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Get Started in Bargello

Bargello is the perfect craft for moments of mindfulness, allowing you to build up stitches in a mathematical zigzag pattern to create stunning decorative items for your home. Named after a set of 17th century upholstered chairs at the Bargello Palace in Florence, this 70s craft is back in vogue.

How to Create a Bargello Stitch

Once you’ve drawn your design onto graph paper, it’s time to begin stitching! Follow the guide below to get started.

Step 1

Start in the bottom left-hand corner of the canvas and ‘come up’ slowly, catching around an inch of the thread before you pull it all the way through.
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Step 2

For this example, each stitch is a ‘count’ of 6, this means your needle will come up through the canvas at ‘1’ and go back down again at ‘6’.
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Step 3

Continue with your pattern, ‘stepping’ up the canvas.
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