Chain Stitch.

Recently I found another Triple Chain Stitch, at  Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials. 

I want to use this newly found stitch for my collection here at Sunday Stitch School, but need to keep the two stitches apart. I will therefore take the liberty to call the latter Sarah's Triple Chain Stitch.

Here is how to stitch it:

Make a line of Chain Stitch.

Anchor the last stitch.

Make a second line parallel to the first.

Work a line of Chain Stitch (yellow) in between the 

two lines by using the blue threads.

Anchor the last stitch.

Homework:

Add to the usual three samplers.