Help w/Swedish stitching terminology was: Vague stitch description

I know just a couple of them as unique techniques:

Sollerosom: A two-layer sequence of stitching. The first layer is made up of long diagonal stitches, following a pattern of 4 vertical threads and 2 horizontal threads.

The second layer interweaves the first layer of stitches. Generally different colors are used for the two layers.

Lots of fun to play with - depending on the approach to applying the color and placing the stitches many different looks can be achieved.

Twistsom: (also referred to as "twisted stitch" in one book I have.) This technique uses a long-arm cross stitch to fill in a portion of a design. The adjacent design segment is stitched in the opposite direction (alternating between vertical and horizontal movements.) Twistsom often uses "tweeding" to help emphasize the change in stitch direction.

I've got a Sollerosom collage and a simple stitch chart on my website:

I'm just now working up a Twistsom project as a proposal for the CATS folks for next year. I haven't had the time to put it up on my website yet, but eventually, I plan to. If you'd like to see it, send me an email and I'll attach a jpg file to my reply.

Another technique that you might want to add to your list of terms is Naversom. Fascinating technique that I've been trying to master for a year now.

Hope this helps.

Thank you Phyllis! A friend and I are trying to figure out some Swedish text on some old pages with pics of drawn/pulled thread work. I'm forwarding on your info and website to her. (she's got the pages) thanks again! Jeanine in Canada

I know just a couple of them as unique techniques:

Sollerosom: A two-layer sequence of stitching. The first layer is made up of long diagonal stitches, following a pattern of 4 vertical threads and 2 horizontal threads.

The second layer interweaves the first layer of stitches. Generally different colors are used for the two layers.

Lots of fun to play with - depending on the approach to applying the color and placing the stitches many different looks can be achieved.

Twistsom: (also referred to as "twisted stitch" in one book I have.) This technique uses a long-arm cross stitch to fill in a portion of a design. The adjacent design segment is stitched in the opposite direction (alternating between vertical and horizontal movements.) Twistsom often uses "tweeding" to help emphasize the change in stitch direction.

I've got a Sollerosom collage and a simple stitch chart on my website:

I'm just now working up a Twistsom project as a proposal for the CATS folks for next year. I haven't had the time to put it up on my website yet, but eventually, I plan to. If you'd like to see it, send me an email and I'll attach a jpg file to my reply.

Another technique that you might want to add to your list of terms is Naversom. Fascinating technique that I've been trying to master for a year now.

Hope this helps.

Phyllis Maurer

I've got several old "picture" books as well, that I use to deciper the ethnic techniques I teach. If you think I might be able to help with something, please email me personally. (You can get to me through the website, as well as this address.)

Phyllis