[HNW] long stitch

[Mary M. Riedel]

I remember it well and have the projects I did:  several pillows and a large
wall hanging.  I still have the charts I used.  The canvas was penelope and
the wool was Anchor.  Everyone called it the "kloster" stitch but I don't
know that that is correct.  Basically you worked from a chart.  Each square
on the chart was two side-by-side stitches over *two* sets of double
threads.

Is this what you mean?

MaryR

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Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: [HNW] long stitch


| Hello to the list.
|
| Are there any list members who remember a popular needlepoint/embroidery
| stitch from the, oh, 70s and 80s called "long stitch"?  It was particular
| popular for doing wall hangings, and I believe it may have originated in
the
| Scandinavian countries.  Is there any chance that someone on this list has
a
| book or instructions on this technique hidden deep in a file or basement?
I
| would be eternally and embarrassingly grateful for any help with this.
You
| understand, of course, that in a fit of cleaning frenzy many years ago, I
| threw away just such a book.  And of course, I can not tell my husband
| because he would spend the rest of our married life chortling and saying
"I
| told you so!" which would just be so unbearable.
|
| Thanks!
|
| Nancy
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