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Once again it’s time for the weekly TAST round up, so make a cuppa, and let me share with you some of the samples that caught my eye.

Many people really enjoyed working and experimenting with half chevron. There were lots of humorous interpretations.  Every  week choosing what to feature is hard as the examples are so good. I aim for 5 featured pieces but every Monday I become for some reason numerically challenged!

Dont let these few samples lead you to think that these are the only worthwhile samples to be seen. Follow some of the links in the comments, of week 19 and I promise you there is more eye candy to be seen.

First up I loved this diving tower from Caro Rose Creations  (bit worried about what the the top guy is thinking of doing)

I really liked Juliet’s Balcony worked by MariaInez L.Ribeiro dos Santos.

Miriam over on Borduurblog had a crocodile invasion.

Brigitte Otto on Stitchin Fingers worked this lovely design using half chevron on the border.

Chris over on Ella’s Craft Creations worked a lovely mandala so visit to see the rest of it.

Debbie of Jerusalem Notes worked single units in a pattern.

Anna Kousi on stitchin fingers also used single unit to great effect

This sun disk also made me smile Isabelle of Pierres Papiers Ciseaux

Further information about the TAST challenge

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

This weeks stitch is a variety of chevron stitch that I think people will enjoy. It is called half chevron and there are directions on how to stitch it in my stitch dictionary. You can  work this stitch back to back pointing either up or down

Take some time to experiment as you can do simply oodles with this stitch particularly if you like stacking row upon row to create patterns. Beads can be added, ribbons or thread can be laced through the stitch and you are really only limited by your imagination.

You can stack this stitch row upon row

These are single half chevron stitches that have been turned on their side. Once again it is easy to add beads to this formation or use it for couching. You can also work a line like this on a curve.

Another way is to work this stitch in a square which is effective as a little motif that can be repeated to build up patterns.

Another option is to swing either side of the line, individual half chevron stitches back to back to form patterns. The stitch can be worked on a gentle curve and when you swing them from side to side even more interesting things happen.

How to join in

It is not complicated. All you need to do is stitch a sample,  take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on Stitchin Fingers page, swing by here again and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample. Where is here? At the bottom of this article under the tags is a link that says ‘book mark permalink’.

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 about the challenge

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 TAST 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.

ENJOY this weeks stitch!!!