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CHARTING 107 – WORKING FROM ANTIQUE KNITTING PATTERNS
Apparently my post on knitting patterns from books published prior to 1920 or so has struck a chord. I’ve gotten a couple of requests on how to go about translating these older knitting patterns to...
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DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH LOGIC 101 – TWO SIDED WORK AND BASELINE IDENTIFICATION
Surfacing… There’s been a discussion of late on the Yahoo Blackwork embroidery discussion group about stitch order, direction and stitching logic in double running stitch – especially reversible (two...
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DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH LOGIC 102 – WORKING FROM THE BASELINE
Well, with luck this mini-series will be useful to someone out there. There is someone out there, right? Continuing from the last post, now that we’ve figured out that our design can be worked double...
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DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH LOGIC 103 – ACCRETED AND HYBRID APPROACHES
Accreted Section Double Running Stitch Logic I promised to discuss a second logic for double running stitch. I call this one “accreted section” and use it for the more complex patterns, especially...
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BLACKWORK HERESY
We’ve all read about two stitches that are most commonly used in linear styles of counted stitching. First comes double running stitch (aka Holbein stitch, Spanish stitch, and punto scritto, among...
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THREAD THREAD
Based on questions from Elaine and others, here’s a bit more on the thread I’ve been using on both the Permissions and Trifles samplers. As I’ve said before, my stash came from a small...
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BLACKWORK HERESY
We’ve all read about two stitches that are most commonly used in linear styles of counted stitching. First comes double running stitch (aka Holbein stitch, Spanish stitch, and punto scritto, among...
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THREAD THREAD
Based on questions from Elaine and others, here’s a bit more on the thread I’ve been using on both the Permissions and Trifles samplers. As I’ve said before, my stash came from a small...
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FOREHEAD CLOTH/KERCHIEF PROGRESS
This is working up to be a quick stitch: I attempt to answer questions submitted via email and on-line. If you have other questions, please feel free to post and ask. There are no secrets here....
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ASSORTED BLACKWORK HINTS
I’ve gotten lots of questions about blackwork, my methods, and products over the years. Some more than once. I’ll try to round some up and answer them here, for ease of reference. Feel free to post...
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DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH LOGIC 104 – A REVIEW
Based on private notes of inquiry and discussions on various historical needlework-related boards and forums of late, I see that people are still confused about the working logic of linear stitching....
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ALTERNATIVE ALPHABET RESOURCES FOR INCLUSIVE STITCHERY
Lately I’ve seen a couple of resources for embroiderers who wish to make samplers or other stitchings to honor friends or family who are differently-abled. I post them here for general reference....
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BOOKMAKING 108: RIPPING OUT AND RECOVERY
The last post of mea culpa probably left people wondering how it was going to all turn out. Here’s the result: I only needed to tease out one straight line of stitching – the former rightmost edge of...
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DANCING AROUND THE CORNER
Having gone on and on about straight repeats as my bony bois march across the top of my piece, we have now come to the first corner. Thankfully, my count is spot-on and everything is in place. But why...
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PROOFING
And we march around the perimeter, making skeleton after skeleton. I’m just shy of half-way now, and I had to extend a tendril out to that point to make sure that I’m hitting my center mark. And I...
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BLACKWORK THREAD THICKNESS AND GROUNDS
I’ve recently had chats with several folk who ask about the number of threads they are supposed to be using when working linear blackwork (fills or the strapwork designs commonly done in double...
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INTO UNKNOWN SEAS – METHOD DESCRIPTION
A couple of people have sent me private notes asking about how I go about designing a larger project without graphing the entire thing. I attempt to answer, using the current Dizzy Grapes sideboard...
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