The woven wheel stitch is also known as woven rose stitch or spider web stitch. It’s an enjoyable stitch to work and I love how it forms a rose-like flower. You can easily vary the size by changing the size of the circle. Although it may look a more advanced stitch, please don’t worry, it’s actually really easy! Let me show you how….
Woven wheel stitch tutorial
Materials:
· Fabric – cotton or linen fabric works well. I used osnaburg fabric which is 100% seeded cotton, but you can use any spare fabric you already have.
· Stranded embroidery thread
· Needle
· Scissors
Optional:
· Embroidery hoop
For your reference, during this tutorial I am using osnaburg 100% cotton seeded fabric, red DMC stranded cotton embroidery thread, a hand embroidery needle and a 5” DMC beechwood embroidery hoop.
1. Draw a circle onto your fabric with five spoke lines.
2. Thread your needle using stranded embroidery thread. For this tutorial I am using six strands of red DMC stranded embroidery thread. I find using six strands helps to achieve a nice plump wheel/rose, however, you can use less threads if you prefer.
3. Bring your needle up through the back of the fabric to the front in the centre of the circle, point 1.
4. Insert your needle into the top of the first spoke, point 2.
5. Work a diagonal straight stitch by bringing your needle up at point 3.
6. Bring your needle back up in the centre of the circle, point 1.
7. Insert your needle into the end of the second spoke, point 3.
8. Repeat this for the remaining three spokes, working from the centre towards the outer edge.
9. Bring your needle up in between the first and second spoke and close to the centre, point 4.
10. Weave the needle over and under each spoke until the circle is complete.
11. Avoid pulling the thread too tight, otherwise this could distort the shape of the wheel/rose.
12. Once your thread becomes too short to work with, insert your needle into the fabric, very close to the next working spoke. Secure your thread on the back of the fabric.
13. Re-thread your needle and bring your needle back up through the fabric, very close to the point where you finished your last thread.
14. Continue working over and under each spoke until the circle is complete.
15. Once the circle is complete, insert your needle into the fabric, close to the next working spoke. Secure the thread on the back of the fabric.
16. Your woven wheel stitch is complete.
Woven wheel stitch top tips
· Work your stitches fairly loose, to create a nice ‘plump’ 3D wheel/rose.
· Create a smaller or bigger wheel/rose by changing the size of the circle – for smaller roses use 5 spokes, as shown in the tutorial. As the circle size increases, increase the number of spokes too and always work with an odd number of spokes.
· Once the wheel/rose is complete, gently manipulate the threads to make it more dimensional and enhance the shape.
· Work with variegated threads to add depth to the wheel/rose.
Woven Wheel Stitch Video Tutorial
Happy stitching!
Hannah x
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