I was rather intrigued with this particular bit of embroidery by Nat (Smallest Forest on Flickr) when I spotted it in the Flick Embroidery Group. It looked to me somewhat like a Jacobean Couching Stitch, somewhat like a bunch of stacked cross stitches and somewhat like the fabric of a coat I used to have. But not exactly like anything I had seen before! Anyway, Nat was kind of enough to share her technique with us of what she calls a Wonky Cross Stitch.
Nat:"I drew a grid (freehand) with an erasable pen, and then worked a cross stitch into the grid with 3 strands, in a middle blue colour. I thought the first layer looked a bit 'thin', so then I worked a second layer of cross stitches, at 45 degrees to the first, in 2 strands of very pale shade of ice blue. Coverage was good by this point, but the colors were washed out, and as this is meant to be a rich blue piece, I used a single strand of dark blue thread to work a grid (using back stitches) over everything. I just looked for a naturally occurring grid in the cross stitches, and picked that out with the final thread."
Can't wait to see this piece finished. Inspiring stuff, thank you Nat!
This is genious!! I really want to see the whole thing when it's all finished!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just so stunning. I keep coming back to look at it.
ReplyDeleteI just "favorite" -ed this last night!! It also reminds me of a embroidered beard done similarly by stinkkatze on flickr
ReplyDeleteHow clever!!..... I really need to get my Embroidery handbook out & learn more than the 3 stitches I do !! ...oh for more hours in the day...days in the week....etc etc
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool stitch and design. Looks like a very detailed design...hope to see it when it's finished
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for the feature, Nicole! And for fulfilling my secret stitchy wish to be the mother of the wonky cross stitch! *ahhh, satisfaction!*
ReplyDeletevery cool!
ReplyDeleteIt's already looking fabulous. Can't wait to see what it looks like finished.
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