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Loving the pistil stitch

Loving the pistil stitch

We’re on week 37 and this week I’ve made the 34th stitch of the year! Wow, right? The sampler is growing, slowly but steady. This stitch is called the pistil stitch, also known as long tack knot stitch or Italian knot stitch (and pistillstygn in Swedish). Now that I’ve learned how to do it (it’s […]

Project update on the TAST Stitch Sampler

Project update on the TAST Stitch Sampler

Dear creatives, you might not remember my post from early this year about TAST or the meaning of that challenge? But the truth is that I’m still doing it -and I’m very proud of my determination – and my growing Stitch Sampler! I didn’t have the ambition to post my stitch trials weekly (thank god!), […]

Take a stitch Tuesday

Take a stitch Tuesday

The flying stitch. I’m trying it out for the first time. I read about TAST, the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge arranged by Sharon of Pin Tangle, on Natalie’s blog and was imidiatelly intrigued by the idea. When I went there to read about the first week’s stitch and learned that it was such a […]

In a Minute Ago

In a Minute Ago

Blog post originally in Swedish, translated later when I decided to blog only in English here. Learn Embroidery Stitches At Sharon B’s In a minute ago you can find her blog and a very crazy page with a lot of embroidery stitcheslisted. In alphabetical order you can find all the most useful embroidery stitches, all […]