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Oblique Gobelin stitch

  • Gobelin stitch
  • Oblique Slav stitch
  • Diagonal Gobelin stitch
  • Slanted Gobelin stitch
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Oblique Gobelin stitch is a slightly elongated diagonal stitch; it is traditionally worked over two horizontal and one vertical thread.

This is the slanted version of Gobelin stitch (see straight Gobelin stitch for the upright version).  Historically, the name Gobelin stitch has been used for both this version and the straight version.

For more background, see the entry for Straight Gobelin stitch.

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Flat Parallel Filling Shading Canvaswork Berlin wool work Elizabethan

Oblique Gobelin stitch is generously sponsored by Sam Hoe Richardson

Method

As with most canvas stitches this can be turned through 90 degrees, to produce vertical bands.

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Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 1 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 1 photograph
1

Working left to right, start with a diagonal stitch running top right to bottom left, down over two horizontal threads and across one vertical thread.

Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 2 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 2 photograph
2

Bring the needle up one thread to the right of the top of the completed stitch and repeat. There should be a long diagonal stitch on the reverse of the canvas.

Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 3 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 3 photograph
3

Continue to complete the row.

Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 4 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 4 photograph
4

Return in the opposite direction by bringing the needle up two threads below the bottom of the last stitch and taking it down one thread to the right of the base of the stitch above.

Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 5 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 5 photograph
5

Continue to complete the row.

Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 6 illustration
Oblique Gobelin stitch method stage 6 photograph
6

Repeat steps 1 and 2 when working from left to right.

Oblique Gobelin stitch

Structure of stitch

Bands of satin stitch

Flat Parallel

Common uses

Smooth bands useful to simulate architectural detail such as shiplap or panelling. Also works well used as a single band to produce a border stitch.

Filling Shading

Embroidery Techniques

Canvaswork Berlin wool work Elizabethan

Related Stitches

Encroaching oblique Gobelin stitch Encroaching straight Gobelin stitch Plaited Gobelin stitch Straight Gobelin stitch Tied Gobelin stitch

References