Friday 3 February 2012

TAST Challenge week 5 - Herringbone stitch


A new month, a new week, a new TAST challenge and a new linen page to work on.


This week's stitch is Herringbone. This is a stitch I've heard of but I don't think I've ever actually tried it!
Here's the close up of my sample...

 

I had a bit of a play with the basic stitch, changing the stich lengths, spacing and regularity. 



I particularly enjoyed layering different stitch "frequencies" in the different colours. 


 

It's an interesting stitch this one; I like the effect of the contrasting colours. I enjoyed it although I did struggle a little to fill the space this time.

I'm really inspired by the work of everyone again this week. It's wonderful to be able to see all the different interpretations. I absolutely love these! Two beautiful herringbone designs on Temari (kumo temari and Japanese Temari) - never seen them before... wonder how they're done..... No, mustn't start thinking that, I do NOT need a new craft!!

6 comments:

  1. Nice stitching! I'm so inspired by all the people doing TAST as well

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  2. Thanks so much for including a link to my site. Your stitching is lovely . . . and doesn't one always need a new craft? My first teacher was Barb Suess (above, and JapaneseTemari.com), and as she says, temari are highly addictive!

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  3. Beautiful stitching. Congratulations. Kathy

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  4. Very nice, the colors are so cute !

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