Cretan stitch tutorial and sampler

This week's TAST challenge by Sharon on Pintangle is Cretan stitch..

Here is the step by step instructions for beginners

On cloth, the steps look as in the below picture

Some of the patterns that I tried with this stitch

Shama Nagarajan said...: nice designs; Friday, January 27, 2012
jenclair said...: Great job! You've made some interesting patterns!; Friday, January 27, 2012
veena said...: awesome tute Ec....lovely samples...hoping to see some more like this!!!; Friday, January 27, 2012
Christine said...: Very nice!!; Saturday, January 28, 2012
Christina said...: The pink 'curl' is the most neat one I've seen so far, good work!; Saturday, January 28, 2012
Isabelle said...: great job ! and thanks for the step-by-step. it is very pedagogic; Saturday, January 28, 2012
Miriam said...: What a nice "bows" !; Saturday, January 28, 2012
Anonymous said...: Thnaks for the step/ to /step. I now know I did it right!! :)
cannot wait to show my finihsed piece on Tuesday, I think my best embroidery piece so far ....; Saturday, January 28, 2012
Raphaela said...: Interesting patterns.; Sunday, January 29, 2012

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