Chapter 9 - Threads and Stitchery

Some of my threads used in this Chapter ranging from silk to coton and rayon threads bought for dyeing at Texere Yarns, knitting and embroidery threads......

Part 2

Informal effects with a stitch

9n: two fly stitches crossing each other, done with a ribbon knitting yarn

 9o: these variations of the fly stitch  were done with a single thread

9p: fly stitches of approximately the same size with one side of the stitch being slightly longer, the whole stitch was wrapped with buttonhole stitch done with a chenille thread

 9q: fly stitches done with a ribbon yarn and a fine thread on top of each other. The tail of the stitch is very short while the V-shape is kept loose

 9r: fly stitches done with a ribbon thread. These have no "tails", instead it was wrapped around the bottom of the V-shape

9s: a little experiment with a fluffy knitting yarn I recently bought. It was couched with fly stitch in a meandering movement

9t: only the "tail" of the fly stitch was wrapped with a buttonhole stitch, executed in thick silk thread

 9u: fly stitches done quite close to each other in a circular movement

The next 3 samples are variations of the fly stitch with a similar positioning. The only thing that changes is the thread the size and in sample 9w
the V-shape is very long and the tail tiny

 9V

 9w

9x

Chapter 9 - Threads and Stitchery

Part 1

I chose the fly stitch for my stitch samples as I think that it is a very versatile stitch which offers a lot of possibilities for variations as well as in the V-shape as in the "tail" of the stitch.

The following samples were worked  on a fine black linen fabric or on plain black coton

Formal Stitching Rythm

 9a: here a fine thread was used to stitch the single stitches in rows

 9b: the stitches were done with two fine threads in the needle. I changed the direction of the stitch blocks as well as the size

 9c: the stitches were done on the diagonal with a loose tension in the V-shape and a short tail

9d: two threads in one needle, the stitches were done on the diagonal with the V-shapes touching each other to form little squares

9e: two fine threads in the needle with variation in the spacing of the stitches showing a change of tone where the stitches overlap

9f: here a knitting ribbon was used to form the fly stitch and strips of coton tulle were pulled through

 9g: these stitches were done with woolen embroidery thread, the V-shapes are nested into each other and the "tails" were stitched into the previous ones

9h: this sample was done with a a knitting ribbon with large V-shapes, the size of the stitches makes the fabric rise a bit which adds to its tactile quality.

9i: done with perle embroidery yarn, these V-shapes touch each other to form a chevron pattern

9j: stitched on the diagonal in rows, then another set of stitches were done in the other direction 

9k: in this sample the tail of the fly stitch was replaced by a single chain stitch through which a thicker thread was woven

9l: a chunky ribbon yarn was used for this sample. The holes through which the yarn had to pass through was "pre-punched"

9m: here large fly stitches were wrapped with a button hole stitch with a silk thread