French knots and a new WIP...

I had to spend an entire afternoon making french knots this week...                       

a tatted doily in progress... finished five rounds so far...                   

a chain stitch filling which is a part of a sampler stitched for a beginner class...                    

You all know that I am a terrible photographer... so I have been trying to learn how to take better photographs and also trying to understand my camera better for the past few days...                   

                   

Happy stitching!

Anita

Stitch tutorial - Threaded stitch

Another beautiful stitch tutorial...

Step 1 – Work two rows of straight stitches as shown.

Step 2 – Thread the needle with a second colour thread and bring it up close to the first stitch of the top row.

Step 3 – Pass the needle through the first stitch of the top row from left to right without picking up the ground fabric as shown.

Step 4 – Pass the needle through the second and first stitches of the bottom row from right to left as shown.

Step 5 – Pass the needle through the next stitch of the top row from left to right without picking up the ground fabric as shown.

Step 6 - Pass the needle through the next set of stitches (third and second stitches) of the bottom row from right to left as shown.

Step 7 – Repeat steps 5 and 6 until end.

                                                                     Happy stitching!

Anita

laces...

I've added only very few stitches both to the cross stitch garland/wreath and iris projects...more on that that next time...

lately I've been spending more time with shuttles and hooks :-) ..finished some laces,edgings and a doily from an Ondori book.

                                         

                                          

                            

                            

                            

Happy stitching!

Anita