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More TAST week 13 seams – Details 212 and 213 March 28th, 2007

knotted cretan stitch

I think I like Knotted Cretan Stitch…As Sharon said it is little different from cretan stitch but that little knot gives it a lot of extra texture…It is hard to draw but that is not a problem because it will work with the sketchs that I have already done for cretan stitch and in the seam above I have married it with the TAST week 12 stitch by using it to couch the rick rack braid.

Tip: before diciding to do a seam with a thick thread needle test the fabrics, that is stick a needle through the fabric and see how easily it goes through…If I had needle tested my fabrics this seam would have been done with a very fine thread because the top fabric was Very difficult to pull the needle through, I persisted to the end of the seam but couldn’t face going along again to add the pistal stitches that I had intended…I was stitching it while visiting with Sharon and she came to my rescue by supplying me with the beads which are just the perfect colour to balance the mauve patch on the block.

Not put of by how difficult the above seam was to stitch, tonight I have done a seam using 2 rows of knotted cretan partially overlapped in the same way as detail 118 and detail 176.

What is interesting to note here is that the seam above is dainty and looks pretty on the birthday block the seam below is the opposite it is bulky and geometric which makes it look good as part of the frame for a man’s image.

2 rows of knotted cretan stitch