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:


Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Greens and blues striped shawl

This used the same set of colors as the seascape shawl but was not nearly as ambitious, just stripes. Didn't get pictures of this one.