Eskimo edging stitch: Day ?

I might be at day eleven on the Eskimo edging stitch. I’m really missing my old browser that showed me the previous titles as I type in the new one.

I still like this stitch and hope I’m not repeating myself with any of these doodles from yesterday.  Why I am still working with it? I’m not sure. It is not the joy the queen or rice stitches are to me. But I keep doodling.

The line at the lower edge of the sample is Mountmellick with a little addition of my own making.

 

This and that with a straight stitch base

Today’s samples are a mixed bag of some stitches that are beginning to be familiar around this blog. They are all based on a straight stitch.

Eskimo edging stitch

Raised chain band

Eskimo edging stitch turned into a filler

Raised chain band “off grid”

Herringbone ladder band

Same skeleton different pattern

I’m still using the same straight stitch skeleton as in yesterday’s post. I’ve varied the Eskimo edging loop pattern in today’s post. Here are the samples.

On this sample I simply couldn’t make up my mind…are those light tan beads adding to the stitch line or detracting?

Eskimo edging stitch: variety and repetition

Today’s post shows some Eskimo edging stitches. I’ve been working with one skeleton and using a variety of colors and threads. I’ve also played with using beads to change the focus points on the line.

Here is the original sample that made me interested in pursuing these experiments.

This is sample of the skeleton pattern that underlies the four samples below.

These are the samples. 

 

Putting stitches together

Today’s samples reflect that I’m still working at putting together various stitches worked on straight stitches.

In this sample there are two overlapping layers of off set Eskimo edging stitches with sorbello stitches below. The size of the sorbello stitches are alternated.

 

Sorbellos alternated with Mountmellick stitches on stem of detached chain stitches.

Mirrored Eskimo stitches with a center raised chain band.

On the left at the top a sorbello, on either side of the raised chain band are Mountmellicks. And on the right beaded sorbellos.

Stitches on top of stitches

Some of the fun of stitching with these new stitches I’ve been learning is try various ways of putting them together. I love to explore how each stitch is put together but the past few days I’ve been experimenting with how to put together the stitches with each other.

Here are a few samples from that work:

Sorbellos mirrored, off set and over lapping.

 

Detached raised chain stitches mirrored and over lapping.

Below Eskimo stitches two rows back to back in the center and on the outside two mirrored rows that also overlapping the center rows. The pattern makes this is very dense and the picture doesn’t convey as much of the interplay between the threads as I might wish. I may do a few more experiments with this same pattern in various color combinations. I’d like to try adding beads in the centers.

Here’s some raised chain work where I did add beads.

And then more beads with these sorbellos.

More on the Eskimo edging stitch

I can’t seem to leave this Eskimo edging stitch alone. I started working on the Breton stitch again yesterday. But some how I gravitated back to the Eskimo edging stitch. Here are the samples. You will see some influence from the Breton.

Just now with a quick glance across the net I didn’t see a good stitch dictionary example of the Breton stitch so here is a sample from some of the work I did yesterday. I think Needlecrafters has this stitch but at the moment their stitch dictionary is not linking up or else there is a problem with the new browser I’m having to use. Here is a snippet from what I was doing yesterday. I’m sure you will see some of my frustration with the stitch in the sample but it will give you a clue as to how the stitch works. I was making them very close together but of course they may be spread further apart.

Now here are the Eskimo edging samples.

Below is the first sample where I actually put in the twist.

Oops, no twist here. Maybe the influence wore off.

 

The sample above is threaded with a green thread through the middle. The sample below is interlaced by the looped portion of the Eskimo edging stitch itself.

Update: I just hit publish and found a new comment from Marty waiting for me. If you haven’t seen it already, please do go look at a beautiful variation she has done with the Eskimo edging stitch on her most recent post on the Midsummer’s Night crazy quilt. If you’re not familiar with Marty’s blog please take time to look around I’m sure that you would find much of interest in her work.

Eskimo edging stitch: Day 7

I think the samples here may be the last of the Eskimo edging stitch that I’ve not posted.

I need to do more with this wrap twice idea. Perhaps you may notice I haven’t found any purple beads that I enjoy; the French knots are a little too heavy.

This sample below was a fun concept and now I see all sorts of variations that would work.

Another “off grid” overnight work and test with the scanner on another setting. I’ve decided this is a snippet that needs a camera because it is not flat enough. The place where the stitching is very thick is somewhat distorted and at this point I don’t know what more to do to toy with the settings.

Eskimo edging stitch: Day 6

The Eskimo edging stitch samples in today’s post are from several days ago.

I’m still working on a couple of “off grid” pieces. Here is an update on the one from yesterday. The only really exciting thing here is that it is the initial trial on scanning my needlework. I’m so excited that I’m no longer limited to getting a photograph in good daylight. When it’s rainy or evening I can now put most of my needlework on the scanner. The color on this is much truer than in yesterday’s post. I’m not entirely thrilled with having the thread flat up against the glass. I’ll have to play around with some of the settings. I might not have had the resolution set high enough.

Sorbello variations continued

Before I get to the sorbello stitch, I want to take time out to mention a wonderful step-by-step that Paula at The Beauty of Life has done on the Eskimo edging stitch. This is not the adaptation that I’ve been working with but the real stitch. Paula has done the step by step so that you not only see what to do to make an edge around fabric but also how to join two pieces of fabric together. So please do swing by to see, if you haven’t all ready. And if you missed seeing Bobbi’s February TIF project using the Eskimo edging stitch that I mentioned in yesterday’s post, please do consider stopping by there, too. Many thanks to both these ladies for their work with the Eskimo edging stitch. They have both been re-inspiring me on that stitch.

The sorbello continues to hold my attention. I’ve been taking the legs of the stitch at various angles and in the first sample they are at nearly a ninety degree angle.

And about one hundred and eighty degree angles below.

Then I started playing with the straight stitch angle.

In this last one my spacing is a little two far apart but I love the appearance of the stitch itself. And it stabilized this variation of the sorbello fairly well with out an extra stitch down. However, I think the stitch down might add some interest. So there is a lot more to do with this stitch. It’s just waiting for me to pick up my needle and try it.

Many thanks for all the kind comments that are coming into the blog. I’m very sorry that I’ve still not been able to send out a thank you to each person. But I do appreciate these comments so much. And I hope to be more current soon. I took a little time to get away today and went to pick up some batting and lining for a needle-book. I also looked for some beads needed for a new project with the back stitch. It was refreshing to be out and about at leisure for a few hours.