This week we have a stitch called Knotted Buttonhole stitch which I found in Marion Nichols in her book Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches
Once you get into a rhythm this stitch is simple and quick to work and produces some great twiggy like stitches that look great as foliage in flower sprays.
Also since this stitch is a member of the buttonhole family you can work it easily on a curve, in a circle or create great variety by changing the upright lengths.
How to work knotted Buttonhole Stitch
This stitch is worked from left to right over two imaginary lines.
Bring the thread out on the lower line, insert the needle in position in the upper line making a straight downward motion and then loop the thread under the needle point as you would buttonhole stitch.
Pull the needle through the fabric to form a loop and repeat this process. In other words make two buttonhole stitches with the second buttonhole stitch fairly close to the first
Next from the left point the needle right and pass the needle under the stitches you just made, but not through the fabric. Make sure the thread passes under the needle as illustrated.
Pull the needle through to make a loop. Pull until snug but not too tight.
Continue in this manner along the line.
It is an interesting stitch that you can work in a variety of traditional ways or can be layered to create heavy texture. This sample is worked in a variety of threads such as silk, cotton, wool, chenille and ribbon.
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. If you have worked a sample in a previous challenge feel free to post a link in comments as it will inspire people but if you have time do try another sample and do something different and new!
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
Sharon, for some reason I am no longer receiving your daily note in my mail. Would it be possible for you to check your end.
Thank you Kathy
Hi Kathy yes feed burner is doing some strange things and am trying got fix it.
I’m glad the knotted buttonhole is this week’s stitch, I had to look at my samples to remember it! Here’s my weekly post with old knotted buttonhole stitches:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/09/old-knotted-buttonhole-stitches.html
And here’s my TAST 2010 sampler:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28957501@N04/4493695206/in/photostream/
Hi Sharon,
Does this stitch produce the same look as up and down buttonhole stitch?
Jeanne-Marie – no it does not look up and down buttonhole stitch. If you compare the two one has a knot at the base and the other a straight stitch – you can do different things with it as a result.
I’m so glad this question was asked and you responded. I was wondering the same thing.
I really like this stitch! Thanks
http://princessbubblescreates.blogspot.ca/
I am finally back doing TAST after finishing a large crazy quilt/embroidery project.
You can see what I have done at:
http://cantheleopardchangeherspots.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much.
My stitching for this week, an easy one:
http://debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.co.il/2012/09/tast-week-39.html
http://latha-mycreations.blogspot.com/2012/09/tast-week-39-knotted-buttonhole.html This week’s stitch was an easy one still had difficulty finding a design, hence a simple freehand design ” Hedgehog in a meadow”. Other stitches used are buttonhole wheel and stem.
Hi Sharon,
Interesting comments, Firstly I have been receiving the Tast stitch either late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. I tried unsubbing and re joining to no avail. I now see you are having Feedburner problems so that is most like the reason.
Seeing Annet’s comment and yours to Jeanne-Marie I searched again for the Knotted Buttonhole in my Tast 1.
Found it at last. I could not find the Knotted B’hole in the Stitch Dictionary though and have forgotten the original method.
I like the stitch.
Sorry, I forgot to add my link to this week’s stitch
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
today my attempt on knotted buttonhole is here…a poodle puppy…
http://leelashobbies.blogspot.in/2012/09/tast-2012-week-39-knotted-buttonhole.html
My previous sampler on this stitch is here:
http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/2012/09/knotted-buttonhole-stitch-1.html
I like this stitch and will try to work out more
Ms Sharma
http://summersofindia.blogspot.in
Flickr’d up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/8030621978/in/photostream
Hi Sharron,
I like this stitch so much I thought I would stitch another sample. I blogged about it at; http://www.carorose.typepad.com and add it to the Fickr group. http://www.flickr.com/photos/carorose/8029007394/in/pool-56846286@N00/
Cheers
Carolyn
I liked this stitch, once i got the hang of it.
http://playfulstitching.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/knotted-buttonhole-stitch/
Hi Sharon,
This is my first TAST! I’m relatively new to stitching so mine is a simple mini sampler. I especially like Leela’s poodle this week.
http://berrybakewell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/take-stich-tuesday-tast-week-39.html
Sharon
Here is my sampler for this week.
http://shamiatcraft.blogspot.in/2012/09/tast-2012-week-39-knotted-buttonhole.html
Hi Sharon, great stitch this week !
I’m away from Sunday, for my daughters wedding in vegas!
So I shall not take part in next weeks TAST, but will catch up!
You can see my sample here………………..
http://ellascraftcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/tast-week-39-knotted-buttonhole-stitch.html
hugs
Chris Richards
xxxxx
It was great fun to use the Knotted Buttonhole stitch. I used it for curves and circles:
http://queeniepatch.blogspot.jp/2012/09/tast2012-week-39.html
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/tast2012-week-39
It is a very nice stitch again!
http://6stem5.canalblog.com
Hello
My sampler for the knotted buttonstitchis here:
http://dufall.blogspot.com/2012/09/tast-semaine-39-point-de-boutonniere.html
My sample for this week
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36140279@N03/8033349739/in/photostream
Barbara
Just a small sample and an old one, I do like the stitch and hope to do more of it in the future.
http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/tast-39-and-wooden-sew.html
Hi Sharon and all,
I like Knotted Buttonhole stitch very much and had fun with the exercise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75992012@N08/8034002003/in/photostream
Claudia
My Knotted Buttonhole sample for this week – I’ve also included the Drizzle stitch from last week.
http://debbies-doings.blogspot.ca/2012/09/tast-weeks-38-39.html
Hi Sharon,
I have started working on this week’s stitch, and the details are here-
http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/category/tast-2012/39-knotted-buttonhole-stitch/
Thank you,
Chitra
Well, I’m nowhere near week 39, but I did get caught up from week 17 to 29 yesterday and posted it here:
http://sew-in-love.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/big-push-to-catch-up-on-tast-weeks-17-29.html
Just some small samples. I plan to be up to date within the next 10 days, so let’s just see if it happens!!=)
Well done Elizabeth. I am also behind and have a new strategy. I do the present week’s stitch and then some catch up stitches as well. Feeling much better with myself, rather then just working weeks behind
In fact I am feeling a tiny bit virtuous!!
Hi Sharon,
I made a flower spray using knotted buttonhole stitch and Algerian eye stitch, which I wanted to catch up.
Here is the result: http://threads-and-patches.blogspot.com/2012/09/tast-week-39-knotted-buttonhole-stitch.html
Here’s mine: http://210920746822434353.weebly.com/1/post/2012/09/2012-a-year-of-challenges-week-thirty-nine.html
As usual, I couldn’t come up with a way to use it other than a simple seam treatment so — added a few French knots and made it part of my September “garden”!
It was so much fun to experiment with this stitch again. My sampler is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28957501@N04/8035856539/in/photostream
and I wrote about the details on my blog:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.nl/2012/09/knotted-buttonhole-stitch.html
Here is the short link to my post about this stitch. http://wp.me/p1GXVK-iu
My work is very simple this week as I sustained a very severe injury Wednesday night. I’m not getting around very much, but didn’t want to just disappear without a word. I’m only out of bed for about 1.5 hours at a time a couple times a day at most.
But “Ah’ll be bahck!”
hope you mend up quickly and feel better soon. x
Hi Sharon & Friends! My post for the week. Thank you all!
http://embroiderland.blogspot.com.br/
After my extensive room renovations, with no time to stitch, I finally got caught up:
http://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/2012/09/tast-catch-up.html
hello,
here is my work
http://pierrespapiersciseaux.blogspot.fr/2012/09/tast-39-le-point-de-feston-noue.html
Hope I’m not to late – here’s my example of the Knotted Buttonhole stitch. Loved it – like I love all knotted stitches!
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/rose-trellis?context=user
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/majesty-knotted-buttonhole-stitch-overlapped-laced-alternating?context=user
dear sharon, here’s my contribution for this week. i’m pleased with the result but found it a bit of a struggle. the wretched thing slews over to one side as soon as i’m not concentrating like mad. worth working at, i like the effect with the bumpy knotted line along the bottom. xx liz xx
Voici le lien vers ma broderie de la semaine. amicalement
http://carrementcrazy2.canalblog.com/archives/2012/09/30/25218916.html
Marie Christine
So I’m ready for next stitch ! Here’s my 39th Tast week
http://j-en-revais.blogspot.com/2012/09/tast-39.html
It’s going hard to find motivation.
Here is my first attempt at the stitch.
http://withbrushandneedle.blogspot.in/2012/09/tast12-week-39-knotted-buttonhole.html
-preethi
Hello Sharon, my sample is again on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchinwoman/8039823839/in/pool-56846286@N00
Here is my post for this week
http://nalinihandwork.blogspot.in/2012/09/tast-week-39-knotted-buttonhole-stitch.html
Each hexie has a different stitch from the final six months of the 2012 challenge.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frogworkz/8040705949/in/photostream/
It’s really beginning to look like a ball and I’m anxious to finish.
Diane
Here is the short link to my post about this stitch (38-39)
http://flowerkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2012/10/tast-2012week-38-39.html
This is my post about the stitch and the embroidery journal I’m keeping with all the stitches in it:
http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/2012/09/take-stitch-tuesday-knotted-buttonhole.html
I enjoyed learning this stitch.
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/profile/JeanneMarieMellor
Hi Sharon,
I’m a few weeks behind because I wasn’t feeling well. Now I feel hopelessly behind withTAST, re-stocking my etsy, Christmas presents and everything. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed knotted buttonhole stitch! And I am doing all the TAST stitches to hopefully catch up someday soon.
super ce point je viens de le finir bravo sharon