Friday Revision Homework - Stitches 356 - 360

At last, I have completed the Sunbonnet Sue stitch sampler for stitches #356-360.

As you can see, Sue is on a photo safari in Tokyo, wondering what to shoot first, the silhouette of Mt Fuji and the skyscrapers of Shinjuku against an orange sunset or the flower arrangement with strange Breuten flowers with Wool buds and Whipped metallic Fly Stitched stems...

For the outlines and hair, I used Stem Stitch.

Sunday Stitch School - Revision: Stitches 356 - 360

It is time to review the five stitches recently learned. Click on the title, and the link will take you to the instructions.

356 Brueten Stitch 

This is a unique stitch, and fun to do as it involves being naughty and pulling a stitch 'out of shape'.

357 Whipped Fly Stitch

All stitches that have 'whipped' in their names are (usually) based on a basic stitch. Here, a column of Fly Stitches has been decorated with metallic thread. Whipping is an easy way to upgrade a stitch.

358 Air Chain Stitch

Let's do some 'air' crocheting! Let's build some attractive arches. It's a bit fiddly, but well worth the effort.

359 Wool Stitch

Yumiko Higuchi, a famous Japanese needleworker, invented this stitch.

360 Basket Filling Stitch

Here is a simple Canvas Stitch that can also be worked freehand, which will then give you a wonky look.

Homework:

I have a busy week ahead of me, so the Sunbonnet Sue Sampler won't be posted next Friday, but hopefully the week after that. 

Friday Homework for Lesson 357: Whipped Fly Stitch

 I like the Fly Stitch, and I like whipping it! It's an easy way to change the look of the basic stitch. It's an easy way to use threads that are difficult because of their material (fuzzy wool, knobbly linen, flat silk ribbon or sharp metallic...) as they only go over and under the surface part of the base stitch and never need to go through the fabric.

Aida Sampler

A slithery blue rayon(?) thread and a red knobbly and harder cotton thread, impossible to pull through the fabric without destroying both fabric and thread.

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Three strands of brown DMC floss and two strands of blue Appleton embroidery wool.

Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth

A purple silk ribbon and a Bunka thread (knitted and quick to unravel) in brown and with metallic strands in it.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 357: Whipped Fly Stitch

 In 2012, I took part in TAST, for the first time. TAST stands for Take A Stitch Tuesday, which is a stitch course and challenge still run by Sharon Boggon of Pintangle.

The very first stitch I learned was Fly Stitch.

I like this simple stitch, and all its cousins: #71 Twisted Fly Stitch, #81 Reversed Fly Stitch, #91 Double Fly Stitch, 202 Fly Stitch with twisted Ties, #210 Closed Fly Stitch, #223 Whipped Fly Stitch Wheel, #236 Plaited Fly Stitch, #249 Fly Stitch Rose

Actually, one of the easiest ways to tweak and expand a stitch is to put one of these adjectives in front; Threaded, Laced, Interlaced, Whipped, Tied, Couched, Woven, Padded, Detatched, Overcast, Twisted, Buttonholed, Barred, Reversed, Fringed, Plaited, Looped, Beaded, Outlined, Mirrored, Knotted, Stepped, Crossed, Double and Half.

In today's lesson, we will have a look at Whipped Fly Stitch. Here is a good chance to use a 'difficult' thread.

One place to see how to work it is at Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials.

I have also made a photo tutorial:

Homework, by Friday, make something with these three samplers.