This band of stitching was created by working two lines of herringbone stitch overlapping each other and tying them at the top and base crosses with a small straight stitch
Thread:
A hand dyed mercerised cotton about the same weight and thickness as perle #5
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on cream dress linen
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for the cotton thread.
Size:
All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.
The sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards (13.53 metres) long and still being added to as I stitch more
Date:
I started this section of the sampler in 2004 and completed it early 2005.
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