This stitch has a confusing name, as I mentioned in Sunday's lesson. Another interesting thing is what you see when you look at it - a doll balancing on a ball, a clown, a snowman with his stick arms raised above his head, an ornamental chain, a Japanese rain chain...
Danish Knot Chain Stitch is easy and fast to stitch. Furthermore, it takes a curve well. The only negative aspect is that it uses up a lot of thread.
Aida Sampler
As it is Wednesday it is time to show some progress: Work In Progress Wednesday.
Mandala
I have said it before, this is work in slow progress. Since last week I have done some thinking and cut out, in paper, my next idea. I am not entirely satisfied so will give it some more time. I know I want to appliqué some more fabric to this mandala. On top of that, I will most likely add embroidery stitches..
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
The frame of #74 Bouclé Stitch has been completed, and I started filling the inside with #37 Hungarian Stitch. Two other canvas stitches will also be used in this space.
At first, I didn't know what to call this week's stitch but finally settled on Danish Knot Chain Stitch.
I found the stitch in Totsuka Embroidery Stitch Book 6,
The excellent Totsuka hand embroidery books are packed with basic stitches and masses of variations. Unfortunately, the stitches have only rarely been given a proper name. Instead, they are often described, as you saw in the example above.
When there is a name, it seldom corresponds with one known in most Western countries. I don't know where Madam Totsuka gets her vocabulary from, but what she calls Cable Stitch is nothing like what we in English call Cable Stitch, nor is it the Cable Chain Stitch. It is known to us as Danish Knot Stitch. Her German Knot Stitch is the same as Sorbello Stitch.
The difference between Danish Knot (Sunday Stitch School #4) and Sorbello Stitch (TAST #152) is that the former is shaped like a triangle and the latter a square. Complicated? Oh, yes!
I made a sampler to compare the stitches and their names:
Names found in most Western stitch dictionaries
Real live roses are in full bloom in Tokyo right now, so this is the perfect time to show a set of ribbon roses, too.
Aida Sampler
The blue roses are made with embroidery ribbon but for the brown rose I used an ordinary ribbon from a box of pralines. I had to make a hole in the fabric with a stiletto to be able to pull the stiff and thick ribbon through. So remember, uses ribbon embroidery ribbons only!
