Joanspage: Cpter 7 Stitched Texture

Stitching to Create Texture

Cable Stitch
31. Bird is taken from P24 of research, worked on silk dupion in a hoop to try to prevent puckering.
(Is this a Jub-Jub bird?).

Whip Stitch
also worked in a hoop.

32 & 33. Based on the tail of the bird design on a plate ( p23 of research). Stitched on cotton with a Calico backing. I'm not sure the green was a good choice.

Couching

34. Stitched on cotton with a calico backing. I chose yarns of a similar colour so I could use the same thread and bobin for stitching, which worked well.

35. Three layers of Banana yarn

36. Jumbo knittting yarn with two layers of loops. This gives lots of texture but the presser foot kept getting caught in the loops.

37. Three layers of tubular Rayon knitting yarn knotted along the length. the knots are closer together on each succcessive layer. It took longer to knot the yarn than it did to stitch!

38. Banana yarn again, twisted into loops. I like the unevenness of the yarn as this gives added texture.

39. Jumbo knittting yarn again, untwisted as it was stitched. I like the floating threads which appear to be unstitched.

It was interesting to see how this and the Banana yarn could produce different effects.

40. Bundles of threads using some stranded Rayon that got tangled when I undid the hank to wind it onto a reel. There are four layers and I like the way some of the ends didn't get trapped by the stitching. ( a year ago I would have considered this to be untidy).