Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 26

  By sharonb | June 26, 2012 - 6:11 am |

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch No doubt people are swinging by this morning to check out what the stitch is for this week.

Without further fuss, this week the challenge stitch is Palestrina stitch. Directions are in my stitch dictionary so just follow the link.

It is a stitch that looks quite complex but once you are in the swing of it is enjoyable and relaxing.

This stitch is a textured stitch which holds a curve well. If you click on the image to the left it will take you to a larger view.

The thickness of your thread will change the look of this stitch.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

Most of my samples are worked in perle #5 cotton but I often try it in thicker yarns (like knitting wool!) of perle #3 cotton.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

You can change the size of the arms to create patterns.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

I really like it because it forms a ridge of knots. It can be worked with the bars quite small so that on the finished stitch you do not see the arms. In this sample Palestrina is worked in Ecru perle #3 thread and forms a line of knots. This is  sample is a freeform  pattern of straight stitches, Palestrina knot and French knot stitches.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

For new hands this stitch works best in a thread with firm twist although most thread types are suitable and you can be quite creative with this stitch. This sample worked in perle #5 thread on Linen cloth.

As I have already said Palestrina stitch is a textured stitch which holds a curve well.

If you widen the stitch it becomes very interesting. For instance you can change the length of the arms, swing them from side to side and generally have fun with them.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

If you work the stitch on a curve and change the size of the arms it becomes very twiggy and organic which makes it ideal in floral sprays etc.

Sample of hand embroidered Palestrina stitch

Once again the challenge is:

For new hands to learn the stitch

Or

If you are an experienced stitcher take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner or combine this stitch with one of the stitches already covered in TAST 2012.

How to join in

Stitch a sample,  take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on stitchin fingers page, swing by here and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample.

Any special rules?

There are no rules but I do have a request, please link back here.

Interesting work will be featured

Each week I will feature samples that participants have stitched order to draw attention to creative and interesting work. This means some work will be re-published. I will credit and link to the owners website but I assume that when you leave your link here, I have your permission to feature your work. If you do not want your work to be featured please say in the comment, you leave and I wont include it in the feature.

Further information

If you need further information on the challenge a list of stitches covered so far or directions on how to participate please visit the TAST FAQ page.

You can read back through TAST articles by browsing Challenges -  Take a Stitch Tuesday category

Other groups and networks

You can also share your explorations with other members on the social network site of your choice. There is a Facebook TAST 2012 page,   stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site. All these sub groups are set up at request of members

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57 Responses to Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 26

  1. shami immanuel says:
    June 26, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Sharon
    Here is the link for one of my old works using palistrina stitch. Have a look.

    http://www.shamiatcraft.blogspot.in/2011/12/fly-stitch-and-button-hole-stitch-in.html

  2. Jessica Grimm says:
    June 26, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    Hi Sharon,
    You can see my latest addition to the mandala at: http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/profile/JessicaGrimm. I won’t be adding anything in the next two weeks as I will be teaching at the RSN. But I look forward to be able to add three stitches in one go afterwards!
    Have a nice day, Jessica

  3. Naliniaviyur says:
    June 26, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    Here I have posted my attempts on this week’s challenge Palestrina stitch http://nalinihandwork.blogspot.in/2012/06/tast-week-26.html

  4. Ulla's Quilt World says:
    June 27, 2012 at 12:20 am

    Your quilts/crafts are so fantastic! It’s so nice to find other quilters all around the world!
    www://quiltworld2.blogspot.fi/
    Hugs, Ulla (from Finland)

  5. Christina says:
    June 27, 2012 at 12:41 am

    http://christinaroland.blogspot.nl/2012/06/tast-week-26.html My contribution for this week. Completely new to me and a knot and….I like it :-) . You may be able to convert me yet.

  6. chitra gangadharan says:
    June 27, 2012 at 1:05 am

    Hi Sharon,
    my earlier sampler on palestrina knot is here-
    http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/week16-palistrina-stitch/
    Thank you,
    Chitra

  7. Annet says:
    June 27, 2012 at 1:18 am

    Here’s my weekly post with old stitches:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/06/old-palestrina-stitches.html
    Your first sample is very pretty!

  8. DOMYR974 says:
    June 27, 2012 at 2:12 am

    trés joli point que j’affectionne moi aussi- il est super bien présenté dans ton post ! merci !

  9. Angela says:
    June 27, 2012 at 5:07 am

    Thanks Sharon for teaching me another new stitch. I am learning so much this year and it feels good! http://princessbubblescreates.blogspot.ca/

  10. Latha says:
    June 27, 2012 at 5:09 am

    http://latha-mycreations.blogspot.com/2012/06/tast-week-26-palestrina-stitch.html
    My sample work for the week 26 of TAST. For the second design I used wool yarn.

  12. Andy Lloyd Williams (Mrs!) says:
    June 27, 2012 at 7:39 am

    I really love your PinTangle website especially the Tuesday stitch. It is very inspiring. I am in the middle of a landscape quilt at the moment and when it is finished I am going to try the stitches. Loving crazy patchwork, I can’t wait. I wish there were 48 hours in the day!
    Thank you so much.

  13. Debbie says:
    June 28, 2012 at 12:01 am

    Here’s my simple stitching for this week, just to try out the stitch. http://debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.co.il/2012/06/tast-week-26.html

  16. Lyndsey says:
    June 28, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I tried this weeks stitch. Haven’t fully finished my sample but pleased with how it is progressing
    http://sewmanyyarns.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/tast-and-wip-wednesday.html

  17. Maureen says:
    June 28, 2012 at 9:53 am

    I have old and new samples of Palestrina at
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/
    http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
    This is a really nice stitch to do.

  18. Annet says:
    June 29, 2012 at 1:31 am

    I’ve added Palestrina stitches to 2 different TAST samplers:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/06/palestrina-stitch.html

  23. Linda Calverley says:
    June 29, 2012 at 4:36 am

    I like this stitch and my sample can be found on my blog.
    http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/tast-26.html

  24. libbyQ says:
    June 29, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    really loved this stitch once i got it figured out~!

    there is now a beautiful palestrina knot edging on some of the lace on wonderful daughter’s stocking.
    looks a bit like a braided trim.
    http://simpletosublimepapernapkinpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/06/tast-palestrina-stitch.html

    :-)
    libbyQ

  25. Claudia says:
    June 29, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    Hi Sharon and everyone,
    again the stitch was new for me. Had much fun exploring several possibilities. Thanks, Sharon, for offering this wonderful possibility to learn!
    Happy Stitching!
    Claudia

  28. Carol Harper says:
    June 30, 2012 at 12:59 am

    Here’s my attempt. Not happy with the tension using perle but also not happy with how the floss strands separate using stranded floss…
    http://thatyankstitches.multiply.com/journal/item/328/Some-finishes…

  29. Liz Figures says:
    June 30, 2012 at 1:59 am

    dear sharon, whew, found this palestrina stitch hard work to get my head round. not too good with knots, but got to use up my old stranded threads before i go and by those lovely twisted ones you use. decided to use it along with my first attempt at shisha. havent got any of those sweet little mirrors so decided to experiment. have had great fun. thank you for all your hard work to help us xx liz xx

    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/teaspoon-shisha-3?context=latest

    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/teaspoon-shisha-2?context=latest

  30. ValerieL says:
    June 30, 2012 at 6:28 am

    I finished week 25 and 26 and just posted on my blog today about it. See it here at:

    http://cantheleopardchangeherspots.blogspot.com/

    Thanks.

  31. Mariainez L. Ribeiro dos Santos says:
    June 30, 2012 at 6:32 am

    Hi,Sharon
    Here is my work for this week.
    I enjoyed to do this.
    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo
    Thank you.

  32. Lucy Landry says:
    June 30, 2012 at 9:23 am

    This was a very interesting stitch. And a new one for me to learn.

    http://playfulstitching.wordpress.com

  33. Severine Allais says:
    June 30, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Hello
    My palestrina stitch is here:
    http://dufall.blogspot.fr/
    Thanks

  34. chris richards says:
    June 30, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    Hi Sharon, this stitch just blew me away !!
    I had never tried this one before, and it has opened up all sorts of creative ideas to me…….so thank you sharon……..
    You can see my sample here………………….
    http://ellascraftcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/tast-week-26-palestrina-knot-stitch.html
    hugs
    chris richards
    xxxx

  35. chitra gangadharan says:
    July 1, 2012 at 1:46 am

    Hi Sharon,
    I worked my palestrina knots with cotton skeins.
    this week’s sampler is on my blog-
    http://pintangle.com/2012/06/26/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-26-2/
    thank you,
    Chitra
    Chitra

  36. Rose says:
    July 1, 2012 at 2:40 am

    Finally got a blog post up for this week and last week’s stitches. I really like this weeks stitch! I will be experimenting more with it but for now another one of my scribbles.
    http://therosejournal.blogspot.com/search/label/TAST

  37. Jill OLeary says:
    July 1, 2012 at 8:36 am

    This is my first attempt at TAST. I just had to jump in.
    Here is where you can find my little Palestrina Party Time sampler- http://fiberluscious.blogspot.com/p/take-stitch-tuesday-from-pintangle.html

    Enjoy!

  38. Kippy Honda says:
    July 1, 2012 at 9:22 am

    Hooray! the palestrina was a challenge, but I like it now!
    http://kippyssomature.blogspot.com/2012/06/palestrinaand-catching-up.html
    I have also caught up through week 12 – they are posted there too

  39. Laurel says:
    July 1, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Hi Fellow TASTers,
    Here’s my first try at the Palestrina stitch.
    http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/palestrina-stitch-2?context=user

  41. vijayalakshmi says:
    July 1, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    This weeks stitch is very interesting. I knew it by the name doubleknot stitch.
    But the tails upward and downward is new to me.
    I enjoyed doing the stitch.
    My trial can be viewed here.
    http://viji-crafts.blogspot.in/2012/07/tast-2012-week-26-palestrina-stitch.html

  42. Pippa says:
    July 1, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    Hi Sharon
    I have had a go at palestrina stitch I have posted on my blog http://pippaquilts.blogspot.co.uk/
    and on stitchinfingers http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/palestrina?context=user

  43. Carolyn Foley says:
    July 1, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    Better late than never. I tried to stitch a full piece. Not enough time. I have blogged about it at http://www.carorose.typepad.com and have put an image up on the Flikr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/carorose/7478735844/in/pool-56846286@N00/
    Cheers
    Carolyn

  44. Annet says:
    July 2, 2012 at 2:35 am

    I’ve stitched a Palestrina stitch on my first Crazy White block:
    http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/07/palestrina-stitch-again.html

  45. celle qui rêve says:
    July 2, 2012 at 6:18 am

    I have completed my weekly work in the evening
    http://j-en-revais.blogspot.com/2012/07/tast-26.htm
    Because I’ll soon leave Ankara to Manila, time to stitch is missing.

  46. Queenie Patch says:
    July 2, 2012 at 11:29 am

    Hi Sharon,
    I have a request from Lakshimi at http://sadalas.blogspot.jp/2012/07/tast2012-week26-palestrina-stitch.html
    She has problems posting a comment. Can you help?

  50. Cy says:
    July 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    I stitched a mandala and also used this stitch on my CQ block in a few ways.

    It can be seen here:

    http://free-form-stitching.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/tast-week-26-cqjp-june.html

    Happy stitching.

  51. Ann says:
    July 4, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Here’s what I did this week:

    http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/2012/07/take-stitch-tuesday-palestrina-stitch.html

    My journal now is so thick that I need to start another one. It’s a logical break, too, being on week 26…the midway point of the year.

  52. Anneliese says:
    July 5, 2012 at 12:57 am

    I managed finally to photograph – get internet connection – and post my Palestrina stitched little cactus on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchinwoman/7501338112/in/photostream

  54. vero says:
    July 13, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    j’ai fini le point merci

  56. Imelda says:
    July 29, 2012 at 11:57 am

    Lovely stitch and embroidery. :-) Embroidery is one of the things I wish to do if I have the time.