TAST 2010 Week 26 Chained Cross Stitch

This  weeks stitch is one of those useful varieties that can add a shift in texture that will create interest.

But before we launch into how to work the stitch I would like to suggest that if you are enjoying this challenge you may also enjoy Personal Library of Stitches an online class which will start on Friday September 24th. for more information about this class follow the link as at a cost of 6 lessons for $60 it is good value. I do not re-hash what is all ready on my blog. In this course people are taught technique within the context of learning to design  it is not a course that simply teaches the stitches alone. 

But on to this weeks stitch! 

This variation of cross stitch can be worked as you would cross stitch to produce a thick filling stitch or you can work it in a scattered and free form manner to produce an interesting isolated stitch. 

How to work chained cross stitch 

The key difference with this variation of cross stitch is that each stitch must be worked to completion before moving on to the next. 

Bring the working thread to the front of the fabric and work a diagonal stitch as you would with basic cross stitch. I have worked from bottom left to top right 

Now work a chain stitch diagonally across the first stitch to form a cross 

To do this bring the needle up through the fabric at the top left of the stitch as illustrated. Hold the thread with the left thumb. Insert the needle back into where it first came out. Take the needle through the fabric bringing the point of the needle out at the bottom left of the fabric. 

With the thread wrapped under the needle point pull the needle through the fabric.

Insert the needle back into the fabric at the top right an make a diagonal stitch 

Work another chain stitch and continue in this way along the line or over the area to be covered.

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. 

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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

Week 24 Siennese Stitch

Week 25 Vandyke Stitch 

Comments

[Carolyn Foley]

I have posted my sample for week 26, chained cross stitch, to the Flikr Group and on my blog.

Regards,

Carolyn

[viji]

Oh.
I like this stitch and tried it out.
My trial is posted in my blog
http://viji-crafts.blogspot.com/
and flicker group also.
viji

[Sandy Jandik]

I'm posting the sample of my Chained Cross Stitch on my blog this morning. http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com

[Maureen Bond]

My samples are blogged at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyqstitcher/

and photos posted http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/

Half way through the year...it has gone quickly.

[Annet]

I enjoyed this stitch! I explained some of the details of my experiments on my blog:
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2010/08/chained-cross-stitch.html
My sampler is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28957501@N04/4929485361/

[shirley bligh]

I like this stitch very much it has a lot of uses. I have posted it to my blog at

http://www.shirleystwistedthreads.blogspot.com/

[Linda Calverley]

I've done a couple of different samples of this stitch & posted them on my blog.

http://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com/2010/08/take-stitch-tuesday-week-26.html

[Thendral]

I have post my samples in my blog.
http://thendralscraft.blogspot.com/2010/08/home-decor.html
Thankyou.

[artvani]

This is my trial of chained cross stitch.I have posted the images in my Flicker account http://www.flickr.com/photos/28121418@N06/4931264867/ and also in my blog
http://vani-testblog2.blogspot.com/

[shirley bligh]

I have put up a new picture of the crossed chain stitch corrected on my blog at http://shirleystwistedthreads.blogspot.com and on the Tast Group on Flicker.

[Penny]

I have done my chained cross stitch and it is on my blog, I think it is obvious when I am not madly keen on a stitch as I tend to do them rather badly, couldnt get the tension right on this.

[nancilyn]

It wasn't the stitch, it was the fabric!
Flickr'ed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/4944768725/

[vivian]

Posted my sample. I like the soft look of this stitch.
vivian-institches.blogspot.com/