This month I suggest
taking on some knotted lien stitches. I promise you will fall in love
with them!
When we call them knotted
line stitches, we don't mean that they incorporate french knots or colonial knots in their structure. But rather,
there is an element of needle weaving included, that creates peculiar
knots.
Think of the Danish knot, for example. In my mind, this isolated knot stitch is the
closest to the new ones from among the ones we've covered on Stitch
Floral so far.
So, without further ado,
let's dive in!
Scroll stitch tutorial
Come up through the fabric
at the starting point of the line. Take a little step to the side
down the line. Now grab a bit of fabric in a movement perpendicular
to the line that you're following, inserting the needle a bit above
the line and coming back up a bit below the line. Notice that the
needle is facing downwards.
Now tuck the working end
of the thread under the needle's shaft above and below, do it from
the right side (or the side that is further away from the starting
point).
After you pull the thread
through, you will see a neat knot formed at the end of the stitch.
Now you can continue
working the line in the same manner.
It's easy, isn't it?
The most important, I
think, is to remember the direction of the needle when it grabs a bit
of fabric in the perpendicular movement (it goes downwards) and
remember how to tuck the working end of the thread correctly: under
the needle's shaft in both parts of the needle.
In my opinion, this stitch
(and other knotted lines stitches from this month) like a thicker
thread. It creates more volume. Although, it will always depend on
what kind of effect you're striving for!
You can change the
distance between the stitches to bring the knots a bit closer to each
other and make the line denser. You can also increase the amount of
fabric you grab in the perpendicular dash – it will create a sort
of a “leg” with a knot on top. This variation can be used as an
edging technique.
Check out the Stitch Library for all other stitches that we've learned on this blog up till now!
And look forward to another
stitch lesson, it will be one of my favorites! :)
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