TAST Herringbone

Yesterday, I did a lot of stitching, or rather, I spent a lot of time stitching. As I am so slow, a long time spent doing something does not necessarily result in getting a lot done. In the morning I made a cord for the phone pouch I am making. I still have to make the finished CQ into a bag. In the afternoon, while J watched Man U play football, I worked on my Japanese Embroidery (more on that soon). As I needed to do quiet a bit of marking out and preparation, I didn’t get very much stitching done. Finally, in the evening I spent a little time on TAST. I had worked a couple of rows of herringbone in DMC perle cotton 8 on linen on Thursday. I wanted to see how the stitch would look wider or taller and narrower. I used the same threads but this time stitches I worked a shorter stitch in DMC perle cotton 12 over the wider stitches.


Next I wanted to experiment with layering the stitches. I used four different colours and worked them one at a time, stepping each progressive layer one thread to the right of the previous layers. For the next row I used the same threads but alternated between the colours making one stitch at a time. The second method was very time consuming, but to me the result is more pleasing than the first method. I do, however, like the texture of the first method and think this may be worth exploring on canvas with a heavier thread.

Finally, I took some narrow satin ribbon and wrapped the first two rows of plain herringbone. The first row, I wrapped following the path of the foundation stitches. On the second row I wrapped each strand in turn.

Happy Stitching