First of all, Happy New Year to you all. I'm not much of one for looking back and as most of my work seems to be frantically stitching to deadlines, I might as well continue to look forward. I have managed some stitching over the Christmas period and most of it seems to be needleweaving.
I think I've finished the piece I stitched in response to the SpringBoard Project 'weave' prompt. I had woven two squares on homemade pin looms and was thinking about layering them so you could see the checked pattern of the yellow/beige one more clearly.
I wove in the ends and stitched the two squares onto a piece of denim before edging two sides with woven feathered chain stitch.
Not only does this hide some of the thicker areas where I've woven the ends in, but it adds another woven element to the piece. I was originally going to work it all the way round but I don't even have enough of this particular thread to do another side, so I'm not sure where to go next. I don't know whether to leave it here; work a line of woven spiders web stitches across the top and bottom or add woven feathered chain on the top and bottom but in another thread.
The other needle weaving project is for an upcoming workshop at In The Stitch Zone (the new Winter/Spring programme is now in the tab at the top of the header). I found a link on Pinterest a while ago to a set of instructions for making Yorkshire buttons. Basically they're back stitched spiders webs worked over a notched card wheel which are either drawn up and stuffed or can be gathered over a button or a bead and they looked like fun!
I made myself a variety of circular card templates in slightly different sizes divided into twelve sections and put a slight snip at each division to create tabs. Then I wound perle thread round the template. By going into each notch twice, you make sure there are loops behind every tab.
Then it's worked just like a back stitched spider's web stitch.
I really like gathering them over a boring button.
Once you've worked enough back stitch rounds so that all the spokes are full, take the loops off the tabs and run your working thread through them.
Gathered over the button.
It wasn't in the original instructions, but I find working a row of blanket stitch round the gathered edge holds it really tight and finishes it off neatly.
Quick, easy and pretty straightforward - as long as you can manage to stitch it all in one very long length of thread. I've made some more, playing about with different sizes and styles.
And lastly, a shameless plug for the 25% off everything sale in my Etsy shop.
It's running until the 21st of January, so if there's anything you've had your eye on, then now is the time!
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