25 Comments

1. kavinoir

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 8:30 am

   Wow. I’ve been crocheting for a long time, and had never heard of this stitch. Thanks for posting the tutorial. This is really cool. You should consider getting a patent for your “contraption”; especially the one with the tapestry needle. Kudos to you!
2. tjw1963

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 7:33 am

   Thank you.
3. pinkvelvetpaper

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 6:56 am

   excellent!
   thank you very very much for the upload!
4. tjw1963

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 6:41 am

   You are welcome.
5. Glitzerstaub1982

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 6:37 am

   Wow, that looks great!
6. tjw1963

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 6:06 am

   Thank you. It is a lot of fun to do.
7. Dagoodnurse

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 5:09 am

   I wonder if this stitch can be done with a crohook?
8. Dagoodnurse

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 5:08 am

   That plastic tubing and tapestry needle combo looks like something you could market.
9. tjw1963

   Posted on June 17, 2010 at 4:37 am

   You could incorporate the stitch with tunisian crochet. You could work your main work on the crohook and have a second hook set up for the bullion stitch.
10. JACQSIErae

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 4:17 am

    you r very cleaver, girl…
11. tjw1963

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 3:38 am

    Thank you.
12. hohman614

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 3:38 am

    lol i use a cut straw
13. genevalou

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 3:33 am

    I am going to practice this stitch using your tapestry needle technique so I can make your beautiful bullion flower. Sheer genuis! Thank you, Teresa!
14. flowerpotent

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 3:16 am

    Did you mean latch hook? I had a latch hook handy and was inspired by your comment to try it. The bar of the hook is rather skinny and I found I was unable to pull the loops wound over it–even loosely–over the thicker..um..hook enclosure (term?). I tried leaving the loops very loose, but I couldn’t maintain consistency in the loop size. It turned out to be an unwieldy mess. Oh well, it was fun trying! Maybe someone else could try and post her results. Thanks tjw1963 for the techniques.
15. flowerpotent

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 2:31 am

    Oops, I forgot to write that I was responding to Dagoodnurse’s crohook comment. Thanks.
16. Francwit

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 2:11 am

    Brilliant! I had all but given up on making anything with this stitch. Thank you so much for sharing this idea!
17. tjw1963

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 2:06 am

    You are welcome.
18. anori982

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 2:01 am

    ooooooh very very clever!!!!
    thank you… finally i learn to make bullion stitch… thank you very very much!!! :-*
19. tjw1963

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 1:41 am

    You are welcome.
20. neonesf1

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 12:47 am

    I love this tip. I usually work with #10 and #20 thread and a #7 steel hook and found that a drinking straw was perfect for this.
    I am curious do you ever do sequin or bead work, and if so do you have any tricks to share

    Thanks
21. kaytarose

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 12:24 am

    Clever! Thanks!
22. tjw1963

    Posted on June 17, 2010 at 12:12 am

    @kaytarose You are welcome.
23. DulciePhoenix

    Posted on June 16, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    Genious!
24. yaroshka17

    Posted on June 16, 2010 at 11:13 pm

    Огромное спасибо.
25. tjw1963

    Posted on June 16, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    @yaroshka17 Добро пожаловать. Я высоко ценю комментарии.