What I love about embroidery is that it can take you around the world. I love learning about stitches and how a particular group of people, take a technique, and push it to create a whole style that becomes associated with a region and their culture.
Yvette Stanton has released a new book on Sardinian Knotted Embroidery. Punt ‘e Nù, means knotted stitches and it describes a style of knotted whitework embroidery from Teulada, Sardinia. This beautiful type of embroidery is based on what are essentially coral knots. Now described like that, it sounds very pedestrian, but this form of embroidery is simply stunning as the white on white textured geometric patterns of traditional motifs really satisfy the eye.
Have a look at this Video and you will see what I mean.
The coral knots are worked in a white thread, on even weave material following the weave of the fabric. In order to reproduce this type of embroidery you need to master the stitch, spacing the knot at the right tension, turning the line and joining threads etc Without this information you would not be able to work in this style and Yvette Stanton has provided pages and pages of step by step illustrated instructions for both right and left handed stitchers. Also a good troubleshooting section gets folks like me – who jump ahead too quickly – out of trouble.
There are 11 projects in the book. Usually books like these have something for the suitable for beginner through to projects for an advanced embroiderer. To be honest I think that since this style of embroidery is based on coral stitch, once you have mastered the technique is not a question of if you are new hand to embroidery but how committed you are to producing a project applying this particular style. The book contains both large and small projects. Some such as the tablecloth, or the table runner, would take a long time to create others such as the biscornu, or the candle wrap, and the hand towel, would be quicker and suitable for gifts. I really feel that anyone could with care recreate pieces in the Punt ‘e Nù style from this book as each project has a pattern sheet detailed instructions.
It is a great book and I am going to enjoying having it my library. You can find out more and purchase a copy by visiting Yvette Stanton’s, website Vetty Creations
it’s beautiful embroidery. thank you for sending