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QuarterStitches, Half Stitches
(from yarntree site)
Fractional stitches (1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 stitches) are easy to do, but canbe a little confusing when you see them for the first time on a pattern orchart.
Quarter, half, and three quarter stitches are used to give extra detailto a design.
This design (from Jeanette Crews Designs "Cattitudes. TheThirteenth Litter" (Yarn Tree item K7022)) uses quarter stitches to addmore detail to the eyes and nose.
Fractional stitches are shown on the graph by a small symbol fillingjust a corner of the box. The stitches in the red circles are fractional stitches.
Here is what fractional stitches look like stitched.
Stitched On Aida.
Left to Right: a full cross stitch, a half stitch, a quarter stitch, and a 3/4stitch. Notice that to do the 1/4 stitch on aida you need to poke the needlethrough the fabric between the holes.
Stitched On Linen over two threads.
Left to Right: a full cross stitch, a quarter stitch, a half stitch, and a 3/4stitch.
1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 stitches are all shown the same way on a chart orpattern (with the smaller than normal symbol). You get to decide which stitchto use. Here are my suggestions:
- If the area is outlined in backstitch, you probably just need a 1/4 stitch. For the design above, I would just do 1/4 stitches.
- If the area is not outlined in backstitch, use a 3/4 stitch for the detail color and a 1/4 stitch for the background color.
- If the stitch is next to an unstitched area, use a 3/4 stitch.
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