A-Z of Crewel Embroidery (Search Press Classics) by Country Bumpkin

Author:Country Bumpkin [Bumpkin, Country]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Publisher: Search Press
Published: 2015-03-08T22:00:00+00:00

SPIDER WEB – WOVEN

SPLIT BACK STITCH

A

B

A

D

E

C

A

B

A

B

C

1 Draw a circle on the fabric

2 Framework. Secure the

3 Take the needle to the

4 Pull the yarn through.

1 Draw a line on the fabric.

2 Take the needle to the

3 Pull the yarn through.

4 Pull the yarn through.

and mark the centre with a

yarn on the back of the

back at the centre.

From the other side of the

Secure the yarn on the back

back at B, at the right

Re-emerge at C.

Take the needle to the back

dot. Mark the edge of the

fabric and bring it to the

circle, work a second stitch

and bring it to the front at A,

hand end.

at D, splitting the first stitch.

circle with an odd number of

front at one dot on the edge.

from the edge to the centre.

a short distance from the

Re-emerge at E.

evenly spaced dots.

right hand end.

5 Continue in the same

6 Weaving. Bring the yarn

7 Working in an

8 Continue weaving over

5 Pull the yarn through.

6 To finish, take the needle

7 Pull the yarn through

manner until there is a

to the front between two

anticlockwise direction, take

and under the spokes until

Continue in the same

to the back, splitting the last

and end off on the back

straight stitch from each dot

spokes as close as possible

the needle over the next

one round is complete.

manner, always splitting the

stitch, and do not re-emerge.

of the fabric.

on the edge to the centre.

to the centre.

spoke and then under the

previous stitch as you take

following spoke.

the needle to the back.

The Quaker Tapestry

The brainchild of Anne Wynn-Wilson, the Quaker Tapestry depicts the history of Quakerism from the 17th century to the present day. Like the Bayeux Tapestry, it is worked in crewel embroidery. The seventy-seven panels, which make up this amazing work, are housed in Cumbria, England.

9 Pull the yarn firmly so the

10 Continue weaving

11 Continue until the

12 Pull the yarn through

framework does not show

the yarn over and under,

framework is hidden. Take

and end off on the back

4,000 men, women and children from fifteen different through at the centre.

keeping the rounds

the needle over one more

of the fabric.

countries stitched the panels between 1981 and 1996.

close together.

spoke, then take it to the

A special Quaker stitch was even invented for it.

back under the next spoke.

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