Sunday, 28 November 2010

TAST 2010 - Lock Stitch

Bit more catching up - lock stitch. You can change the look of this stitch by varying the length of the satin stitches, and by changing which stitches you "pinch" together with the lacing.


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Lock stitch worked in a block; short satin stitches and alternate pairs of satin stitches "pinched" together by the lacing.


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Longer satin stitches in a lighter weight of thread. Pairs of stitches "pinched" at both bottom and top.

I haven't tried it in wool yet. And I also think it would look good worked over a block of solid satin stitch.

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Monday, 22 November 2010

Bringing up the rear! TAST 2010 Eastern Stitch

Way, way behind now. I didn't do much with this stitch, so I had another go at it:


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An exercise in scale, using different weights of cotton threads.

I think it has a "blackwork" look about it.

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