"Inchies"

"Inchies"

Well, here's my version of  Inchies. Not all quite an inch of course and not quite lined up - of course that's all I can see when I look at it now :-) Much fun was had in the making of this. Lots of I really like this homemade felt made by my sister. If you look closely it has a sort of marbled effect with darker threads going across it. Bit of a pig to work with as it leaves bits of blue fluff all over. 

For the Flower stitch I managed to make the cord plunge, pleased with how it lies.

Flower stitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://pintangle.com/2013/05/14/take-a-stitch-tuesday-stitch-66-coral-stitch/coral stitch

Embedded butterfly

 The butterfly took a bit of fixing. Made holes in the fabric, pushed the two posts through and anchored it at the back. I think it goes tho, and it won't come off in a hurry :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buttons, beads and lace

Net and beads

With added herringbone

 I felt my diamond stitch square needed something more so I've tried it with herringbone stitch on top. I prefer the effect viewed from afar.

So far

An inchie

Making inchies so made a little inchie heart for mum. rather pleased with the idea for the ends - I did a waste knot to start at the bottom of the heart and left a longish end. Then all the other ends are just threaded into that one knot. Made with homemade needlefelt made by my sister who's clever with things. I just love the colours and you can just make out the kind of marbled effect with a darker thread in it. But it's a pig to work cos not very stable and it leaves little threads of blue fluff everywhere. Worth the effort tho.

Needlelace and Palestrina

Needlelace House and Tree

Needlelace house

Well, this was fun but a bit fiddly. The border is Palestrina Stitch, which I got to grips with more this time round after seeing a video on Mary Corbett's Needle'n'Thread. I need to work on the winding on the tree - mix of winding and buttonhole to secure it. The thread got very twizzly in it's behaviour. Didn't think to untwizzle in the opposite direction before winding round. You live and learn. For the house the hill is up and down detached buttonhole with lattice stitch - I got the hang better on the left than the right. The house is filled in with wide needleweaving.

I'm learning about design. I wanted it to look like an open door with the light shining out down the path but looking at it it's too small for that to be clear - a narrower path would have shown off the hill better and would have given me more space to work with on the left . Also tried to do hills in the distance off on the right but didn't really work so snipped it out. Learned lots of lessons - draw out in one thread so the links to the side are paler. Can always add in more lines of thread after. Was pleased with the way that using knots like in lattice st held the initial lines of the house and doorway in place.

More cards

Cast On Stitch, Bullion Bar, Raised Cross Stitch Flower, Long Legged Detached Chain Stitch,

Cast on Stitch (alternating loops like up and down bh to keep it from twisting) and Bullion Bar

Stitch 62: Raised Cross Stitch Flower

Long Legged Detached Chain Stitch

2 Over lapping Beaded Herringbone Squares, with Detached Buttonhole Stitch,

2 Over lapping Beaded Herringbone square, with Buttonholed Herringbone

Buttonhole Stitch, Lattice Stitch, Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch,

Buttonhole Stitch, Free Lattice Stitch,

Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch, and Button.

Some Cards

Running stitch into holes on card, with detached button hole etc

Managed to make some cards after months of working towards it and accidentally sending off for card blanks several times. 

The initial ideas I had didn't work cos I still have difficulty with counted stuff cos of the memory difficulties - I have to recite everything, I don't retain the shapes. But am pleased with what I eventually managed. Am enjoying using the perlé threads I got off internet and using some bling. :-)

Especially chuffed with this idea of making holes in a circle, filling them with running stitch which is then the only bit which shows at the back so could be tidied up with a bit of whipped ribbon or drawing a string at the bottom like it's a balloon. Then detatched buttonhole stitch on the surface all the way round. Infact I did just one up and down detached bh on the inner and normal detached bh on the outside. The outer gives the neat edge and the inner gives a loop to be able to stitch into. All ends are hidden inside the bh. Lots of potential for fillings using needlelace and hedebo. Need to remember to have to have the threads which lace into the loops go in and out from the top of the loop not underneath - looks neater. Also for future ref useful to fix the threads in and out of loops with little knots like in lattice stitch or an up and down bh as it keeps the work more stable. Tho it does mean less tweakability later.

one up and down detached bh on the inner making a loop to thread into and normal detached bh on the outside

Basque Stitch, Detached chain, Fly Stitch, French Knots.

Basque Stitch, Detached chain,

Fly Stitch, French Knots

Herringbone Square, Detached Buttonhole

Herringbone Square, Detached Buttonhole

Beaded Detached Buttonhole

Scroll, Looped Cross, and Needlelace experiments

Scroll, Looped Cross, and Needlelace experiments

 Well, this has been fun to do. I saw some detached buttonhole stitch on some Stumpwork and thought it looked a bit messy so decided to try out the alternatives. Managed to do a row of plain, row of purl by doing the first part of up and down buttonhole as the up and the second rows as the down part of the stitch. Makes a nice neat pattern and smooth surface. So that's just loops. The hedebo stitch is loops with a twist. Lattice is one knot and detached up and down buttonhole is 2 knots. Chuffed with the effects. 

Must think more about the edges. Had to redo several times to get them even. Must do the same thing every time what ever that thing is. Used chain stitch to loop into. Buttonhole would be more tight but I knew I wasn't going to be doing any cutting out so took the easy way out. Probably need to whip round the outline to tidy it up another time.

Am still on my holiday from splitting up the threads. Feels very junior school to use just think threads but I can't do more till my health is better. Glad I've got this batch of cheap threads off the internet. Had fun using bright colours. Another time might rethink which colour to use for which stitch. Pale colour on widest stitch leaves too much pale and too much contrast. Doesn't ruin the piece, just a tweak.

I'm so daft, why didn't I just do little squares for trials ? Still I've learned about shaping and gradually expanding the stitches the further away from the middle.

Detached Buttonhole

Detached Up and Down Buttonhole

Hedebo Buttonhole

Lattice

Looped 6 Leg Cross Stitch Rose

Scroll Stitch

Diamond Stitch, Feathered Up and Down Stitch

"Double Choc with Sprinkles" : Diamond Stitch, Feathered Up and Down Stitch

Lol, went and researched Sprinkles on Google and copied the colours of the original British "Hundreds and Thousands" sprinkles. Got to get these things right :-) As usual this geometric stitch would be happier on counted fabric  but I did draw out my measurements to place to stitches. Working on having more even tension. Got the diamond stitch wrong at first doing loops to hold it working back to the left rather than knots. The knots makes a more precise diamond of course but is more fiddly to do.

Diamond Stitch with knots

Diamond Stitch with loops

Feathered Up and Down Stitch, beaded

Colour sampler so far.

Work in Progress

Mother's day card. 2013. Got glue everywhere !

The story so far. Starting on the sandy bottom in the corners. Have put the border on the bottom so can go over the edges. ps to self about tidying up that desk ?

Butterfly stitch couching holding down a net that had lemons in it. Does this look like seaweed ? Too bad, this is art lol :-)

Attempt at making cast on stitch scallop shells. Note, using alternating directions for the loops like macramé makes them lest twisty.

Knotted feather stitch seaweed.  Hmmm. I'm learning all the time. Needed a bit more bend to shape the rock a bit more. Not going to undo it tho, this is supposed to be playing.

Not sure what creature this is, but it's made with whipped wheel over a big bead. The beads are on the wheel right at the beginning. Wool is new to me. Interesting.

Drizzle stitch hermit crab eyes. Made me giggle anyway. Looped in alternate directions like macramé so they're not twisted.

Breton stitch

"An English Wayside" 

take-a-stitch-tuesday-stitch-59  is based on closed herringbone stitch, with a twist. 

I've done the border in cable chain, then with chain stitch linked into the outside of it, then whipped it with white for the blue sky with white fluffy clouds. 

It looks best if you stand away from it or screw your eyes up. I really enjoyed the stitching. The colours look much greener in real life.

These are the flowers I see most often when I manage to walk the dogs - well it's a French wayside, but it's my childhood memories in England too. The little Speedwells at the bottom hardly show, as often happens in real life, but they're so pretty they're one of my favourite flowers.