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Duplicate Stitch Scarf Embellishment
Lion Brand® Wool-Ease®
GAUGE: Select a yarn where the weight and fabric content is as similar as possible to the item on which you are working; gauge should match that of the original article. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
| DUPLICATE STITCH
Duplicate stitch is a very simple embroidery stitch where
you use a piece of stockinette knit as canvas and place your
stitches so that they follow the weave of the stockinette.
It works best on stockinette pieces where the back of the work
(where the yarn is carried) is not visible. |
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Thread the yarn into the large-eyed, blunt needle.
Working from the back of the fabric, bring the needle up
through the center of an existing stitch.
Follow the yarn of the stitch up, to the point where it
goes under the next stitch above. Insert your needle at
this point, so your yarn lies on top of the existing yarn in
the stitch and bring it back up at the point where the yarn of
the existing stitch comes back to the front. |
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Following the existing stitch and insert the needle in the
same loop where you started. Keep the tension loose so that
your new color stays on top.
To continue to the next stitch in the same horizontal row,
simply bring the needle up through the center of that stitch
and repeat the process. |
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To skip several stitches, simply pass the yarn under as many
stitches as you wish to skip, bringing it up in the center of
the stitch where you want the bottom of your new stitch to be.
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NOTES: Keep the tension of the embroidery loose so it stays on top of the stitch you are duplicating.
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DUPLICATE STITCH DECORATION
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The project uses a very tired acrylic scarf that is several years old.
Like many commercial scarves, this is a tube scarf (a
cylinder) and is sewn shut at the ends. It has some lame little tassels on it that pretend to hide the seam. Because it
is a tube, it is a good choice for duplicate stitch because the ends
of the yarn from the embroidery can be kept inside where
they won't show. We started by picking the nasty little pills off and
gently steaming it flat with an iron set on low heat.
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To liven it up, we used duplicate stitch and embroidered a
heart, using two colors of Wool-Ease®.
Using (A), we started in the middle of the scarf with a
single stitch, then did a row of 3 stitches (centered) above
it, two rows of 5 stitches centered above that, two rows of
7 stitches (centered), two rows of 9 stitches (centered), a
row of 3 stitches, a space and 3 stitches (centered) and one
stitch centered above each of the group of 3.
Above the heart, we embroidered three rows of color, one
in (A), one in (B) and another in (A) where we simply did
one duplicate stitch every five stitches, and beside the
heart, we did a similar row of stitches in (B). |
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Because the scarf is a tube scarf, all the ends of the
yarn are inside and nothing shows on the back side.
To make the end more attractive, we made tassels of (A)
and (B).
- Cut lengths of yarn twice as long as the finshed tassel plus one inch. For 4-in [10 cm] tassels, cut 9-in [22.5 cm] pieces.
- Put the crochet hook through the scarf where the
tassel is to be located
- Use it to pull a loop of several strands through the
scarf (three strands were used in the example.)
- Pull the end of the tassel through the loop and
tighten it.
When you are finished, trim the tassels to match the
length of the original ones. |
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