Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 366 - 370

If one stitch is called Balloon Stitch and another Whipped Stem, it is easy to come up with a design idea for this Sunbonnet Sue stitch sampler - child's play. 

Sunbonnet Sue is about 10 or 11 years old and enjoys her new striped hula hoop and the quaint balloons. One is like a woven rose, while the two others are square-ish and could be taken for kites...

The Colcha Stitch made a very nice stretchy top that clings to Sue's skinny body. What happened to her puppy fat? 

The same stitch made beautiful hair and a ponytail. The rest of the hair was woven into a Spider's Web bun.

 I quite like the Single Wave Stitch for her skirt. The waves make the skirt swing.

Stem Stitch and Straight Stitch were used for the outlines, socks and shoes.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 366 - 370

It was good to take a week off! The heat is hard to beat, but I am feeling much better now.

So, let's get on with our revision of the latest five stitches. Click on the title to get to the instructions.

366 Spider's Web Stitch

This is also known as Woven Wheel and is useful when you have bulky threads that can't easily go through the fabric, but slip smoothly over and under the spokes of a wheel.

367 Whipped Stem Stitch

The same goes for this stitch. For the basic Stem Stitch, you need to have a reasonably smooth thread. For the whipping part, where the thread only goes over and under the foundation stitch and does not pierce the fabric, you can use about any thread you like, however troublesome.

368 Balloon Stitch

Here is a Canvas stitch that can make a nice chessboard if only stitched in two colours, or you can play around with a number of shades for a more colourful look.

369 Single Wave Stitch

This is the single version of #355 Double Wave Stitch.

370 Colcha Stitch

was traditionally used to assemble blocks of wool fabric and then decorate it with embroidery motifs. The result would be a thick and warm bedcover or blanket. 

It is a self couching stitch without the strict rules for even placement, angle and length of the couching stitches of its relatives, the  #36 Rumanian Stitch,  #50 Bayeux Stitch and #82 Bokhara Couching Stitch.

Enjoy casual, stress-free stitching!

Homework: Make a picture where Sunbonnet Sue is making good use of the stitches.

Friday Homework for Lesson 366: Spider's Web Stitch

Oh, this is a wonderful stitch. Some have commented that the Spider's Web Stitch make up a beautiful rose, especially when the weaving is done with embroidery ribbon.

That is absolutely correct, and actually, I already have in Sunday Stitch School's collection a similar rose - namely #249 Fly Stitch Rose. 

The weaving is done in the same way for both stitches. It is in the base stitched spokes that the difference lies. Fly Stitch Rose is, as the name suggests, based on the Fly Stitch + a Straight Stitch trapped underneath the arms of the Y:

By weaving, with embroidery ribbon,  in the same way as the Spider's Web Stitch, you get this look:

The base stitches are hidden beneath the swelling petals, so it is impossible to tell which of the two stitches it is!

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Here is my Spider's Web Stitch homework.

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

And for a special treat, here is the Spider's Web Rose Stitch

WIPW - Making New Parts

 Work In Progress Wednesday. 

Hexablooms

I made a number of parts for the Hexagon wall hanging.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Sampler

I added this week's new stitch (#366 Spider Web Stitch) to the sampler. Here worked in wool.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 366: Spider's Web Stitch

As promised, here is one of the basic stitches I missed. Spider's Web should have been added LONG ago. It also goes under the name Woven Wheel.

I followed the instructions in Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches. At Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials, there are photos and a video to show you how to execute the stitch.

My Spider's Web photo instructions are here:

Mark the centre and an odd number of spokes.

Weave your way around the centre by going over and under each spoke,

round and round and round...

Anchor under the woven entre.

By using a different thread/colour/weight, you get a more striking look.

Homework:

Let the spider weave its web here.