Back in July, I received an email via Flickr messaging from a woman letting me know that she had written an article on Wikipedia about Knotted Stitches and used a picture of my work as an example! It’s a great example of the kind of interesting things that can come from sharing your work on sites like Flickr or your own blog.

How cool is that. Look up knotted stitch and see my work!

The image is a  detail from the four-seasons challah cover that I made.  I want to make another one based on the idea, because I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on the piece.

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Size: 3″X1″ (approx)
Stitches: Running, Palestrina, Bead Stitch
Materials: Linen, Glass Seed Beads, Cotton and Silk Floss
Status: Private Collection

This mezuzah was created during the Kohenet training intensive as a gift for Mei Mei Miriam to commemorate her transformation ceremony. Mei Mei is very connected to water, so the image is intended to evoke a river winding through the land. The gold beads along the edge are for Oshun. Mei Mei is a priestess of Oshun from her time living in Yoruba country. The stitch-work, which is hard to see in the photo, is primarily palestrina stitch with beads in between for the river. There’s also running stitch and simple bead stitch. I left the fringe of the selvage edge to represent the fringes of the tallit.

Unfortunately, that’s the best picture I was able to get before giving it to her!

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