My Worst Cross Stitch Nightmare: A Cautionary Tale!
By: John Wigham
I can read. I can count. I can thread a needle... so why did everything suddenly go wrong with a counted cross stitch project I started last year?
I began enthusiastically enough. I had planned to stitch a picture of a greyhound, as a birthday gift for a friend. Even before I unpacked the kit, I was already imagining her cry of surprise and delight as she opened the gift wrapping to see the picture I had
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TRAME (TRAMMED) CROSS STITCH
The Trame Cross Stitch is another variation of a trammed stitch. This stitch is
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similar to the trammed upright gobelin stitch and, to a smaller degree, the bokhara couching stitches. The difference between the trame cross stitch and these other trammed stitches is in the second series of stitches that cover the original straight horizontal stitch. With the gobelin and couching stitches the second stitch is a straight, gobelin stitch. The trame cross stitch, however, uses a series of cross stitches to cover the horizontal stitch. Four diagrams have been used to demonstrate this stitch. Clicking on the PRINTABLE VERSION icon, located at the end of the series of diagrams, will direct you to the page to print these instructions.
Trame Cross Stitch (Diagram 1):
To begin this stitch, we start with a series of foundation stitches. The foundation stitches may be resized to accomodate the area you are working. Bring the needle up at A, move to the right over six canvas threads, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move to the right over six canvas threads, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move to the right over six canvas threads, bring the needle
Trame Cross Stitch (Diagram 2):
Now we add the first part of the cross stitches over the foundation stitches. The cross stitches are illustrated in dark blue. Bring the needle up at A, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at F. Now, continue on to Diagram 3...
Trame Cross Stitch (Diagram 3):
Now we add the second part of the cross stitches over the foundation stitches. Beginning where we left off at F, bring the needle up at G, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at
Trame Cross Stitch (Diagram 4):
This diagram illustrates how a completed area should look. You may use the trame' cross stitch over other stitches as accent stitches or you might choose to use it on it's own. If you select the latter, just be sure to add filling stitches to cover the wholes where canvas is visible.
down at F. This complete the foundation stitches. Now, continue on to Diagram 2...
C, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at H. Now, continue on to Diagram 4...
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