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.

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.

Stitch tutorial - Squared palestrina stitch

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

Step – 2 : Go down at 'b' and come up at 'c'.

Step – 3 : Pass the needle under the diagonal stitch formed in step 2 from left to right as shown.

Step – 4 : Pass the needle under the diagonal stitch once again keeping the working thread under the needle and pull.

Step – 5 : Go back down at 'd'.

Step – 6 : A squared palestrina stitch is made.

                               This stitch can be used as an isolated stitch or for filling.If I want to replace french knots in my designs then I always go for this stitch and it works pretty well.

Happy stitching!

Anita.

Stitch tutorial - Fly stitch with twisted ties

An interesting variation of fly stitch tutorial for y'all.

Step 1 – Bring the needle and thread up at 'a' , go down at 'b' , come up at 'c' and keep the working thread under the needle.

Step 2 – Pull the needle and go down at 'd'.

Step 3 – Bring the needle and thread up at 'e'.

Step 4 – Pass the needle under the first tying stitch from right to left as shown.

Step 5 – Go back down to the right of the first tying stitch as shown.

Step 6 – A fly stitch with twisted ties is made.

                                    Have fun!

Anita

                                                             

Stitch tutorial - Single knotted cable chain stitch

This stitch has a wonderful texture which is what I like the most. If you want some texture then use this stitch instead of daisy or detached chain stitch.

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

Step 2 – Make a twisted chain stitch as shown.

Step 3 – Pass the needle and thread under the stitch to your left without picking up the fabric and pull the needle.

Step 4 – Go down between 'a' and 'b' . Bring the needle and thread up slightly above 'c'.

Step 5 – Make a chain as shown.

Step 6 - Secure the chain with a tying stitch as shown.

The length of the chain stitch,both the number and length of the trying stitch can be varied to achieve a different effect.

                                                                  Hope y'all will have fun working different variations of this stitch!

Stitch tutorial - German blanket stitch

A slight twist adds an interesting effect to a simple stitch.

This stitch looks like knotted blanket / up and down blanket stitch but it's much easier to work.

Step 1 – Make a pair of slant blanket stitches as shown.

Step 2 – Pass the needle and thread through both the blanket stitches from right to left without picking up the fabric and pull the needle.

Step 3 – Repeat step 1.

Step 4 – Repeat step 2.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 until end.

                  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

Stitch tutorial - Threaded running stitch

A simple yet beautiful running stitch variation...

Step 1 – Work two rows of aligned running stitches as shown.

Step 2 – Bring the needle and thread up close to the first stitch of the bottom row.

Step 3 – Pass the needle under the first running stitch as shown.

Step 4 – Pull the needle and pass it under first stitches of both the rows from top as shown

Step 5 – Repeat steps 3 and 4 until end.

Happy stitching!

Anita

Stitch tutorial - Whipped chain stitch variation

Normally a chain is whipped by passing the thread under the chain but this method of whipping is slightly different and also the final stitch resembles more of Stockinette stitch than Magic chain stitch.

Step 1 – Work a row of chain stitches.

Step 2 – Thread the needle with a second colour, bring it up as shown and whip only one side of the chain by picking up the loop from outside as shown.

Step 3 – Continue whipping till end and go back down.

Step 4 – Bring up the needle and thread close to the end point in step 3

Step 5 – Whip the second side of the chain stitches by picking up the loop from inside the chain as shown.

Hint : If the direction of whipping the second side is changed then you won't get the stockinette stitch effect.

Step 6 – Go back down near the starting point.

Happy stitching!

Anita