That was fast!
I didn't stitch much during the week, but come Friday I sat down to continue work on Octagon B and nearly had a heart attack. Below the Eiffel, there was what, felt like, a whole forest of French Knots.
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| Eiffel Tower and forest of French Knots |
These French Knots are stitched in a combination of two different threads that get darker as you go farther away. I hyped myself up and start stitching the first layer, but had to redo the left side 4 times before realizing that both sides couldn't be stitched the same with how my frame is set up. What I ended up doing is I would stitch a row on one side, then rotate the frame 90 degrees and stitch that row on the other side. This ensured I was stitching in the same direction to get the mirrored effect.
Another layer where the sides had to be perfectly mirrored is the diagonal long stitch using Threadworx thread.
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| Mirrored diagonal long stitch |
The rest is a combination of more diagonal long stitches as well as tent stitches. The effect looks amazing and well worth the constant change of thread :)
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| Octagon B |
Here is Spirit of the Southwest so far:
Frustrating but very cool!
ReplyDeleteIt's looking amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow! love it.... I stitched on canvas just once, but it just didn't appeal. So I will be happy to just sit back and applaud your progress. :-)
ReplyDeleteI feel that it's not for me either, but I wanted to try it out at least once. I have another kited canvas project. I'm not sure yet if I will stitch it. It will depend on how I feel at the end of this one.
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