Milanese is a stitch we often overlook, even though it’s versatile. I love it as the only stitch in a project or as a background. Try these five Milanese variations in your next project. I used variations of this stitch to make the heart, top, and the mini-sock, bottom.
Even Diagonal Milanese Unlike the basic form of this stitch, here the triangles in both directions have four stitches in them. It’s a subtle variation.
Reverse Baby Milanese Instead of four stitches per triangle, this smaller even variation has three. It works better in small spaces.
Milanese Mosaic is a simple variation from Robin King that substitutes every other row with Mosaics. Make bigger triangles and this could be done with Scotch Stitches.
Sheena’s Milanese Variation from Sheena’s Sweet Stitches, is a fun and complex-looking variation with two- and four-stitch triangles arranged in offset rows. I find it easiest to stitch if I make the large triangles first, then fill them in with the small ones.
Milanese Pinwheel lets you rotate this stitch around a central point. The diagram shows you the steps to make this stitch.
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