Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Work in Progress Wednesday - Chicken Scratch

I started this last week and it's been pretty fun.  I carry it around and can work on it during my lunch hour at work.  It's one color of thread and I don't need to look at a pattern.  I've finished one edge and have made progress on the first stitch along the long sides.




Have you tried doing chicken scratch?  What have you made?

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Pamela its looking fantastic,no i havent tried this stitch before i have only done a cross stitch table cloth,hope you have a lovely day my friend xx

NADINE said...

Pretty, pretty ! Here, we use to call it "Swiss embroidery"... Never tried my hands on this, (yet :D ) LOVE some portable project going anywhere with me.

In stitches,
Nadine

Queeniepatch said...

I made a cushion cover and had just as much fun as you are having. It is fascinating to see how the checked fabric change into lace!

Lisa J. said...

No I have never done this but I do like looking at yours. Maybe when I retire I can try out some of this lovely handwork that you do.

Lin said...

Very effective Pamela - looking lovely. xx

Manuela said...

I haver never done chicken scratch. Looks wonderful.

roughterrain crane said...

What a fascinating work!

Carol- Beads and Birds said...

I have seen posts about chicken scratch stitching, but I admit I never took a close look until today. It's amazing to see the transformation from plain to wonderful.
xx. Carol

Sheryl said...

This looks pretty Pamela. I bought some gingham fabric weeks ago to try some chicken scratch but then found a chicken scratch embroidered tablecloth at a local charity shop which needs repairing, so I´m having fun with this stitching.

kiwikid said...

I havent ever done cross stitch, yours looks wonderful.

Brigitte said...

I have never tried to stitch Swiss Embroidery as it's called here, too. But I have seen project with this pattern on several blogs and the result always looks great - like yours.

Leonore Winterer said...

I haven't heard of or tried chicken scratch before, but it looks like fun!