When I saw this week’s SSS challenge stitch on Queenie’s blog, it got registered in mind as detached buttonhole stitch. Having seen this stitch as filling in crewel and stumpwork embroidery, and it was not part of TAST challenge, decided to work stitch samples as band sampler. Then, while actually referring to the tutorial of the stitch, I realized it was actually detached up and down buttonhole stitch. Now the excitement was much more, may be it will look like tatting or macramé, these thoughts went through the mind. The reality of actually working the stitches took all the air from my fantasy balloon.
Started the sampler with the way Queenie worked, and took it out the next day, only to start with my way. The first sample shows all the gymnastics of the needle. Decided to work another sample, this time in one way [my way]. This difference is because, many people have their own needle movements for buttonhole stitch. The way I work has become an habit now.
These two samples are detached up and down buttonhole stitches worked over two rows of running stitches [in the first sample] and over three rows [in the second sample]
Time to vary the running stitch rows. In the first sample, the running stitches are worked at two levels and this stitch worked over them. I like the wavy pattern. A one way running stitch with one space between the stitches, created the third sample and our stitch was worked over it. I seem to have got the rhythm of this stitch now and started flying high again.
Finding it difficult to explain the way the running stitches are worked in words, a small part of the base stitch variations are left bare. The second row is zigzag stitch and the last one is chain stitch.
I do like working this stitch, and this stitch can be used for adorning any simple stitch, working the stitch over zigzag and chain stitches is just example. The whole sampler.
January 12, 2018
SSS.48. Detached up and down buttonhole stitch
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January 12, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Up and down buttonhole stitch is tricky, but worth persevering with. It would be easier to get to grips with it as a standard stitch, rather than detached.
January 13, 2018 at 4:15 pm
yes. it is tricky. Learning to control the movements is very interesting.
January 14, 2018 at 12:44 pm
I, too, found it hard the first time, but the more I worked the stitch, the easier the movement got.
I was wondering what variations you would come up with, and of course you surprised me. The zig-zag creates a nice wavy pattern, and I do like the Chain stitch base.
Actually it is meant as a filling stitch, but I really like it as a chunky linear stitch.
January 14, 2018 at 4:37 pm
I understood this was filling stitch on your post Queenie. The suggestion of linear stitch, was very interesting. We can add more dimension to any plain linear stitch , that’s the reason I like this stitch.