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This Mountmellick Dogrose and Honeysuckle Doily features a sprig each of honeysuckle and dogrose.
Mountmellick embroidery is a style of floral whitework embroidery from Ireland. It uses white thread on white fabric and a range of knotted and padded stitches to create rich and sumptuous embroidery. The knitted fringe is a traditional edging. The stitches used on this doily are traditional Mountmellick embroidery stitches.
Kit details
Intermediate embroidery level, but suitable for a beginner Mountmellick stitcher.
Size: approximately 35 x 38cm (13 x 15in) including knitted fringe
Contents:
- polycotton satin jean fabric
- Mountmellick threads
- embroidery needles
- knitting cotton
- full instructions
To complete the kit you will need to provide knitting needles (No 10, 11 or 12 metal knitting needles) and a wash out fabric pencil. A hoop between 12 and 20 cm / 5 and 8 inches in diameter is recommended.
Stitches and techniques include:
- bullion knot
- buttonhole
- cable chain
- cable plait
- chain
- coral knot
- feather
- French knot
- padded satin
- palestrina knot
- running
- stem
- whipped buttonhole
- knitted fringe
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