This has been a busy and exciting week for me, which I will blog about in my next post. Suffice it to say that I have not done anything with the rope stitch except to try to do it.
On my first attempt, which is shown on the right of this picture, I failed to understand that the stitches have to overlap.
My first line looks more like a barred or twisted chain stitch. It lacks bulk. I could see that it didn’t look like Sharon’s rope stitching. So I consulted one of her references, The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden. There I found the diagram that showed me what I had missed.
My line on the left looks like the rope stitch is supposed to look. It’s too late for me to do any doodling with this stitch right now. Tomorrow we’ll have a new stitch to try. But I think that knowing this stitch may be useful at some point, when I want that kind of bulky linear look.
Thanks again, Sharon.
I had to check my stitches to see if I hooked the thread behind the stitch and found I did not. I obviously got away with it by using thick threads.
I will re-do the Rope stitch so I have a correct example. thanks for pointing the way JoWynn.
Useful info here Jowynn.
I had the same problem. It took me two days and other references for the mechanics of this stitch to click in my brain. Now I love this stitch, so much better than my awkward stem and outline stitches.