This week the stitch for the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge is Chevron stitch which you can find directions for in my stitch dictionary.

Once again the challenge is:

For new hands to learn the stitch 

Or if you are an experienced stitcher

take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner or combine this stitch with one of the stitches already covered in TAST 2012. If you have worked a sample in a previous challenge feel free to post a link in comments as it will inspire people but if you have time do try another sample and do something different and new!

Take a look at some of my smaples for ideas. 

It is a sttich that can be combined easily with other stitches.

Since it is so versatile crazy quilters love it as seam embellsihment.

Also it can be stacked in interesting ways

Rows of the stitch can be built up to create patterns.

Try working it different threads, or on different fabrics. Play with the spacing  working closely together, or apart, add beads, overlap the stitch, or use it to couch down another thread or ribbon.

No matter what you do with it explore the stitch.  

How to join in

Stitch a sample,  take a photograph of it, put in online in your blog, flickr site or on stitchin fingers page, swing by here and leave a comment with your full web address so people can visit and see your sample.  

When you leave a comment 

When you leave a comment leave it on this post. People will not find your comment if you dot them all over the blog and this means you will get less visitors for you! That is sad, after going to the effort of stitching a sample then photographing it and getting it online. 

How do you know what this post is? Click on the title and you will be taken to an individual page. You can favourite it or copy and paste the URL as a note to yourself so you can return to this page again.

Don’t forget to leave your full web address in the comment, including the bit as this will then become a live link that people can follow. Leave it in the comment itself so people can just click on the link and they come to your site. 

Visit a few sites of people who have already left a comment. See what they have done. I am sure everyone will enjoy following the links left in the comments. If you have time, let other people know that you have seen their work on their site.

Where is the comments link?

Look under the title you will see comments. Click there to be taken to a comment box.

Any special rules?
There are no rules but I do have a request, please link back here. 

Interesting work will be featured

On Pintangle I will feature samples that participants have stitched as part of the challenge. These feature spots draw attention to particularly creative and interesting work. This will mean some people’s work will be re-published here. Obviously  I will  credit them and link to their website.  I am going to assume that when you leave your link here if you dont say anything, I have your permission to feature your work. If you do not want your work to be featured in the highlights series please state this in the comment you leave.

Other groups and networks

You can also share your explorations with other members on the social network site of your choice. There is a Facebook TAST 2012 page,   stitchin fingers group and the flickr TAST site. All these sub groups are set up at request of members. 

Although I do watch these groups my main focus is here and if you want to contact me do so here as with so much activity I might miss you on the other sites. 

Guidelines to the challenge are to be found here and all posts relating to TAST are in the Take a Stitch Tuesday category

In my side bar I have a feature where you can have PinTangle delivered daily to your email inbox. If you find this a more convenient way to track what is going on please sign up. 

Week 1: Fly Stitch

Week 2: Buttonhole Stitch

Week 3: Feather Stitch

Week 4: Cretan Stitch

Week 5: Herringbone Stitch

My morning routine to approve comments and visit the sites over a quiet coffee has been a little disrupted as I was in Sydney last week. That said as soon as I was back to wanted to see what everyone had done.

If you have not taken the time to browse the links left by people doing the challenge do make time to do so as you otherwise you are missing out.

Once again there are some fantastic samples stitched this week and once again I have had trouble keeping the highlights to 5.

My first highlight is a bit different this week as I want to point people towards the Tuesdays Stitchers blog who area  group that are working the TAST and / or the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012 challenge. 

The first sample is from Can the Leopard Change its Spots a freeform sampler which worked in different threads.

Highlights this week for me include a sample which is a variety of Kiku herringbone shared on Japanese Temari

I really enjoyed looking at the samples worked over on Fat Quarter 

A very contemporary sample has been worked over on Art the Beautiful Metaphor

Hopscotch has worked a freeform ring of herringbone

Anneliese has also worked in rings on a painted background

This delightfully fresh sample worked on gingham is to be found over on Sane and Crazy quilting

Also over on Konnykards - Musings of a Senior Citizen there is an interesting series of small samplers 

I also delighted in this representation of a village from Anna Kousi 

That’s it for the highlights this week. I hope you enjoyed them. Tomorrow there is a new stitch. 

My morning routine to approve comments and visit the sites, while I drink a cup coffee has been very enjoyable this week. I am becoming addicted to seeing what everyone has done. If you have not taken the time to browse the links left by people do so as you are missing out otherwise as it is a great way to learn and gain much inspiration. 

This week the stitch for the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge is a crossed stitch called Herringbone. You can find Herringbone stitch in my stitch dictionary.

 Once again the challenge is:

For new hands to learn the stitch 

Or

If you are an experienced stitcher take the stitch and push it a little further in a creative manner.

Extra challenge this week!

If you have time combine this stitch with one of the stitches presented in TAST this year. 

To give you some ideas

Rows of the stitch can be built up to create patterns.

Try working it different threads, or on different fabrics.

Play with the spacing of the cross working the parts closely together, or work it far apart, or add beads.

You can work the sttich back to back.

You can change the height of the stitch and use it to fill a shape.

You can alternate working small and large stitches to create a whole new batch of patterns.

You can overlap lines of the