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Comment by Jenny on December 9, 2008 at 17:51

I certainly enjoyed that website Lorelei. Just yummy!

I know a lady who is really into pulled work & makes lovely lacey designs with her stitches. H uses very open weave fabrics so the stitches pull the fabric threads tight together in one area and very open in another. It is all in the combination of thread, fabric type, & stitch used that gives different effects.

Comment by MargB on December 9, 2008 at 1:23

Thanks Lorelei for thinking of me. My Edith Wark arrived today and can you believe, she was from Melbourne? I really bought this book as a pig in a poke but what a gem! I love the history and some of the contemporary examples are incredible. I keep coming up with ideas of things I might do- but not just yet! Must go - have visitors for dinner - but had to share!

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 8, 2008 at 22:32

Marge
The angolostefania website has some very interesting pictures. Jenny must have enjoyed the reticello and drawn work. I did, too. Those in particular interested me, because we see very little of it in the U.S. The Schwalm, also. The hearts and flowers are very traditional and charming (if that is your direction). But even if it isn't, how could you organize a design based on Grace's irregular patches outlined thickly somewhat like the Schwalm, but infilled with true pulled stitches, without removing any fabric threads. By making the surface embroidery less controlled you might end up with an interesting hybrid between traditional and modern.

Comment by Jenny on December 8, 2008 at 15:47

Good morning everyone. I personally have not done any Schwalm, but from my understanding it incorporates pulled, drawn & surface stitching. I am not fond of the traditional tulips, hearts etc that are common designs, but I really want to explore all the drawn & pulled filling stitches that these designs use.

The term "Ricamo d'Assia" is new to me so I am off to do a Google seach.

Thanks also for posing the link to the gallery. I have just wasted half my morning having a wonderfull wander through some stunning work.

Jenny

Comment by MargB on December 8, 2008 at 14:46

Pam Thankyou for that I had a lovely time roaming around the site.- What beautiful work and it looked ot me that a number of the embroideries used pulled thread - Canuscino and Retini de Fondo - the latter one in particular.

I have never attempted Schwalm but have had some old Anna Burdas sitting there with lots of information and patterns for Schwalm - they are fun to peruse occasionally (and wish!).

Comment by Pam on December 8, 2008 at 8:42

Ricamo d'Assia is the Italian version of Schwalm. Here is a link that shows the threads withdrawn. Nice gallery Marg.
http://www.agofiloefantasia.net/?page_id=23

Comment by MargB on December 8, 2008 at 1:37

You might like to have a look at this gallery - there is Schwalm and hardanger and... http://www.angolostefania.it/galleria.php It is certainly worth a visit.
MargB

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 7, 2008 at 23:16

Pam
Thanks for the comment. From the pictures on the Hessen... website, I couldn't tell that any threads had been removed. From your description is sounds like Schwalm is a hybrid of pulled work and drawn thread work.

I've often used coral knots or Palestrina knots to outline the shapes for my pulled work. I don't just stick to chain stitch, although I like to use it, too.

Comment by Pam on December 7, 2008 at 22:32

Schwalm is fun to do. The motifs are outlined in coral knots and chain stitches. Then threads are removed to make a grid inside the shape and then the stitches are worked. Many similar to the one's we are familiar with. It's usually worked on fabrics of a much higher count ( ie 50 is great according to a friend of my who has studied in Germany). The shapes are usually circles, hearts, birds, tulips etc. The Italian's have a similar type of embroidery ( of which the name escapes me right now) they use palestrina knots to outline their shapes. My Italian is non-existant so I am not sure if they remove threads inside the shape or not. If they don't then they are probably working on a lower count fabric.

Renate Fernau's book is a pretty good one if you are interested. It's been translated into English and is published by Lacis Publications.

~Pam

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 7, 2008 at 22:01

Hi Everyone
I just found a German website which sells patterns for what they are calling Hessenstickerei, which is apparently their name for Schwalm work, and Schwalm work, I understand, is a form of pulled thread work. I mention the site not because of the patterns for sale, but because of the photo gallery which shows pictures of their designs. This is interesting from a design perspective. Theirs appear to be of the "curvilinear motif outlined in surface stitches and filled in with pulled stitches" type.
http://www.hessenstickerei.de/de/galerie.htm

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