The 20th week stitch of the stitch challenge-TAST 2010 is buttonhole wheel cup.
Earlier in this challenge, we had done raised cup st and buttonhole bullion flower st. So I am not left with many choices for variations.the stitch sampler-
I started with making some individual variations-
Buttonhole wheel cup st-1
Added-Spider’s wheel,2 rows of buttonhole wheel, palistrina st, detached chain,fly st and quarter buttonhole wheel cup[Can I call it that?]-
Buttonhole wheel cup st-2
3 wheels touching each other,bead in the centre, beads outside the st,oval version of the stitch.After these experiments,I started arranging this stitch in lines,
Since it took 2 journeys to complete the stitch,I made short rows.
Half buttonhole wheel, quarter wheel,variation of quarter wheel,half wheels arranged front and back.
buttonhole wheel cup-3
Here I did up and down version,tried weaving around the quarter wheel variation,then kept adding half wheels, to form a row, later made 3 cuncurrent wheels .
buttonhole wheel cup-4
Half wheels go around the stitch to form a pattern[?], My idea of using this stitch as a leaf , fell flat because, I used violet colour thread. Now for the full sampler-
buttonhole wheel cup st sampler
Though I tried a few variations,the overall effect is not very neat
Less of – patience,or mastery over the stitch,or creative energy,or correct thread tension.
Anyone or combination of the above could be the reason.
After saying this, I ‘ll move on to the next stitch-
Slipped detached chain
