TAST 2010 Week 4 Portuguese Border Stitch
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 6:10AMEveryone seems to have enjoyed last weeks stitch I hope Portuguese Border Stitch will bring the same pleasure.
Portuguese Border Stitch forms a highly textured braid like stitch, which is a heap of fun to work. The stitch forms good ridge and is ideal to use for strong lines or stacked side by side to produce a textured area.
You can work it on the curve by changing the angle of the foundation stitches and I like the spacing created up the centre of the stitch as it is easy to place a bead in the middle to add a little extra zest.
My sample was worked in perle 5 for the foundation stitches and perle 3 for the whipping stitches.
Please note the needle does not pierce the fabric you are whipping the foundation stitches.
Use a tapestry need for the second part of the stitch. This way you will avoid accidentally splitting the foundation threads.
Work a foundation of a row of straight stitches. Don’t work them too tight as these stitches will be laced with a second thread.
The stitch is worked from bottom to top.
Bring the thread out at the bottom left of the first rung
Take the needle over the second rung and pointing the needle to the left take it under that rung.
Pull the needle through so that the thread will loop around and under the first and second rung.
On the second stitch take the needle over the second rung and pointing the needle to the left take it under that rung. You now have two stitches laced over the first and second rung.
Take the needle over and thread it under the third rung keeping the needle pointing to the left.
Pull the needle through and a thread will loop over the second and third rung
Take the needle over the third rung and pointing the needle to the left take it under that rung.
Take the needle over and thread it under the fourth rung keeping the needle pointing to the left.
Pull the needle through and a thread will loop over the third and fourth rung.
Repeat up the ladder of foundation stitches.
Continue to the top.
The pattern is over two rungs, over one rung, and move up the ladder. Or think of it as whip two (to start), whip one and up one.
Tension is important with this stitch. Keep the whipping loose enough that the foundation stitches do not distort.
Bring the needle out at the bottom again to commence the right side of the band.
Work a second row of whipping, by repeating the process only angle your needle to the right as you work.
How to join in.
Work an example of the stitch. Experiment a bit , photograph it, and put it on your flickr site or write about it on your blog. Please remember to link back to here so others can find the challenge too
Come here to this post and leave a comment to tell everyone where your site is. (Click on the title and it will take you to this post on an individual page if you bookmark it you can find it again)
Visit a few sites of people who have already left a comment. See what they have done. I am sure everyone will enjoy following the links left in the comments. If you have time, let other people know on their site that you have seen their work.
Other groups and networks
You can also share your explorations with other members on stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site
All posts relating to this challenge are in the Take a Stitch Tuesday category and the guidelines and list of participants is here.
Reader Comments (32)
Hello, Sharon, it is Monday 9:20 pm in Germany and I can already find this very interesting stitch no. 4. I will probably have to try it at once. Thank you.
Hello Sharon......
a very good morning to you..........its very easy and yet very beautiful stitch.....
thanks for it Sharon....
I LOVE this stitch. I'll work on it tomorrow, along with last week's stitch. We were gone on vacation, so I've just caught up on Wk 1 & 2 and posted my results on my blog www.TimeforStitching.com
This is a great stitch to explore! My first experiments are at my blog here:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2010/03/portuguese-border-stitch.html
I’m very sure there will be more experiments this week.
Added my bit today! :)
Hi Sharon I am early this week--I found this stitch very easy and enjoyable to do--now I have to remember to use it somewhere.
Doreen G
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
You can see my examples on http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchinwoman/ --
My first stitch line on the left is looking upside down - the following ones are ok. Probably it doesn't matter upside down or not. I used wool for the circle - it is really to thick so the stitches can't be seen. And I made a few other "worms", trying out yarns, most of them are terribly thin - it is fun to take part in this task once a week
I'm posting the stitch on my blog http://focus-on-fber.blogspot.com It's a sun stitch and easy to do.
i am goona use this stitch somwhere else too...pretty ans easy too!!
i missed TAST1, therefore have comined week 4 stitch of TAST 1 ie Cretan Stitch. to this one
http://riddhi-kapoor.blogspot.com/2010/03/just-finished-tast-2-sample.html
Week 3 is now blogged & flickred http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html#8412700529852197145
Nice stitch. Let me try.
viji
I worked another design and placed it on flickr.
hi sharon
i liked this stitch. very beautiful. Thank you for teaching us. I have posted the pictures in my blog
regards
veena
Have posted my week 4 stitch to my blog at http:// shirleystwistedthreads.blogspot.com.
I had trouble with this stitch my brain is still in holiday mode,m but think I got it in the end.
I have posted Week 4 Portuguese Border stitch to my blog with details and Flickr for a quick look.
An enjoyable stitch.
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/
Hi Sharon,
I am enjoying TAST2 very much and have finished the four stitches sofar. See my blog:
http://borduurblog.blogspot.com/search/label/TAST and the Take A Stitch on Tuesday-flickr group.
Regards, Miriam
Here we are, early for once:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37200176@N07/4467306674/
Plus the joy of submitting stitches has caused me to start a blog as well. If you isolate out the unrelated stiff, TAST2 can be found here:
http://y-knotblog.blogspot.com/search/label/TAST2
Now I finally have some time to clean up the unfinished samplers of the first 2 stitches.
Here is my Portuguese Border Stitch: http://textileexplorations.blogspot.com/2010/03/tast2-portuguese-border-stitch.html
This is my trial. Let me do some work again and will post it at flicker.Now with this trial at flicker TAST site.
viji
Great stitch! One of the nice parts of this challenge is pausing in my morning to look at the wonderful variations other stitchers have done.
http://vivian-institches.blogspot.com/2010/03/tast-ii-4-portugese-border.html
Dear Sharon
Here is my Tast2
http://alarttex.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/pin-tangle-%E2%80%93-take-a-stitch-tuesday-tast-2-i/
Hugs! :)
Maria del Valle
I really liked this stitch! I also enjoyed working with the Open Cretan Stitch from the first TAST.
I am only just getting in on time this week. A busy day and a busy week but I think I managed to get this one done correctly.
On my blog
Penny
Got it done just before the next one goes up! Love some of those other examples.
Hi Sharon,
this time just in time to post my trial.
waiting for tomorrows stitch......
Here is my sample of both beaded Hedebo stitch and Portuguese border stitch.
Hey Sharon
I really enjoyed learning this stitch and posted about it on my blog! Thanks!
warm regards
Angela
http://princessbubblescreates.blogspot.com/2010/03/take-stitch-tuesday.html
Blogged and Flickr'ed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/4473861878/
http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/
I may have missed the info, but there are two TAST groups on Flickr. One is TAST, the other Take a Stitch Tuesday. Which one do we post to? Or is there a TAST2010
group I don't know about?
Hi Nancilyn just follow the link in my post as Take a Stitch Tuesday is the group I run. I was not even aware of another group.
the link again is http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/
Today I uploaded my Portugeese border stitch with beads at the flicker group. Have a look pl. viji
Hi Sharon,
A bit late, but I've put my stitch on my blog and on the flickr group.
I'm late - as always. But I did get a chance to work up some Portuguese Border stitch - and even put it in a crazy quilt block - this weekend!
http://lunasbaublebilities.blogspot.com/2010/04/embroidery-during-conference.html