TAST 2012 June 19th

Week 25 Cable Chain Stitch

Again, not a stitch that I think I have used.  So I had a play around with it and found that I could manipulate it in a number of ways.  Firstly, by increasing the wraps around the needle it reminded me of beads, so I shortened the length of the chain to accentuate this.  Then I lengthened the chain section to see what would happen there.

I have had an idea of embroidering a woman with neck rings, like the Kayan people in Burma but as this stitch could be made to look like beads I decided on an African woman. 

I drew a rough portrait on the wrong side of the fabric in pencil and then stitched the outline on this side in stem stitch, which became a back stitch on the right side. I used 2 strands of embroidery cotton for the hair, using a colonial knot for the bottoms and then a French stem stitch for the braids.  For the beads I used the cable chain stitch. This was stitched in a variety of silk thread, using one or two threads to get different textures.  

I think I will call this one beads.

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Comments

[Kippy Honda]

wow! just beautiful!

[Carolyn Foley]

Thank you so much.

[Queeniepatch]

Thank you for sharing the way you have worked this beautiful piece. I want to try out adding more wraps around the needle, if you don't mind me 'stealing' your idea. I'll give credit to you in my blog posting.

[Carolyn Foley]

It is not stealing it is just sharing.  That is what this challenge is about I think.

[RachelandDesign]

Cable chain is one of my all-time favourite stitches. I am amazed that it was new to you! Do you like it?

[Carolyn Foley]

Yes, I think I do.  Im going to have to work out other ways to use it.

[Lakshmi Sadala]

Crolyn it very creative way of using the stitch..

[Carolyn Foley]

 
 
 
 
thank you Lakshmi

[Queeniepatch]

Congratulations on being highlighted; I was hoping to see your lady at Sharon's.

[Carolyn Foley]

Yes it was a nice surprise and thank you.