knitting and a lot else

knitting these days.bodice part is plain  and sleeves are made of crochet flowers.design is taken from Manorama.tried some beaded crochet .want to turn this into key chain .

knitting

busy knitting for some time .this is a half sweater and the front side is knitted with honeycomb pattern back side is simply knit and purl.

long and short 2

another long and short embroidery.

TAST 58,59,60

TAST 58,59,60are thestitches used.you can get the working method herehttp://pintangle.com/the twigs are worked in breton stitch ,fence in diamond stitch and leaves in woven chain.

kutchwork yoke2.,tatted yoke

 This is one of my earlier work.first pic is of design on front neck .the second pic is of motif done on whole front.embroidery is done with two strands of anchor stranded cotton.

 tatting motif is from Norma benropath pattern I got from tatsaway blog spot.com .square motifs are joined to form a yoke .the original design was for a small tablecloth but i changed it a little bit .tatting is done with perle cotton .

TAST 56,57

 This stitch takes all the forms as buttonhole stitch and is a beautiful and creative stitch.

 this is sailor stitch.

 the wheels are worked in sailor edge stitch.the spiral in sailor stitch.

flower petal is sailor edge stitchand the left try is sailor stitch.you can get the working method here.http://pintangle.com/2013/03/05/take-a-stitch-tuesday-stitch-56-and-57/

TAST55

The stitch is buttonhole herringbone  .I have stitched double layer. around a mirror work .You can get working method from herehttp://pintangle.com/2013/02/26/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-55/.The double layer can be worked in different colors.