Duplicate Stitch

I just finished a Christmas stocking for my new son. It is red with a white
heel and toe. I would like to add his name in duplicate stitch which is
something I've never done.

Any tips/hints? Is there an alphabet somewhere out there on the web or can I
adapt a counted cross stitch alphabet? Help, please!

Thanks!

Gina Beirne

From: "Gina Beirne"

I just finished a Christmas stocking for my new son. It is red with a white
heel and toe. I would like to add his name in duplicate stitch which is
something I've never done. .........

I am assuming you have knit the stocking, hence the need to use duplicate
stitch :-). I have never done duplicate stitch but my stitchin buddy Janet has
done a bunch and we have discussed it. She said that you *can* use any regular
counted xs chart but the stitches will be a bit longer than they are wide --
sort of tall and skinny -- and this makes your finished design elongated. This
might be a problem if you are trying to reproduce a very geometric shape but
for a name, I don't think it would matter at all. If you don't mind the
letters being a bit longer than the chart shows, just go ahead and use a
regular xs alphabet chart.
I am sure there will be some duplicate stitch afficianados here who have
done a bunch of it and they will likely have all sorts of other things to add.
Good luck and keep us posted. CiaoMeow ^;;^


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

Yes. I knitted it! Can you tell I'm a new mom and running on little sleep?


"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply " wrote in
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From: "Gina Beirne"

I just finished a Christmas stocking for my new son. It is red with a
white
heel and toe. I would like to add his name in duplicate stitch which is
something I've never done. .........

I am assuming you have knit the stocking, hence the need to use
duplicate
stitch :-). I have never done duplicate stitch but my stitchin buddy
Janet has
done a bunch and we have discussed it. She said that you *can* use any
regular
counted xs chart but the stitches will be a bit longer than they are
wide --
sort of tall and skinny -- and this makes your finished design elongated.
This
might be a problem if you are trying to reproduce a very geometric shape
but
for a name, I don't think it would matter at all. If you don't mind the
letters being a bit longer than the chart shows, just go ahead and use a
regular xs alphabet chart.
I am sure there will be some duplicate stitch afficianados here who
have
done a bunch of it and they will likely have all sorts of other things to
add.
Good luck and keep us posted. CiaoMeow ^;;^


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

The main trick to duplicate stitch is to not pull too tightly.

Don't rush it, or you'll end up distorting the knitting below your stitches.

Caryn
Blue Wizard Designs
http://hometown.aol.com/crzy4xst/index.html
Updated: 7/7/03 -- now available Dragon of the Stars
View WIPs at: http://community.webshots.com/user/carynlws (Caryn's UFO's)

The main trick to duplicate stitch is to not pull too tightly.

Don't rush it, or you'll end up distorting the knitting below your stitches

I found that positioning the work very gently in a hoop (very little stretch)
let me work with more even tension.

Hallo Gina , Mazal Tov with you new son.
Duplicate stich , when you look at the knitted garment you will see
that the knit stich ressembles a v ,,,, take your other wool or cotoon
thread +needle , start it inside the knitted item, come out with
needlle in the lower part of the V , pull thread through now depending
if you are left or right handed , put needle through one of the upper
points of the V join the knitted thread direction and come out again
at the other upper point of the V, and now put needle in the under
meeting point , you now duplicated a K st. now if you want the next
stich just lead your needle to come out at the next Under side point
of the next st you want to duplicate ,,,,,,enjoy ,
mirjam

Yes. I knitted it! Can you tell I'm a new mom and running on little sleep?


"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply " wrote in
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From: "Gina Beirne"

I just finished a Christmas stocking for my new son. It is red with a
white
heel and toe. I would like to add his name in duplicate stitch which is
something I've never done. .........

I am assuming you have knit the stocking, hence the need to use
duplicate
stitch :-). I have never done duplicate stitch but my stitchin buddy
Janet has
done a bunch and we have discussed it. She said that you *can* use any
regular
counted xs chart but the stitches will be a bit longer than they are
wide --
sort of tall and skinny -- and this makes your finished design elongated.
This
might be a problem if you are trying to reproduce a very geometric shape
but
for a name, I don't think it would matter at all. If you don't mind the
letters being a bit longer than the chart shows, just go ahead and use a
regular xs alphabet chart.
I am sure there will be some duplicate stitch afficianados here who
have
done a bunch of it and they will likely have all sorts of other things to
add.
Good luck and keep us posted. CiaoMeow ^;;^


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

I just finished a Christmas stocking for my new son

I can't help with the duplicate stitch, but congratulations on the birth of
your son!

Linda in Wappingers Falls