About RSN Stitch Bank
Open trellis filling stitch (Pulled thread)
- Open Trellis Filling
Open trellis filling is formed by interlocking rows of diagonal cross filling stitch or ridge filling (depending on the number of threads) worked at right angles to each other. Where the diagonal rows cross the stitches are worked twice which gives a raised appearance. As its name suggests, it forms an open trellis effect.
It is very similar to Thérèse de Dillmont’s ‘Fifteenth pattern’ in her Encyclopedia of Needlework.
Further Reading
Open Trellis Filling Stitch (Pulled Thread) is generously sponsored by the Skyllkill Chapter, Embroiderers’ Guild of America.
Method
Work a single line of diagonal cross filling stitch from bottom right to top left (this is at a different angle to the original instructions).
Work another line of diagonal cross filling stitch, parallel to the first. Your first stitch should start three intersections away from the start of your original line.
Continue making lines of diagonal cross filling stitch with the same spacing to fill the area.
Starting from the bottom left corner, count six threads left from the left end of the horizontal stitch.
Make a horizontal stitch to join up with the previous row.
Continue working a line of diagonal cross filling stitch from bottom left to top right. Alternate stitches will be worked on top of the previous lines of stitching.
Work subsequent lines of the stitch, again spaced three intersections apart. This means that the new lines of stitching will cross alternate stitches on the original lines.
A completed area of open trellis filling stitch.
The reverse of open trellis filling stitch.
Open trellis filling stitch (Pulled thread)
Structure of stitch
Common uses
Embroidery Techniques
Related Stitches
Identifying Open trellis filling stitch (Pulled thread)
References
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Various Authors, The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery (2018) , p.327