Rolling pin and whisk with herbs hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Rolling pin and whisk with herbs: preview of the stitched design

A whisk and a rolling pin make a cross, tied with a bow where they meet. The whisk stands upright, three gray whisk wires looping up from a gray collar on a tan whisk handle, and the tan rolling pin lies level across the whisk handle with a red handle at each end. The red bow has two loops, a bow knot and two bow tails that hang down. A sprig of herbs grows in each corner of the cross, each leaf in two halves, one dark green and one light green. The stems of the herbs and the whisk wires are stem stitch, the bow knot is padded satin stitch, and all the other parts are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 6 inch hoop up.

5 colors of floss and 3 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.5 × 1.2 in	3.8 × 3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.3 × 1.9 in	5.8 × 4.8 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.1 × 2.5 in	7.9 × 6.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.8 × 3.1 in	9.7 × 7.9 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.4 × 4.3 in	13.7 × 10.9 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 9/16 in (14 mm) across. Satin stitches longer than about 12 mm (just under 1/2 in) tend to work loose: divide the shape into sections, or work it in long and short stitch.

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenStems of the herbs and darker half of each herb leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each herb leaf
DMC 414 Dark Steel GrayWhisk wires and collar of the whisk
DMC 3828 Hazelnut BrownWhisk handle and rolling pin
DMC 304 Medium RedHandles of the rolling pin, bow loops, bow tails and bow knot

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStems of the herbs, whisk wires
Satin stitch 2 strandsHerb leaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), whisk handle, collar of the whisk, handles of the rolling pin, rolling pin, bow loops, bow tails
Padded satin stitch 2 strandsBow knot

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.