Does anyone remember those older DMC travel rolls that were great for storing your floss? They used the StitchBow system and were super handy. We were discontinuing the travel rolls when I first started and I kept saying to myself, “I need to get one of those before we’re all sold out…” but then I […]
Month: June 2010
Woven Triple Spokes
Woven Triple Spokes After wrapping of the bars is complete, bring your needle up at point A, two threads into the fabric. Insert the needle in the center hole B. As the thread is brought back to A, wrap it around the suspended thread two times, keeping the suspended thread tight at all times. Insert […]
Flower Filling
Flower Filling To create our Flower Filling stitch, take the double circular web one step further by adding another web in the center, like doing a Dove’s eye. When finishing, conceal the thread behind the loop of the circular web taking it out to the kloster block to bury your thread. « Back to Stitches
Double Circular Web
Double Circular Web To do the Double Circular Web you work the circular web without the additional twists. The second circle is created by running the needle through the loops of the circular web. Finish by inserting the needle into the hole where the web began. « Back to Stitches
Circular Web
Circular Web The circular web is worked like the enclosed web but the stitch placement is different. Refer to the diagram to see that you bring your needle out between the 4th and 5th bars then again between the 9th and 10th bars. The diagram shows a second round where you make two twists around […]
Enclosed Web
Enclosed Web Once the kloster block has been cut you stitch a corner-to-corner web. Extend the thread from one corner to the adjacent corner. As the thread is brought out from the corner, put two twists around the extended thread before moving to the next corner. Work the second and third corners the same way. […]