STITCH COURSE
DIVE IN TO LESSON VI
What happens when you use some of the stitches we have reviewed so far
This is the house that Holly built
Each of the elements above are stitched with stitches from previous lessons.
Highlighted today to give you a visual of how these stitches look near one another
– step one of showcasing who plays nice with whom.
Stitches:
Grass – nobuko
Sidewalk – horizontal satin
Door – vertical satin
House front – horizontal brick
House side – vertical brick
Roof – horizontal long and short
Roofline & chimney – basketweave
The goal of this course is to journey through the execution of a variety of stitches
so that when you get a new canvas (hopefully one from Art Needlepoint),
you can study the details and see what stitch might work well in certain sections of the canvas.
A journey of experience
so you can build your own stitch guides with one or more selected stitches.
By the end of the course, you will learn that you can change
the direction of some stitches to see the pattern each one creates.
Make solid judgements about whether to use a certain stitch.
Let’s look at a few others today that you can put on any one of the canvases
you have already been sent with any of the threads you have received.
Cashmere from Lesson One was a traditional Cashmere.
This lovely stitch has a variety of looks. Here’s a few :
staggered – top right
diagonal – top left
traditional – in Lesson I
alternating – middle of first column
condensed – bottom of first column
Go to Lesson One canvas and fill in above with the silk thread you have left over.
NEXT UP IS THE KALEM
Kalem is one of the best background stitches there is.
It does well for details in all areas, you can also outline in the stitch.
It can be worked so that the texture runs vertically, horizontally or if you choose, diagonally.
Work a half cross stitch at the beginning and end of each row slanting in the OPPOSITE direction that the row is to go.
This will give a clean line to the edge of the stitch.
This stitch takes little less thread .
It should be stroked in and out with one thrust on the surface of the canvas. Stitch as you would a continental turning the canvas.