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 223: Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel

This stitch is a bit time-consuming. Also, you need to either turn the work or twist your wrist to work your way around the circle. Apart from that, it is a fanciful stitch. Best with thinner thread, don't you think?

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Sampler

 

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 223: Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel

 There are many ways to alter stitches, one of them is by whipping. Look at these:

From bottom: 

Whipped Running Stitch

Whipped Chain  Stitch, two versions

Whipped Wheel

Whipped  Fly Stitch 

Whipped Fly Stitch consists of a row of Fly Stitch that has been whipped and the Whipped Wheel is often seen made up of five or more spokes. 

In one of my Swedish embroidery books, 'Brodera' by Danish author Jytte Harboesgaard, however, there is a detached Whipped Fly Stitch. It produces a round shape with a Y in it.

So for today's Sunday Stitch School's stitch, I present Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel.

Begin by making a single Fly Stitch:

Then come out of the centre, with the

same or a contrasting thread.

Whip your way around the spokes,

by going underneath two spokes.

The working thread should come

out between them.

Stop when you have covered each spook

and filled the space between.

Homework:

Add here.