Basketweave Stitch

BASKETWEAVE STITCH

The Basketweave Stitch is one of the three common tent stitches (petit point). A tent stitch is a stitch that is

Basketweave Stitch (Diagram 1):

Bring the needle up at A, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at F. Bring the needle up at G, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at H. Bring the needle up at I, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at J. This completes the first row of Basketweave Stitches. Now, continue on to Diagram 2...

Basketweave Stitch (Diagram 2):

Beginning where we left off at J, bring the needle up at K, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at L. Bring the needle up at M, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at N. Bring the needle up at O, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at P. Bring the needle up at Q, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at R. Bring the needle up at S, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at T. This completes the second row of Basketweave Stitches. The third row should be worked from top to bottom - as in Diagram 1.

formed diagonally over one canvas intersection. The other two tent stitches are the Continental Stitch and the Half-Cross Stitch. The name, basketweave stitch, is derived from the woven (basketweave) pattern that forms on the back of the piece. The woven back is what makes this the most durable of the three tent stitches. There is also a reversed basketweave stitch that creates the "basketweave" look on the front and leaves the tent stitches on the back. Two diagrams have been used to demonstrate this stitch.

Elephant

Stitched in basketweave with background stitched in milanese stitch.

Sharon Merklin