Friday, April 15, 2016

Pulled thread stitches

Here are some close-ups of various pulled thread (drawn fabric) stitches from an informal sampler worked on burlap.
Three-sided stitch ground

Eyelet ground

Offset four-sided stitch

Wave stitch? Three-sided stitch's little brother
Been working on the ill-named faggot stitch, which I find very difficult to do. It is so called because it bundles the threads together. A faggot, or fagot, (as in wood) is a bundle.

Here are some stitches worked on linen and some kind of gauzy fabric:


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