TAST Week 2 (Still a Bit Late)

TAST 2010 Week 2 is the Knotted Loop stitch (find it here).  In the previous post (whew -- two in one night!), I blogged about the CQ 4x4s and TAST.

This stitch is worked from right to left -- you can see in the top photo that it's a little rugged at first, but then it evens out.  This would be a good stitch for a caterpillar, or maybe a mustache.  Or a leaf -- see the shape in the second photo.  I like it a lot in the variegated thread.

I'm not sure I did it right because there appears to be no knot, but...I like this stitch!

TAST 2 Week 1 (Just a Little Late)

Over at Pintangle, Sharon has started a weekly challenge where she provides a stitch, some samples, and (most importantly) directions for the stitch.  It's called "Take a Stitch Tuesday" or TAST.  The first week was the diamond stitch -- you can read about it here.  I'm a bit behind because she's already done week three and I'm just starting week one.

 I'm still working on those !#*#$@!! CQ 4x4s (you can read about them here) and I decided since they weren't going to finish themselves, I'd use some of them for my experiments in these new stitches.  The top photo shows my first attempt.  Not so good.  So I got out a big honkin' needle and some fat thread and the second attempt was much better.

And did I take out the first attempt?  Nuh uh, not me -- I added beads and made it beautiful!