hallo sharon,
ti ho scritto in passato e ti ho inviato foto di un lavoro che avevo fatto grazie ai suggerimenti del tuo TAST.
ti ringrazio ancora per i punti che regolarmente continui a suggerire e grazie a tutte coloro che partecipano.
parlo poco inglese, spero possiate tradurre ciò che dico.
tra le altre cose ho preso l’idea per partecipare al BJP di robin.
a presto
Sharon, I’m with Allison, that landscape is wonderful. You’ve somehow made the whole scene so vivid for me. Of course, being me I have to add that I’m fascinated by the grid in the third photo, too.
this is an sos call for you ladies.
i’ve tried following the directions in Sharon’s stitch dictionary and i don’t get it. Could someone please help me out?
Is it ok to do the chain and then the 2tails? is that considered cheating:)?
suggestions?
you can write me at kangies at yahoo dot com so as not to inundate Sharon’s blog
thks
neki desu
Niki – I think you are already doing the stitch right – you can make the two straight stitches then thread through the chain or turn it around and do a chain and make two tails – it still works out – hope this helps
I have just finished challenge 22, and as you said it really is fun to play around. Have just posted the work on my blog…..I thoroughly enjoyed it…. off to play with 23 now.
Many thanks
Maggie
stitchingwithschnauzerandsiamese.blogspot.com
I loved doing this stitch, sometimes it looked like a millepede but I did it as a field of wheat and really spent time on it, thanks Sharon for this on going delight.
Oh its on my blog http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
I finally finished my wheatear sample and posted it to my blog: http://www.readingandstitchinginil.com — please stop by and take a look. Now I need to think about french knots.
It took me a while to get going because I was torn between naturalistic and abstract ideas and then I got given some small dyed pieces of silk on monday last as a gift. One piece seemed to echo the colour of some space dyed threads which I already had and I have stayed torn between the naturalistic and the abstract.
I also took a while to post because I wasn’t sure if I should back the silk in some way. I wondered if other people have advice on sewing on light weight silk.
This was another stitch I knew about but had not tried out.
June 5, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Your landscape-y wheatear with the beads and oyster stitch is truly stunning, Sharon!
June 5, 2007 at 11:30 pm
hallo sharon,
ti ho scritto in passato e ti ho inviato foto di un lavoro che avevo fatto grazie ai suggerimenti del tuo TAST.
ti ringrazio ancora per i punti che regolarmente continui a suggerire e grazie a tutte coloro che partecipano.
parlo poco inglese, spero possiate tradurre ciò che dico.
tra le altre cose ho preso l’idea per partecipare al BJP di robin.
a presto
June 6, 2007 at 2:38 am
Sharon, I’m with Allison, that landscape is wonderful. You’ve somehow made the whole scene so vivid for me. Of course, being me I have to add that I’m fascinated by the grid in the third photo, too.
June 7, 2007 at 5:35 am
this is an sos call for you ladies.
i’ve tried following the directions in Sharon’s stitch dictionary and i don’t get it. Could someone please help me out?
Is it ok to do the chain and then the 2tails? is that considered cheating:)?
suggestions?
you can write me at kangies at yahoo dot com so as not to inundate Sharon’s blog
thks
neki desu
June 7, 2007 at 8:34 am
Niki – I think you are already doing the stitch right – you can make the two straight stitches then thread through the chain or turn it around and do a chain and make two tails – it still works out – hope this helps
June 7, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Hi Sharon
I have just finished challenge 22, and as you said it really is fun to play around. Have just posted the work on my blog…..I thoroughly enjoyed it…. off to play with 23 now.
Many thanks
Maggie
stitchingwithschnauzerandsiamese.blogspot.com
June 9, 2007 at 1:24 pm
I just did a few samples of wheatear this week because I was busy with some samples for an historic needlework project.
http://lifeneedleworkandeverything.blogspot.com/2007/06/tast-23-wheatear-and-plimoth-jacket.html
June 9, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Hi Sharon, my latest set of stitches are posted to my blog. A nice easy stitch to use. Your own work is gorgeous.
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
June 10, 2007 at 11:16 am
Hi Sharon,
Just popping in to say that I’ve posted some work on the wheatears at quietermoments.wordpress.com
June 11, 2007 at 1:09 am
Hi Sharon,
I’ve posted my wheatear samples on flickr and at http://www.crazyquiltsusan.vow.com
I love the possibilities I found with this one.
June 11, 2007 at 8:44 am
I loved doing this stitch, sometimes it looked like a millepede but I did it as a field of wheat and really spent time on it, thanks Sharon for this on going delight.
Oh its on my blog
http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
June 11, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Love that sample with the oyster stitch and the beads!
June 12, 2007 at 2:25 am
Hi Sharon,
my wheatear sample is on the blog and on the Flickr group. I should have been able to do a lot more with this stitch, but I wanted to catch up.
http://smockery.blogspot.com/2007/06/tast-week-23-wheatear-stitch.html
June 12, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I finally finished my wheatear sample and posted it to my blog: http://www.readingandstitchinginil.com — please stop by and take a look. Now I need to think about french knots.
June 13, 2007 at 3:14 am
My wheateared wildflowers are up
http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/
Sharon what are those wonderful seeds (well they look like seeds or something natural) on your sample???
June 13, 2007 at 7:45 am
nancilyn – they are seeds – I found an old sting at a swap meet market for about 50c and pulled it apart.
June 14, 2007 at 4:01 am
I have just posted my wheatear sample on the group site http://flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/ and at

It took me a while to get going because I was torn between naturalistic and abstract ideas and then I got given some small dyed pieces of silk on monday last as a gift. One piece seemed to echo the colour of some space dyed threads which I already had and I have stayed torn between the naturalistic and the abstract.
I also took a while to post because I wasn’t sure if I should back the silk in some way. I wondered if other people have advice on sewing on light weight silk.
This was another stitch I knew about but had not tried out.
June 15, 2007 at 3:59 am
Better late than never…
My tiny sampler is here…
http://deepashome.blogspot.com/
Sharon, could u pls add the instructions for crested chain stitch in ur dictionary???
Thanks
Deepa
June 15, 2007 at 7:17 am
Deepa – I will try and get it done – this week is a bit hectic but I will post something in the blog when done
June 19, 2007 at 5:47 am
Late as usual, but done:
http://thepingallery.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/tast-23-and-some-more/
I think this will be one of my favourite stitches 🙂
June 23, 2007 at 5:14 am
Hi Sharon, here’s my wheatear stitch. Slowly catching up! http://faffingabout.blogspot.com/2007/06/tast-wheatear-stitch.html
July 4, 2007 at 6:09 am
Hi Sharon, finally finished my catch-up and you will find my Wheat Ear sample here:
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
July 10, 2007 at 6:27 am
playing catchup again!
http://fionacupcake.blogspot.com/2007/07/wheatear-sample.html