TAST 2010 Week 24 Siennese Stitch

I discovered Siennese Stitch in A-Z of Embroidery Stitches, volume 2 (p128) and think it might be a variety of loop stitch.

Worked alone, if you turn your work, this stitch looks a bit like the letter K but worked closely between two lines it can be a good border. When worked row upon row it can produce a filling stitch. 

Spacing and thread weight changes the look of this stitch a lot making it more versatile than it first looks. It is also an interesting stitch to couch ribbon and chunky novelty threads with or you can add a bead at the loop stage which makes it very decorative.  

How to work Siennese Stitch  

Work this stitch from top to bottom between two lines.

First make a horizontal straight stitch and have the needle emerge from the fabric just below on the left hand side.

 Slide the needle from top to bottom under the straight stitch make sure the working thread is under the needle and pull the needle through in order to form a loop.

Take your thread to the back of the fabric on the right hand side of the line. 

This completes the first segment of the stitch.

Continue in this manner down the line. 

As you can see I worked this sample in a hand dyed perle #5 thread (hence the green thread in the first few images) Enjoy this weeks stitch! 

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) 

Also now if you leave your full address ie include the http:// bit in your address it will become a link automatically. 

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 that you have seen their work on their site.

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.

The 2010 Stitches so far ... 

Week 1 Diamond Stitch

Week 2 Knotted Loop stitch 

Week 3 Beaded Hedebo Edge 

Week 4 Portuguese Border Stitch 

Week 5 Knotted buttonhole stitch 

Week 6 Buttonhole Eyelet Flower

Week 7 Rope Stitch 

Week 8 Fancy Hem Stitch 

Week 9 Raised herringbone band

Week 10 Cloud Filling 

Week 11 Bullion Buttonhole 

Week 12 Sorbello

Week 13 Raised Cup Stitch 

Week 14 Buttonholed herringbone 

Week 15 Ladder Stitch 

Week 16 Italian knotted border stitch

Week 17 Sword Stitch 

Week 18 Wave Stitch 

Week 19 Up and Down Feather Stitch 

Week 20 Buttonhole wheel cup 

Week 21 Slipped detached chain stitch 

Week 22 Triple Chain stitch

Week 23 Wave Chain Stitch

Comments

[artvani]

This is my trial if siennese stitchI have up loaded the image in my blog http://vani-testblog2.blogspot.com/

[Carolyn Foley]

Hey, I'm first!!

Just added my sample for this week to the Flikr site.

[artvani]

Hi Sharon
I was waiting for Tuesday I have posted my trial of Siennese stitch in my blog http://vani-testblog2.blogspot.com/.I had written my comments yesterday,but it is not in the "comments".There was some problem with internet connection.So Something must have gone wrong,.So I am posting my comments again.Thank you very much for introducing a new stitch.

[Sandy Jandik]

I'm posting this week's stitch to my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com I'm enjoying the stitches. Thank You.

[Linda Calverley]

I have just put weeks 23 & 24 on my blog plus a few extra stitches I made up along the way.

http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com/2010/08/take-stitch-tuesday-weeks-23-24.html

[Sue McB]

I have just posted photos of the last two stitches on my blog and Flickr. I enjoyed these two and can see lots of possibilties.

[viji]

The stitch is very easy. I tried out with wool and posted it in my blog and flicker group too.
http://viji-crafts.blogspot.com/
viji

[Annet]

I enjoyed this stitch very much! I wrote about some of the details of this stitch on my blog:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2010/08/siennese-stitch.html
My sampler is on my Flickr-page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28957501@N04/4885184449/

[Maureen Bond]

I also enjoyed the Siennese stitch and my efforts are at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
and the pool
http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/

Thank you Sharon.

[nancilyn]

Flickr'ed & blogged.
http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html#8181281830350278012

[Raphaela]

Here my Siennese Stitch sample: http://textileexplorations.blogspot.com/2010/08/tast2-siennese-stitch.html

[Raphaela]

I just had a look at what other people did with Siennese Stitch. Unfortunately, I could not comment on Shirley's and Annet's blogs. There seems to be a problem with those blogger blogs where the design was changed. The gadgets that should appear on the left are directly over the blog posts so that I can't read the posts and can't clock the comment button. I am sorry, this might not be the right place for stating my problem but can anybody help or do I have to wait until blogger fixes this problem?
Thanks so much.

[Penny]

Mine is on my blog, easy to do, but not sure at this stage what I would use it for.

[Sharon B]

Raphaela I have just checked the blogs you mention and they display fine - you could try another web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer try Firefox - or Chrome and see what it looks like. Just a thought

[neki rivera]

hi all,
my siennese stich is already posted. please drop by http://amovablefeast.blogspot.com

[Sailaja.Sharma]

Hi Friends, I have posted some more photographs on my blog. Here is the link.

http://summersofindia.blogspot.com/2010/08/tast-2010-24th-week-siennese-stitch-2.html

Please drop in.

[chitra gangadharan]

thank you for introducing this stitch. my trials are on my blog-
http://jizee6687.wordpress.com/category/tast2/24-seinnese-st/
my sampler is also uploaded in flickr-
Chitra