Sunday, 20 December 2020

Stitch tutorial - Pagoda chevron stitch




Step 1 – Bring the needle and thread up at 'a' as shown.







Step 2 – Insert the needle at 'b' and pick up a small stitch as shown and pull the needle.







Step 3 – Keeping the working thread up pick up a small stitch c-b as shown and pull the needle.







Step 4 – Insert the needle at 'd' and pick up a small stitch as shown and pull the needle.







Step 5 – Keeping the working thread down pick up a small stitch e-d as shown and pull the needle.






Step 6 – Repeat steps 2,3,4 and 5.

Monday, 14 December 2020

Swedish split stitch

Thread the needle with 1 ply of colour A and 1 ply of colour B together


                                     



Step 1 – Bring the needle and thread up at 'a'
and go down at 'b'.







Step 2 – Come up splitting the plies as shown.








Step 3 – Go down at 'c' as shown.









Step 4 – Swedish split stitch is made.





This stitch is an isolated stitch but it can also be used to fill larger spaces. It's a good replacement for seed stitch filling too.

You can alternate the shades as shown in the last image to create an interesting effect.

Thursday, 19 December 2019

scarf and blanket

Hello everyone,
I've been knitting and crocheting a lot for the past couple of months and it's time to go back to embroidery.
                        

                           baby blanket
                  

                                  shawl
                   
                         loom knitted cowl

Happy stitching!