This week’s patch is the brown patch in the lower right. It uses Valdani #12 pearl cotton in PT11. This thread is a tweeded thread with one ply in black and one in brown.
The patch is stitched in Needlepoint Stem Stitch, below. Use two strands for the Diagonal Gobelins and one for the Backstitchees. This stitch is not the same stitch as Stem Stitch, an embroidery stitch. it has columns of Alternating Diagonal Gobelin with Backstitch between every other column.
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