Nicola - you are opening whole new ideas for me. The last note I made in my notebook was be creative with this stitch - this is a lovely learning opportunity!
I am finding these videos very interesting and useful. I have been stitching for more years than I can remember but I am still learning new things from you
Hey, Nicola - I’ve been stitching for 59 years and done every stitch known to mankind, but I’m learning that there are better ways to do them. You really are never too old to learn - Thank you! Do you remember the name of the pattern of your stunning (award winning to boot) blackwork piece? I would love to stitch it and have it hanging on my wall. I so appreciate you and your contributions to our community.
On your Italian sampler, could it be that the stitcher was making one leg of stitches in a row then coming back to stitch the other leg? That's what I do and the backs of my projects have vertical stitches. I think they call it the Danish method. My aunt taught me that way. We aren't European, but American. Not sure who taught her, but I have a feeling it was her home economics teacher in the 60s. My mother has a needlework book from the 1800s. I need to pull it and see how they say to make a running stitch 😊 Thanks for the great video!
Another wonderful lesson. So nice to see how another does things. Learned some new tips despite stitching for oh so many years. Big thanks Nicola! Looking forward to next week.
Nicola, you are the best teacher! Your videos are treasures. You have remarkable knowledge, and I am the happy recipient of it. Thank you for the time you spend preparing for these lessons, and the ultimate gift of yourself to us.
Thank you so much for this lovely video! I actually just finished a Celtic sampler using this type stitches and your insight would have helped me (and will in the future) immensely. Bertie and Hugo are just gorgeous! I miss my girl Boxer dearly, but seeing your boys made my heart smile. Thank you Nicola!
I have done doubling running stitch that the pathway was marked like a dot-to-dot. I really like your plan of turning left. Again thank you for sharing you expertise with us. I look forward to lessons to follow. Your dogs are so handsome and have interesting personalities.
Thank you for this lesson. I avoid double running stitches and use back stitching instead. I’m looking forward to the backstitching lesson. It would be much appreciated when you would choose to use one or the other. Thank you again!
As I mainly stitch reproductions I use the stitch the original stitcher used. When I am stitching for myself, say an original design, I would use double running stitch when doing work such as blackwork but if I was stitching an outline around cross stitches I would use back stitch. I would also use it if working in between cross stitches such as a pane of glass in a window that was cross stitched and I needed to insert the window bars in between.
Thank you for this learning opportunity and many more to come. I have a doodle piece of linen that I’m trying these techniques on which has been helpful for me.
Thank you for another great tutorial! I really appreciate that you took us through the entire journey of working the double running stitch in that little motif. It was very instructive for me to see that by consistently turning left at a juncture and then returning back from a dead end will get you safely back to the starting point without working over some stitches multiple times. I am so eager to try this, myself. Again, many thanks!!!
Hi Nicola, the way you explained the junction and turning back to the starting point was brilliant! Its hard to forget! Looking forward to stitching my next bit of sampler. The starting thread was brilliant too Thank You for sharing. Can I ask is Blackwork just a runing stitch or is there something more to it than that? Your Black thread sampler is so beautiful!
Blackwork is worked in double running stitch. Blackwork projects work up very quickly. Using this method means that you will not miss out a side road that spurs off the main route. There is nothing worse than finishing a motif and realise you have missed something.
Nicola, I agree your teaching is wonderful. I have returned to cross stitching in the last couple of years. I learned so much in this TH-cam Thank you for your time.
Listened and watched the lesson then executed the stitches- you make it clear and easy to understand- thank you for your time and generosity sharing with us!
Hello Debra - Blackwork is worked in double running stitch. The framed piece I showed at the start of the double running section was worked in double running stitch and is an example of blackwork.
I am wondering if one is stitching running stitch with 2 threads whether one could start with the loop stitch. I'm enjoying learning new things as am totally self taught.
Hello Michelle - Yes you could. I am sorry that I did not mention this. I also forgot to include the segment I recorded working this stitch on Aida. N x
Once again, your love of stitching is contagious! Your instruction has opened a world of craftsmanship I may have otherwise not known. Thank you. And many thanks to your delightful boys. I have a very large dog who lays on my feet while I stitch and I adore him!
I apologize. I wanted to tell you that your stitched piece ( the quilt ) actually evoked a gasp from me. It is one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve seen! Oh my goodness.
Nicola, Thank you so much for these videos! I have stitched for more years then I care to say but there is always a tidbit for me to learn. I've particularly am learning from you starts and finishes during these first 2 videos. Saying that it wasn't discussed under the double running portion of this video. I am concerned since we start and finish at the same place ending our threads will then be at the same place which may cause some build up in that location. Do you have a way to avoid this?
Hello Carol - when working an isolated motif in double running (ie it does not feed off another motif) I would not tie off a start and finish under the same stitch. I would use adjacent stitches.
Thank you for such a clear demonstration of this stitch. Perhaps next week, when you discuss backstitch, you can explain to us when we should use a running stitch and when we should use a back stitch? They both look so similar, and unless the pattern directs us to use one or the other, there is no way to know which of those stitches to use. Is there a type of motif that is better suited to being stitched with a running stitch as opposed to a backstitch? Thank you so much, Nicola! Your sampler done with running stitches was incredible!
Hello Maureen - when the chart does not indicate which you should use, the stitch that you are most comfortable working or which looks best to your eye. I am currently working on a sampler where the girl used both. We can identify which as the back stitched lines are like little beads.
I will watch this one over and over! Thank you. The Brazilian/ Italian sampler is so beautiful. I’m sorry that I don’t know the name or if it is charted for purchase. I’m so happy to see Hugo and Bertie.
Hello Deborah if you follow this link it will explain the stitches in the sampler but we will be learning others too. hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/product/a-b-c-an-online-workshop-a-pdf-download/
If I may ask how To use the calculator chart in your website for this class to calculate my fabric size? I have some 32ct fabric but I do not know how to use the calculator sheet. When you said 266X49 where I input this number in to calculator sheet? Thank you
Dear Nicola, hello from Toronto, Canada! Your video class is fantastic for people like me, who have done a couple of projects in cross-stitch or blackwork without much instruction! The tips are a real treasure. Question: Do you have a favourite way of ending your running backstitch at the end of a line or a design? For starting, there is always the loop method if you are working with doubled thread, but is there a good starting method for single threads or when the loop method is not suitable? Many thanks for your input and your videos!
I love these videos. I was not going to work this sampler because I have so many others going. But I am so eager to actually put into practice what you are teaching, I decided I could not let the opportunity pass by. One thing that would be helpful would be to delineate for us which parts of the sampler are to be worked in the stitches you go over. For this video, I assume the staggered running stitches with gaps is the main thing, and maybe also the six lines below the lower-case alphabet? But where, then, the back stitch for next week? I can wait and see, of course, and simply continue with the cross stitched alphabets.
Great explanation! I learned this stitch extensively in the 90s during a class learning Blackwork. I didn’t hear you mention Blackwork, and I realize there aren’t many charts done entirely in Blackwork now, with the exception of Elizabeth? Almond ?. I have a chart I got from her sight about 10 years ago. 20 years ago I got what I’m thinking was an EGA chart that was a Chessboard done entirely in blackwork with a variety of filling patterns 😊. Thank you for doing these stitch videos as many still don’t realize the total breadth of stitches available in samplers 😊
Nicola! Thank you so much for these videos, this one perfect timing as I’m at the running stitch portion of a sampler I’m working on. I’ve been stitching for simply ages but in no way am I what I consider “accomplished”. I’m using the old ways I learned as a child. This has taught me a new more thoughtful way to approach my stitching. Thanks again, your method of teaching via video has been so easy to follow. ❤ ok, off I “run” 😂
Thank you Nicola for again a wonderfull tutorial! Love the way you can play with this stitch. Starting and ending your thread this way is brilliant. Looking forward to next week🪡🪡🪡🥰
Hi Nicola, thank you for your tutorial on running stitch , double running stitch and whip stitch. It was a treat to see Hugo ⭐️ and Bertie ⭐️ in the beginning and end of your video. Have a great week. TTFN
I’m trying to search and find pattern Cornwall or Cornwell pattern to cross stitch and was wondering if you were familiar with this pattern where I might find it. I have decadents of that name. I watch all your videos also great ones. 4:56
Thank you so much for the lessons on needlepoint . I was going to put them in a frame but decided to make a small book of the sampler. For my daughter as a Birthday Gift. Again Thank you. 🎉❤
Listened and watched the lesson then executed the stitches- you make it clear and easy to understand- thank you for your time and generosity sharing with us!
Bertie and Hugo always make me smile. Thank you so much for this post. I will remeber ti tey to go left when doing double running stitch. I habe a large band sampler to work on and there is quite a bit. I usually plan in my head the path i am going to take, but this seems to be a bit faster. I learn things in each of your videos. I think thatnis part of the fun of stitching. There are so many ways to so it and things to try. Have a lovely rest of the weekend.
Thank you for these interesting videos it such a joy to learn all these stitches you have opened my mind in this lovely journey 😊 and wanting to research more
Thank you so much for your instruction. You make it to easy to understand. I am 76 years old and recently renewed my interest in this craft after many years.
Than you Nicholas, this was an awesome lesson on running stitch. I was not aware how much can be done with the running stitch. You are such an awesome teacher. 🥰
Thank you so much for running this course. I have already learnt so much and I really appreciate your generosity in sharing your time and expertise for free. I was reading an old book on Blackwork and they referred to double running stitch as Holbein stitch but the written instructions made no sense until I watched your tutorial. I think the name comes from all those amazing Holbein portraits of the Tudor court, many of whom had beautiful hand embroidered collars and cuffs. The book also recommended that you always thread your needle before cutting your length of silk off a spool as this ensures that the thread filaments are lying in the right direction so will be less likely to tangle. Happy bank holiday!
Thank you so much! I've been stitching for more than 30 years & you showed a couple pretty great techniques I'd never seen before. Question: on the sampler for this course, are the lines under the lower case "a b c etc" for the double running stitch or for next week's back stitching? I have a notebook & I'm breaking the sampler into pieces. Notes & diagrams on left page & actual sampler piece on the right page. By the time this course is over, I should have a great start on my own stitch guide to reference. Really appreciate you taking the time to do this series! ❤
Hello - the stitches under the lower case are b c are back stitches BUT you could make half of the lines double running stitch so that they feature in the sampler.
@Bluebirdsince94 I was wondering the same thing. I have already stitched the first line under the lower case alphabet in double running stitch. I think I will take Nicola's advice and do the section half double running and half backstitch. Nicola, thank you for these tutorials!
Thank you for another great tutorial.i have a black work piece that I’ve considered restarting. Now I will because of this tutorial. Bathya has been on my someday list for years. Thank you for letting us know the majority of stitches are double running stitch. Happy stitching! 🧵🪡
Hello Suzy thank you for your kind comments. Many of the stitches have their base in running stitch but are composite stitches. There is an in depth tutorial available for the stitches.
Nicola - you are opening whole new ideas for me. The last note I made in my notebook was be creative with this stitch - this is a lovely learning opportunity!
I am finding these videos very interesting and useful. I have been stitching for more years than I can remember but I am still learning new things from you
Hey, Nicola - I’ve been stitching for 59 years and done every stitch known to mankind, but I’m learning that there are better ways to do them. You really are never too old to learn - Thank you! Do you remember the name of the pattern of your stunning (award winning to boot) blackwork piece? I would love to stitch it and have it hanging on my wall. I so appreciate you and your contributions to our community.
Please continue with the tutorials. I have learnt some new techniques. Something to say after 25 years of stitching!
On your Italian sampler, could it be that the stitcher was making one leg of stitches in a row then coming back to stitch the other leg? That's what I do and the backs of my projects have vertical stitches. I think they call it the Danish method.
My aunt taught me that way. We aren't European, but American. Not sure who taught her, but I have a feeling it was her home economics teacher in the 60s.
My mother has a needlework book from the 1800s. I need to pull it and see how they say to make a running stitch 😊
Thanks for the great video!
Another wonderful lesson. So nice to see how another does things. Learned some new tips despite stitching for oh so many years. Big thanks Nicola! Looking forward to next week.
Nicola, I love these video tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Nicola, you are the best teacher! Your videos are treasures. You have remarkable knowledge, and I am the happy recipient of it. Thank you for the time you spend preparing for these lessons, and the ultimate gift of yourself to us.
I use double running stitch (also known as Holbein Stitch) when I do reversible black work. I love these tutorials. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this lovely video! I actually just finished a Celtic sampler using this type stitches and your insight would have helped me (and will in the future) immensely. Bertie and Hugo are just gorgeous! I miss my girl Boxer dearly, but seeing your boys made my heart smile. Thank you Nicola!
I have done doubling running stitch that the pathway was marked like a dot-to-dot. I really like your plan of turning left. Again thank you for sharing you expertise with us. I look forward to lessons to follow. Your dogs are so handsome and have interesting personalities.
Smart woman. Work for the golf club then ask for a stitchery treat. Great video
Thank you for this lesson. I avoid double running stitches and use back stitching instead. I’m looking forward to the backstitching lesson. It would be much appreciated when you would choose to use one or the other. Thank you again!
As I mainly stitch reproductions I use the stitch the original stitcher used. When I am stitching for myself, say an original design, I would use double running stitch when doing work such as blackwork but if I was stitching an outline around cross stitches I would use back stitch. I would also use it if working in between cross stitches such as a pane of glass in a window that was cross stitched and I needed to insert the window bars in between.
Thank you for this learning opportunity and many more to come. I have a doodle piece of linen that I’m trying these techniques on which has been helpful for me.
Thank you for another great tutorial! I really appreciate that you took us through the entire journey of working the double running stitch in that little motif. It was very instructive for me to see that by consistently turning left at a juncture and then returning back from a dead end will get you safely back to the starting point without working over some stitches multiple times. I am so eager to try this, myself. Again, many thanks!!!
Thank you Nicola for another instructive video! I am learning a lot from your teaching.
Hi Nicola, the way you explained the junction and turning back to the starting point was brilliant! Its hard to forget! Looking forward to stitching my next bit of sampler. The starting thread was brilliant too Thank You for sharing. Can I ask is Blackwork just a runing stitch or is there something more to it than that? Your Black thread sampler is so beautiful!
Blackwork is worked in double running stitch. Blackwork projects work up very quickly. Using this method means that you will not miss out a side road that spurs off the main route. There is nothing worse than finishing a motif and realise you have missed something.
Nicola, I agree your teaching is wonderful. I have returned to cross stitching in the last couple of years. I learned so much in this TH-cam Thank you for your time.
Listened and watched the lesson then executed the stitches- you make it clear and easy to understand- thank you for your time and generosity sharing with us!
Thank you for this. I now feel confident to tackle the running stitch in Annie Bayliss.
I didn’t comment on your pin stitch video..but it is a perfect way to start…thank you
Just a big thank you Nicola. Happy Stitching ❤❤
Hello Nicola. Thank you for your amazing videos. What is the difference between double running stitch and black work? Best, Debra
Hello Debra - Blackwork is worked in double running stitch. The framed piece I showed at the start of the double running section was worked in double running stitch and is an example of blackwork.
That was a wonderful video. Thank you!
I am wondering if one is stitching running stitch with 2 threads whether one could start with the loop stitch. I'm enjoying learning new things as am totally self taught.
Hello Michelle - Yes you could. I am sorry that I did not mention this. I also forgot to include the segment I recorded working this stitch on Aida. N x
Once again, your love of stitching is contagious! Your instruction has opened a world of craftsmanship I may have otherwise not known. Thank you. And many thanks to your delightful boys. I have a very large dog who lays on my feet while I stitch and I adore him!
I apologize. I wanted to tell you that your stitched piece ( the quilt ) actually evoked a gasp from me. It is one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve seen! Oh my goodness.
Thank you again for another helpful video.
Nicola, Thank you so much for these videos! I have stitched for more years then I care to say but there is always a tidbit for me to learn. I've particularly am learning from you starts and finishes during these first 2 videos. Saying that it wasn't discussed under the double running portion of this video. I am concerned since we start and finish at the same place ending our threads will then be at the same place which may cause some build up in that location. Do you have a way to avoid this?
Hello Carol - when working an isolated motif in double running (ie it does not feed off another motif) I would not tie off a start and finish under the same stitch. I would use adjacent stitches.
Thank you for such a clear demonstration of this stitch. Perhaps next week, when you discuss backstitch, you can explain to us when we should use a running stitch and when we should use a back stitch? They both look so similar, and unless the pattern directs us to use one or the other, there is no way to know which of those stitches to use. Is there a type of motif that is better suited to being stitched with a running stitch as opposed to a backstitch? Thank you so much, Nicola! Your sampler done with running stitches was incredible!
Hello Maureen - when the chart does not indicate which you should use, the stitch that you are most comfortable working or which looks best to your eye. I am currently working on a sampler where the girl used both. We can identify which as the back stitched lines are like little beads.
I will watch this one over and over! Thank you. The Brazilian/ Italian sampler is so beautiful. I’m sorry that I don’t know the name or if it is charted for purchase. I’m so happy to see Hugo and Bertie.
Hello Deanna - I will definitety be reproducing Adele, the Brazilian sampler. I want her for my red room.
@@nicolaparkman You are the BEST!
Is this online workshop for the blackwork you show in this starting video?
Hello Deborah if you follow this link it will explain the stitches in the sampler but we will be learning others too. hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/product/a-b-c-an-online-workshop-a-pdf-download/
I am loving your tutorials. I am learning a lot!
If I may ask how To use the calculator chart in your website for this class to calculate my fabric size? I have some 32ct fabric but I do not know how to use the calculator sheet. When you said 266X49 where I input this number in to calculator sheet? Thank you
Hello - I have a video that will show you Flosstube #09 - Tips And Needlework Tricks - Preparing Your Linen
th-cam.com/video/uBekiF6w_yA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much
Dear Nicola, hello from Toronto, Canada! Your video class is fantastic for people like me, who have done a couple of projects in cross-stitch or blackwork without much instruction! The tips are a real treasure. Question: Do you have a favourite way of ending your running backstitch at the end of a line or a design? For starting, there is always the loop method if you are working with doubled thread, but is there a good starting method for single threads or when the loop method is not suitable? Many thanks for your input and your videos!
Hello Debora - in next week’s tutorial we are looking at backstitch and will cover starting and ending your thread.
@@nicolaparkman My apologies! I meant double running stitch (blackwork stitch)!
Great tips on the running stitch, thank you
I love these videos. I was not going to work this sampler because I have so many others going. But I am so eager to actually put into practice what you are teaching, I decided I could not let the opportunity pass by. One thing that would be helpful would be to delineate for us which parts of the sampler are to be worked in the stitches you go over. For this video, I assume the staggered running stitches with gaps is the main thing, and maybe also the six lines below the lower-case alphabet? But where, then, the back stitch for next week? I can wait and see, of course, and simply continue with the cross stitched alphabets.
Hello Emily - the lines below the start of the lower case alphabet is back stitch. We will look at a block each week.
@@nicolaparkman Excellent - thank you, Nicola!
Great explanation! I learned this stitch extensively in the 90s during a class learning Blackwork. I didn’t hear you mention Blackwork, and I realize there aren’t many charts done entirely in Blackwork now, with the exception of Elizabeth? Almond ?. I have a chart I got from her sight about 10 years ago. 20 years ago I got what I’m thinking was an EGA chart that was a Chessboard done entirely in blackwork with a variety of filling patterns 😊. Thank you for doing these stitch videos as many still don’t realize the total breadth of stitches available in samplers 😊
Nicola! Thank you so much for these videos, this one perfect timing as I’m at the running stitch portion of a sampler I’m working on. I’ve been stitching for simply ages but in no way am I what I consider “accomplished”. I’m using the old ways I learned as a child. This has taught me a new more thoughtful way to approach my stitching. Thanks again, your method of teaching via video has been so easy to follow. ❤ ok, off I “run” 😂
So helpful your floss tube ,I am learning so much.Thankyou for sharing your knowledge.
Once again fabulous Nicola! I was also taught that technique of ‘keep turning left‘ for navigating a maze😊. Not lost my way since😂
Thank you Nicola for again a wonderfull tutorial! Love the way you can play with this stitch. Starting and ending your thread this way is brilliant. Looking forward to next week🪡🪡🪡🥰
Hi Nicola, thank you for your tutorial on running stitch , double running stitch and whip stitch. It was a treat to see Hugo ⭐️ and Bertie ⭐️ in the beginning and end of your video. Have a great week. TTFN
I’m trying to search and find pattern Cornwall or Cornwell pattern to cross stitch and was wondering if you were familiar with this pattern where I might find it. I have decadents of that name. I watch all your videos also great ones. 4:56
hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/product/mary-cornwall-printed-booklet/. Here is the link
@@nicolaparkman Thank you so much for responding so quickly. I found this one but I’m looking for and letting me know regarding this one.
I’m so thankful for this class you teach and its so much information I learn 🙏✌️⭐️ and you explained it in the best version possible.
Thank you so much for the lessons on needlepoint . I was going to put them in a frame but decided to make a small book of the sampler. For my daughter as a Birthday Gift. Again Thank you. 🎉❤
Thank you for showing the Brazilian-Italian sampler! I stitch like that
Thank you for the video I enjoy them immensely. Happy stitching
Thank you!
Listened and watched the lesson then executed the stitches- you make it clear and easy to understand- thank you for your time and generosity sharing with us!
I must say, you are a wonderful teacher. Thank you for being generous and for sharing your talents.
Thank you
Bertie and Hugo always make me smile. Thank you so much for this post. I will remeber ti tey to go left when doing double running stitch. I habe a large band sampler to work on and there is quite a bit. I usually plan in my head the path i am going to take, but this seems to be a bit faster. I learn things in each of your videos. I think thatnis part of the fun of stitching. There are so many ways to so it and things to try. Have a lovely rest of the weekend.
Thank you for the tutorial. This is the first time I truly understood the double running stitch.
Thank you for these interesting videos it such a joy to learn all these stitches you have opened my mind in this lovely journey 😊 and wanting to research more
Thank you so much for your instruction. You make it to easy to understand. I am 76 years old and recently renewed my interest in this craft after many years.
Than you Nicholas, this was an awesome lesson on running stitch. I was not aware how much can be done with the running stitch. You are such an awesome teacher. 🥰
Wonderful! Thank you! Will try these tonight!
Thank you so much for running this course. I have already learnt so much and I really appreciate your generosity in sharing your time and expertise for free. I was reading an old book on Blackwork and they referred to double running stitch as Holbein stitch but the written instructions made no sense until I watched your tutorial. I think the name comes from all those amazing Holbein portraits of the Tudor court, many of whom had beautiful hand embroidered collars and cuffs. The book also recommended that you always thread your needle before cutting your length of silk off a spool as this ensures that the thread filaments are lying in the right direction so will be less likely to tangle. Happy bank holiday!
Yes double running stitch is also known as Holbein, Spanish stitch and a few other names too. I am glad you are enjoying the tutorials.
Thank you for the lesson. Love it.
Thank you so much! I've been stitching for more than 30 years & you showed a couple pretty great techniques I'd never seen before.
Question: on the sampler for this course, are the lines under the lower case "a b c etc" for the double running stitch or for next week's back stitching?
I have a notebook & I'm breaking the sampler into pieces. Notes & diagrams on left page & actual sampler piece on the right page. By the time this course is over, I should have a great start on my own stitch guide to reference. Really appreciate you taking the time to do this series! ❤
Hello - the stitches under the lower case are b c are back stitches BUT you could make half of the lines double running stitch so that they feature in the sampler.
Thank you, I love that idea!
@Bluebirdsince94 I was wondering the same thing. I have already stitched the first line under the lower case alphabet in double running stitch. I think I will take Nicola's advice and do the section half double running and half backstitch. Nicola, thank you for these tutorials!
Thank you for another great tutorial.i have a black work piece that I’ve considered restarting. Now I will because of this tutorial. Bathya has been on my someday list for years. Thank you for letting us know the majority of stitches are double running stitch. Happy stitching! 🧵🪡
Hello Suzy thank you for your kind comments. Many of the stitches have their base in running stitch but are composite stitches. There is an in depth tutorial available for the stitches.