I have had great fun. Top row is a double herringbone stitch (DMC 5 perle) interlaced with some Twilley's silver crochet thread. The middle was a fishy free font that I found on dafont.com then infilled using a freeform herringbone stitch, and the last row was just a closer stitch over a hand dyed silk ribbon.
I still have loads of ideas to further explore this stitch but I am also eager to get going on week 2 - buttonhole stitch.
I am sure Sharon is delighted by the amount of people who are joining in with this challenge and I would recommend any readers to take a look at all the exciting variations being created either on Sharons blog In A Minute Ago or on the Flickr Take a Stitch Tuesday Group
10 comments:
Wow? This is amazing. What a super, imaginative way to showcase a stitch!
Mary, thank you for introducing yourself on the Tast flickr site - now I have another blog to look at! This is super and such a good idea. Thanks for the link as well.
Wow. I've just had a cruise through your blog after seeing the link on your TAST Flickr photos. You are a very talented lady, I think I love everything you've ever made!! :-) I particularly like your canvas work and your idea for showcasing herringbone stitch is just brilliant.
Thank you everyone for such lovely comments, this encouragement means so much to me - cannot wait to get cracking on buttonhole stitch.....
Mary, this is amazing!!just wow!
A totally cool idea which worked out perfectly! Thanks for sharing!
this is stunning. cool idea using the stitch for lettering.and the color play is great
neki desu
What a great idea - love it :)
your detached chain piece for TAST sent me rushing off to your blog--somehow i missed this amazing herringbone design. your work is gorgeous! thank you so much for describing your methods, too.
What a wonderful imagination you have for design. You're an inspiration to us all...
cheers - Faye
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