Sandy V. Stitch

NEW STITCH????????
Sandy Vanasek, one of our beginning needlepoint students, accidently created this stitch while attempting to do the Nobuko stitch on her Christmas sampler.

We loved the way it looked, and charted the variation before she ripped to correct it. We found that it could be left open or filled with Continental or long upright crosses over one thread. When stitched with an overdyed fiber it resembled grass, so we added a few French Knot flowers in the open spaces.

The stitch is easy to do, compensates well, and makes an attractive overall background pattern.

The new stitch chart is on the bonus page of our website, so if you would like to try it please feel free to print the graph.