Lagartera Embroidery Project with Chart and Design Elements

I finally got around to charting this Lagartera embroidery design.

Here's the chart.  I've reduced the size because the original is too big. You click on the image to enlarge it.

I have posted the lower half of the chart only. 

I am posting a separate with the design elements.  Use that for the actual working and use the chart above as reference for placement of the different elements.

One nice thing about geometric patterns is, it will suffice if you can chart just one quarter of the pattern. More often than not, the other three are nothing but mirror images of the adjacent quarter.

While working such patterns, it's always a good idea to start at the center.

Here are the design elements I used for this particular pattern. You can use them to create your own.

Do leave a comment to let me know if this helped.

Lagartera Embroidery Chart for Duck and Duckling Cushion

Here the close up of the Lagartera Border in the Duck and Ducklings cushion cover.

Most Lagartera patterns are repeat patterns. As you can see, Border 1 in the chart is supposed to represent the lower border in the close-up.  I have improvised while working the embroidery because, I wanted the dimension of the triangles to be smaller.

Each square represents 1 hole in the even weave fabric.

Border 1: The longest line is worked over 9 squares - yarn is brought up at square 1 and taken down at square 9. The line covers 7 unworked squares. The next line is one square smaller and so on. The smallest is worked over 3 squares - yarn is brought up at square 1 and taken down at square 3. It covers just one unworked square.

Border 2: The longest line is worked over 9 squares and the shortest over 3. Diagonal lines cover 3 diagonal squares.

Hope you found this post informative.  Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Cross- Stitch - Duck and Duckling Cushion Cover

I finally completed the duck and duckling design I started way back in December. Working on this pattern has finally brought home to me the fact that I am really growing older. My eyesight is no longer what it used to be; despite my glasses. When the pattern was almost complete, I discovered a wonderful method to circumvent this problem.  But, I'll reserve the method for another post.

So, here's the completed project.

I used Lagartera embroidery to frame the upper and the lower edges of the pattern. I'll post a chart when I complete the charting. It has given a lacy and exotic look to an other plain design. 

Update 29th Mar 2014: I have posted the chart as promised.

Here it is sewn into a cushion cover.

Lagartera Embroidery - Design Elements - Part I

Largartera Embroidery

Lagartera Embroidery

Lagartera is a style of Spanish 16th century embroidery that originated in a village of Lagartera, Spain The main stitches used are stroke stitch (Holbein stitch), the satin stitch blocks and the four-sided stitch.  Considering the nature of the stitches, this embroidery is worked on even weave fabric.

Sometime in 2006, I came across a website with a lot of information about this style of embroidery. Unfortunately, it's no longer there and the there is dearth information regarding this. I save the pages mainly for the images. So, I do have something to work with.

I decided to use these stitch images and dream up my own combinations and this is what I came up with. I simply started at the center and added proceeded as the mood took me. I am yet to chart it. When I do, I'll add the link to it here.

Update: 25/3 2014 - Here's the chart.