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Sunday
Nov092008

Take a Stitch Tuesday

The “Take a Stitch Tuesdays” challenge started in January 2007 and finished in December 2007.

Each week I took a stitch and suggested people experiment with it, push it a little and see what possibilities the stitch holds.

There is a Flickr Take a Stitch Tuesday group.

Here is a list of stitches in the challenge:

Week  1 Herringbone Stitch, week  2 Buttonhole, week  3 Detached Chain Stitch,

week  4 Cretan Stitch, week  5 Chevron stitch, week  6 Algerian Eye Stitch 

week  7 Feather Stitch, week 8 Fly Stitch,  week 9 Cross Stitch,

week 10 Barred chain and alternating barred chain stitch,  week 11 Up and down buttonhole, week 12 couching,

week 13 Knotted Cretan, week 14 Bonnet stitch, week 15 Oyster stitch,

week 16 Palistrina stitch, week 17 Running stitch, week 18 Woven and whipped wheels,

week 19 Basque stitch, week 20 Butterfly Chain stitch, week 21 Crossed buttonhole,

week 22 Satin stitch week 23 Wheatear stitch, week 24 French knots,

week 25 Long and Short stitch, week 26 Half Chevron, week 27  Bullion knots,

week 28 Sheaf Stitch, week 29 Arrow stitch, week 30 Buttonhole wheels,

week 31 Cast on Stitch, week 32 Crested Chain, week 33 Scroll stitch,

week 34 Portuguese Knotted Stem stitch, week 35 Shisha Stitch, week 36 Cable Chain stitch, 

week 37 Rice stitch and Square Boss stitch, week 38 Knotted Buttonhole Band

week 39 Reversed Buttonhole Bar, week 40 Linked Double Chain, week 41 Lace Border Stitch

week 42 Twisted Satin Stitch, week 43 Drizzle stitch, week 44 Zig Zag Spanish Knotted Stitch

week 45 Pekinese stitch, week 46 Chain Braid stitch, week 47 Thorn Stitch

week 48 Knotted Cable chain, week 49 pistil stitch, week 50 Berry Stitch 

week 51 Chained Bar week 52 Spanish feather stitch.

 

The same list in alphabetical order of stitch:

 

Algerian eye stitch week 6

Arrow stitch week 29

Barred chain and alternating barred chain week 10

Basque stitch week 19

Berry Stitch week 50

Bonnet stitch week 14

Bullion knots week 27

Butterfly chain stitch week 20

Buttonhole week 2

Buttonhole wheels week 30

Cable Chain stitch week 36

Cast on stitch week 31

Chain Braid stitch week 46

Chained bar week 51

Chevron stitch week 5

Crested Chain week 32

Cretan stitch week 4

Cross stitch week 9

Crossed buttonhole week 21

Couching week 12

Detached chain stitch week 3

Drizzle stitch week 43

Feather stitch week 7

Fly stitch week 8

French knots week 24

Half Chevron week 26

Herringbone week 1

Knotted Cretan week 13

Knotted Buttonhole Band week 38

Knotted cable chain stitch week 48

Lace Border Stitch week 41

Linked Double Chain week 40

Long and short stitch week 25

Oyster stitch week 15

Palistrina stitch week 16

Pekinese stitch week 45

Pistil stitch week 49

Portuguese Stem stitch week 34

Reversed Buttonhole Bar week 39

Rice stitch and Square Boss stitch week 37

Running stitch week 17

Satin stitch week 22

Scroll stitch week 33

Sheaf Stitch week 28

Shisha Stitch week 35

Spanish feather stitch week 52

Thorn Stitch week 47

Twisted Satin Stitch week 42

Up and down buttonhole week 11

Wheatear stitch week 23

Woven and whipped wheels week 18

Zig Zag Spanish knotted stitch week 44

 

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