For the Work In Progress Wednesday report this week I added two more stitches on the
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
namely, #196 Square Knot Drizzle Stitch and #224 Guilloche Stitch.
The latter was worked in a long line, and as the four steps this stitch is made up of are easy, I listened to an audiobook while working and had a very enjoyable time.
I used these five stitches to make a bedroom scene, but it is not a romantic setting.
No, poor Sunbonnet Sue got infected with the Omicron variant of Covid, so she is recuperating at home while being in total isolation.
What's the best thing to do? Sleep it off?
Let's take some time to revise these stitches:
196 Square Knot Drizzle Stitch
Similar to other Drizzle stitches this one looks different back and front.
Another member of the Buttonhole family, well worth learning. It is a bit more unruly than its sibling, the Knotted Buttonhole Stitch, but perfectly charming.
A romantic wheatear with hearts in the middle!
Greetings from India. Another beautiful floral stitch. You do need time though, and a long thread.
Here is another of Sharon Boggon's beautiful stitches. Great for using unusual or troublesome threads in the lacing.
I don't know why, but the stitches I added to the three samplers are all uneven and look messy.
Well, while I ponder why, here they are:
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Looking at them again, I think the problem is that I did not tighten the macrame knot over the needle hard enough - there is too much slack in the thread... I guess. What do you think?
Do I have an explanation? I WAS tired, it WAS late when I did them.... A feeble excuse for a failure...
CrazyQstitcher perfected her stitches! Have a look.
A warm welcome to a new year of tracking down, learning and using new embroidery stitches. New, means new to me, they might be known to you, or historically old, but they are ones that I have not seen or used before.
So here we go. The first stitch of the year is called Square Knot Drizzle Stitch and is similar to #193 Double Drizzle Stitch, but it is made differently.
I first found it on Annet's blog, Fat Quarter, where she has a really good tutorial. From there I went to Lakshmi Sadalas blog. She tells the story of how she started using macrame knots in hand embroidery. I find it so inspiring to read how others combine one craft with another.
Are you familiar with macrame? My mother made some hanging baskets for plants with macrame technique, and I was fascinated with the different knots. Square Knot Drizzle Stitch is made with one of the most basic knots. Actually it is basically a line of ordinary Reef Knots.
This stitch makes beautiful flowers, and when worked in two colours looks striking.
This is what you need:
