Darning Stitches, Diagrams and Book Recommendations

Poppy Monk talks darning stitches in their latest article and recommends SharonG's book, It's About Darn Time, for diagrams of these stitches.

https://poppymonkneedlepointkits.com/blogs/the-5-minute-needlepoint-blog/raindrops-keep-falling-on-my-canvas-the-amazing-versatility-of-darning-patterns

If you can find SuZy Murphy's Suzy's Darn Stitches, it has a ton of darning stitch diagrams.

https://www.theneedlepointgallery.com/product-page/suzy-s-darn-stitches-by-suzy-murphy

Many books by Ruth Schmuff, Brenda Hart, and Mary Legallet have sections that are all about darning stitches, so check the books you own to see if you can find a chapter about these great background stitches.  Mary Legallet has some tips for you if you try to use them here--

https://www.whimsicalstitch.com/whimsicalwednesdays/2015/6/9/whimsicalwednesday

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