A little housekeeping before I announce this weeks challenge stitches. Yes, next year I plan to run TAST again but the order of stitches will change. Also some new ones will be added and some others will drop out. TAST will also have an added component of a design challenge. …
Waving to everyone as I have some exciting news. I am going to run Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) again next year with an extra component. Drumroll it will be … A design challenge! Each month the first week of the month I will propose a challenge that will grow …
I always encourage embroiderers to experiment with different threads and this week’s stitch is an ideal example of why. The stitch for TAST week 45 is Raised Cross Stitch Flower. You benefit if you explore this stitch a little, by using different types of thread. If you have threads or …
TAST Week 44 is Twisted Chain stitch or Rope stitch. These are two very similar stitches. Rope stitch is a twisted chain stitch worked closely together, so I am inclined to group them together. They are also an example of a stitch that can look very different if you play with the …
So, let’s go on to the stitches for TAST week 43! The first is Knotted Cretan stitch, which is an interesting stitch – particularly if you use it to represent organic designs. It is a textured stitch that follows a curved line a well. And yet, because it is based on Cretan …
The stitch for TAST week 42 is Half Chevron stitch. This stitch is an example of a variety comprised of parts of two different stitches that make up a new stitch. Half Chevron stitch consists of half Chevron Stitch and half Cretan Stitch both have been in the TAST challenge, …
TAST week 41 is here, and before we know it, the end of the year will have arrived. For this week, Closed Herringbone stitch is the challenge. It is very useful to define a good strong line or to use in a border, or as part of an edging. You …
