100 Stitches - Four Sided Stitch

Time for another 100 Stitches post! 

This nice stitch is the Four Sided Stitch.

This stitch is from the Drawn Fabric Embroidery category of stitches.  The stitches in this category create an open pattern on the fabric by pulling groups of threads together.  Since I need to count the warp and weft threads for these stitches, I used this medium-to-loose weave linen for easier thread counting. 
For my floss, I am using a perle cotton.  This one is DMC Color Variations #4230.

The stitch is worked from right to left. 
The first step is to bring the needle up through the fabric on the bottom right hand side of the stitching area:

Pull all the way through.  Count up four threads and go back into the fabric:

Pull through.  Count four threads to the left and four threads down and then come back up through the fabric:

Pull through.  Count four threads to the right and go back into the fabric.  Notice I am going back into the same hole I used on the first part of this stitch:

Pull all the way through.  Count four threads up and four threads to the left and come back up through the fabric:

Pull through.  Count four threads to the right and go back into the fabric - again going into a previously used hole:

Pull through.  Count four threads down and four threads to the left and come back up through the fabric and you are at the first step of this stitch.  You can just repeat the steps.
When I learned this stitch, I went in and out of the fabric and pulled my thread through each time {this is called the stab method}.   

However, the instructions in 100 Stitches show the needle emerging from and going into the fabric in one step {this is called the sewing method}.  You can see how it works in the picture below.  Notice where the thread emerges and now the needle is going into the fabric four threads to the right and coming out four threads down and four threads to the left. 
It really is a much quicker and easier way to do this stitch.

This is what the final stitching line looks like:

This is the underside of the stitching:

This stitch is #97 on the 100 Stitches list and is from the Drawn Fabric Embroidery category.

100 Stitches - Three Sided Stitch

 This beautiful stitch is the Three Sided Stitch - the latest stitch I have learned from 100 Stitches.


I found this to be a very easy stitch to learn.  It is from the Drawn Fabric Embroidery category - meaning that the floss is going to be passing through the same holes in the fabric several times which leaves a nice open effect where each of the stitches meets. 

To demonstrate this stitch, I am using perle cotton floss, this is DMC color number 742.

This stitch is worked from right to left, so the first step is to come up through the fabric on the right hand side of the stitching area.

Pull all the way through and now count four threads to the right and go back into the fabric.

Go back into the fabric and pull all the way through - this makes one straight stitch.  Now come back up through the fabric in the same hole that the needle first emerged, pull through and

make a second straight stitch going back into the fabric in the same hole to the right:

Next, come back up through the fabric through the original starting hole and count up four threads above the straight stitches and count to threads to the right.  Go into the fabric:

Pull through to make a straight stitch slanting to the right - make two stitches this way using the same holes:

Count four threads to the left and come up through the fabric:

Go back into the fabric in the same top hole from the previous slanting stitch - make two straight stitches using the same holes:

Now count down four threads and two threads to the right and go back into the fabric.  You should be going back into the same hole that the needle very first emerged from. 

Take two straight stitches.  Now count to the left four threads and come back up through the fabric.  Start the whole process over again.

Just continue until you have a nice line of stitching:

Here is a peek at the underside of the stitching:

I think this is a beautiful stitch. In 100 Stitches, the diagram depicts this stitch being done around a corner, I might have to try that next!

This stitch is #96 on the 100 Stitches list.

100 Stitches - Honeycomb Filling Stitch

Time for another 100 Stitches post.  Next on the list is the Honeycomb Filling Stitch.  Sadly, I do not understand the instructions for this stitch! I haven't been able to find any other information or instructions - in fact an internet image search returns stitches that look nothing like this one!   I followed the steps in 100 Stitches and this is what I came up with.  I would love to hear from anyone that has experience with or ideas about this stitch. 

Because this stitch is in the Drawn Fabric Embroidery category, I used my  medium weave linen  fabric.  You really need to be able to count the spaces between the warp and weft threads on this one!

The stitch is worked from the top to the bottom.  The first step is to come up through the fabric.

Now count over four threads to the right and insert the needle:

Pull all the way through.  Count down four threads and bring the needle back up through the fabric:

Pull all the way through and go back into the fabric four threads up - this will be go into the same hole that your floss first went into going into the fabric:

Pull all the way through.  Count back down the four threads and come back out of the fabric.

Now count four threads to the left and go into the fabric:

Pull through.  Count four threads down and come up through the fabric:

Pull through.  Count up four threads and go back into the fabric:

Pull through and count back down the four threads and come up out of the fabric:

Just continue these steps for the length of your stitching line.

Next, and this is where I do not understand the instructions, the next step says to turn your fabric and hoop around and start a new row working in the same way.  I started working again from top to bottom.   However, to make it look like the diagram in 100 Stitches, I started by coming out of the fabric four threads to the right:

Count four threads back to the left and go into the fabric:

Pull through and count down four threads and come back up through the fabric.  These vertical lines will be sharing the same holes:

Just continue on like before and stitch the next row:

All the way to the end of the stitching line.  Mine looks just like the 100 Stitches diagram here:

But now, I wouldn't know what to do next.  There are no more diagrams or instructions.  Any thoughts?

This is the underside of this stitch:

Up close, you can see how nicely the fabric is drawn, creating these open spots:

I think this is a beautiful stitch - but I don't think I have done it correctly!

This is #90 on the list of 100 Stitches.