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Portuguese Oitinho

by Ivani
(São Paulo, Brazil)

I am from Brazil and I do an embroidery which according to a magazine in here could have its origin in Sweden, so that's the reason I'd like to know if you know it, according to this step by step in 6 photos. The results of this embroidery are beautiful works. Here in Brazil this stich is named "oitinho" which means in English "little eight", because of its format. What I don't know, if the story that says this stich comes from Sweden, is its name in Sweden's language or English.

This stich that in Portuguese is called "Oitinho" is a variation of huck weaving/Swedish weaving, and what I am crazy looking for/to find out is where and when this variation was created/happened/ocurred, its name in other coutries, in order to find new techiniques and graphics for it.

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Jan 06, 2010
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by: Valquiria in Brazil

Hi, I'm from Brazil, like Ivani and and huck embroidery is fascinating. Look this work we call in Brazil "vagonite riscado". It's another variation of this technique. It's a method of filling bigger spaces quickly.
Jan 06, 2010
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by: Amy from embroidery-methods.com

Wow! This is very interesting. The huck embroidery technique was popular in the US in the 1930s, but the designs were more abstract. It is my understanding that this type of embroidery originated in Sweden because they were known for weaving cloth with the "floating" raised threads that this type of embroidery requires. If you research weaving, you
can learn more about huck lace or Swedish lace.

I am not sure where the Portuguese word comes from. It does not sound English. Maybe someone else will write in with an answer.

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