WIPW - Knitting With a Needle?

I have made progress, but not only on my embroidery projects. Some time has been used to 'knit with a needle'.

Here is my Work In Progress Wednesday report.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I added two stitches, #280 Flower Loop Stitch (red) and #281 Rhodes Stitch (various green squares).

Saving the Sweater

Trillions of years ago I was given a hand-knitted sweater by a dear friend. Not only the wonderful soft woollen yarn but also the knitter's kindness make the sweater one of my most worn and loved pieces of clothing. It's like getting a hug every time I put it on.

As you can see, the white yarn is weaker than the blue and many of the white stitches 'hang on a thread', literary. So I have started to mend the sweater by replacing the old white yarn with new. I thought the best way would be to 'stitch' the yarn into the knitting:

I stitch on top of the old white wool and remove the worn yarn once the new white stitches are securely in place. It is a process that takes time but with a good audio book, it is relaxing work.

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 287: Reversed Chain Stitch with Buttonhole Edging

Let's add more work on last week's stitch.  Reversed Chain Stitch with Buttonhole Edging may be a bit of a mouthful to say, but it is not hard to work! 

I found it at Baroque Embellishments, a blog run by Kimberly Servello. Rachel at VirtuoSew Adventures has also used this stitch. Both ladies were working on Gold Work projects. Here, I will try my hand at the stitch with ordinary Perle No 8.

Start by making a line of Reverse Chain Stitch.

Take a second thread, of the same or a different colour. Come out at the beginning of the chain. Take the thread up through the second link, and down at the first link, without going through the fabric. Look carefully at the picture to check that you have placed the needle correctly.

Move to the third link and repeat.

Anchor at the end of the line and

turn the work around and repeat the edging stitches.

Homework: Add here.

Friday Homework for Lesson 286: Reversed Chain Stitch

So easy, so even, so nice!

Aida Sampler

Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart

Mottled Wool Scribble Cloth

WIPW - Variegated Thread

My Work In Progress Wednesday report: I have used variegated thread for two out of three stitches that were added to the 

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

They are #276 Alternating Wheatear Stitch and #285 Triple German Knot Stitch. For #284 A-Stitch, I used a monochrome green Perle.