http://www.rocksea.org Experiments with prakriti; our own & life around. For educational, environmental & entertainment purposes. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:58:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One day we heard a lot of commotion just outside of our house. We saw 3 or 4 purple sunbirds, red whiskered bulbuls and yellow browed bulbuls at the same location, hovering and squeaking around. Though the possibility of a snake was there, it was ruled out because we saw ... http://www.rocksea.org/nest-raiders-snake-birds This stitch, as the name suggests, resembles wheat or sheaf of wheat when done in multiples. This is a decorative stitch and can be used as per our imagination. You need to know the detached wheatear stitch. I will be following three parallel stitch lines to demonstrate this stitch.   Fig 1: Start the base ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/wheatear-stitch The male orange tip butterfly, striking a majestic pose, with its legs firmly placed on the plant and err.. the female orange tip below... Orange tips (anthocharis cardamines) are common across Europe and found in some regions of Asia with temperate climates. The male has the characteristic orange tip on its forewings ... http://www.rocksea.org/butterfly-mating-marmots-alps This is one of the few stand alone stitches from the chain stitch family. This stitch resembles the Bull's head stitch, and often even mistaken with it. But there is a small difference in the way they are stitched. Moreover, a detached wheatear stitch is a single loop of the ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/detached-wheatear-stitch Also known as : Tete de la Boeuf, Head of the Bull Stitch This stitch is one of the few stand alone stitches of the chain stitch family. The name tells us that the stitch resembles the head of a bull. This stitch is often confused with detached wheatear stitch, since they ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/bulls-head-stitch Also known as: Slipped Detached Chain This is among the few detached stitches in the chain stitch family. The name of the stitch is derived from its resemblance to the tulip flower. So, this stitch can be used to make tulip flower patterns or it can become a small part fo ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/tulip-stitch Rope stitch is probably the most rich looking embroidery stitch of this family. It follows a series of closed up twisted chain stitches to form an embossed rope look.   You need to know the twisted chain stitch to be able to do the rope stitch.  I will demonstrate this on a ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/rope-stitch This is a wonderful looking stitch. Each loop drops vertically from the stitch line, instead of lying on it. The way the loop is twisted gives it a knotted effect and a complicated look. Ideally, it follows a right to left direction. You need to be aware of the twisted chain stitch to ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/rossette-stitch To do this stitch, you need to know chain stitch and alternating twisted chain stitch. Knowledge of barred chain stitch will be helpful. This stitch follows a pattern where each chain stitch loop is followed by an alternating twisted chain stitch loop. I will be demonstrating the stitch on a curved ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/alternating-barred-chain-stitch To do this stitch, you should be aware of the chain stitch and twisted chain stitch. Barred chain stitch is just a sequence of these two stitches alternating each other. I would be following a curved stitch line for the illustration.   Fig 1: Begin the stitch by making a simple chain stitch ... http://www.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/chain-stitch/barred-chain-stitch