Drizzle Stitch Video Tutorial
Finally, another hand embroidery tutorial to add to the Video Library of Stitches! It's been a while... but here's the Drizzle Stitch.
The drizzle stitch is a "texture" stitch. It makes an individual, almost-upright, slightly twisted "tower" on your fabric. It's difficult to explain what it looks like! So here are some photos of it instead:
These are the two purple drizzle stitches from the video. They're worked in a coton a broder. They're not as pretty as the stitch could be, so I tried it with Trebizond, which is a three-ply twisted silk.
I think it's much prettier. The needle is there to give you a sense of size. They're not as big as they look! These are made with five cast-on stitches.
Here they are from another angle. They look rather like a caterpillar.
And here they are from the top. You can see the shadow - they do stick up off the fabric...
You might wonder how this stitch can be used in embroidery - as I mentioned above, it's a great way to add texture to clusters. So, for example, you might stitch a cluster of them in the middle of a flower, or among any kind of encrusted areas on textured embroidery.
The video takes you through two drizzle stitches, since it's a slower stitch to work. For materials, you may wish to have a needle threader handy, since you have to re-thread your needle while it's still in the fabric (embroidery is always much easier with the right tools!)
I'm trying to figure out a way to provide better quality videos. Right now, I'm uploading the videos to Google video, but they lose a lot in resolution and quality. Anyway, bear with me - there may be future developments along this line!
I hope you have fun with the drizzle stitch!
The drizzle stitch is a "texture" stitch. It makes an individual, almost-upright, slightly twisted "tower" on your fabric. It's difficult to explain what it looks like! So here are some photos of it instead:
These are the two purple drizzle stitches from the video. They're worked in a coton a broder. They're not as pretty as the stitch could be, so I tried it with Trebizond, which is a three-ply twisted silk.
I think it's much prettier. The needle is there to give you a sense of size. They're not as big as they look! These are made with five cast-on stitches.
Here they are from another angle. They look rather like a caterpillar.
And here they are from the top. You can see the shadow - they do stick up off the fabric...
You might wonder how this stitch can be used in embroidery - as I mentioned above, it's a great way to add texture to clusters. So, for example, you might stitch a cluster of them in the middle of a flower, or among any kind of encrusted areas on textured embroidery.
The video takes you through two drizzle stitches, since it's a slower stitch to work. For materials, you may wish to have a needle threader handy, since you have to re-thread your needle while it's still in the fabric (embroidery is always much easier with the right tools!)
I'm trying to figure out a way to provide better quality videos. Right now, I'm uploading the videos to Google video, but they lose a lot in resolution and quality. Anyway, bear with me - there may be future developments along this line!
I hope you have fun with the drizzle stitch!
Labels: beginner embroidery, Hand embroidery stitches, video tutorials
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Sunday, October 14, 2007
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The drizzle stitch is fantastic done really long Mary. It is great for grass, and seaweed, and the end of ribbon on 'bows'. As you said, great for adding hieght and texture.
I love your videos. A hint for drizzle stitches is to anchor the needle in a pincushion under the fabric so it sits up straight for casting on the loops.
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