Working on the Victoria Sampler "Fire" Band Sampler.
The second band is irregular bargello. I love working regular bargello, where every stitch is the same length and just travels 'up and down'. Regular bargello is easy to count and works up fast. This band both travels up and down (the regular base is due to fill in stitches) and has stitches of different heights across the row. It's also not symmetrical in places. So lots of counting. And the #8 braid tends to catch on things, while the two colors of floss all have to be laid with a laying tool to keep the strands parallel. Add in a counting error at the very start of the first pass and this band took WAY longer than it should have!
Band 3 is a bit of a treat. I've been lusting over goldwork ever since I stumbled across Mary Corbet's blog Needle 'n Thread (link to her home page). And here I get a taste. Granted, the passing thread is just #8 Kreinik braid, not real goldwork threads, but it's 2 strands and couched, plunged and secured. So all the techniques happen. I LOVE it. One of these days, I'll manage to get my hands on the materials and do the real thing.
Note: if you get the 'accessories pack' with the beads and special threads, the heavier of the two golds is the #8 that is used for the passing thread, the lightest weight is the #4 used for the couching thread. Unlike the perle cottons, where the higher the number, the lighter the thread weight.
The second band is irregular bargello. I love working regular bargello, where every stitch is the same length and just travels 'up and down'. Regular bargello is easy to count and works up fast. This band both travels up and down (the regular base is due to fill in stitches) and has stitches of different heights across the row. It's also not symmetrical in places. So lots of counting. And the #8 braid tends to catch on things, while the two colors of floss all have to be laid with a laying tool to keep the strands parallel. Add in a counting error at the very start of the first pass and this band took WAY longer than it should have!
Band 3 is a bit of a treat. I've been lusting over goldwork ever since I stumbled across Mary Corbet's blog Needle 'n Thread (link to her home page). And here I get a taste. Granted, the passing thread is just #8 Kreinik braid, not real goldwork threads, but it's 2 strands and couched, plunged and secured. So all the techniques happen. I LOVE it. One of these days, I'll manage to get my hands on the materials and do the real thing.
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| Still have to plunge the right hand side passing threads |
Note: if you get the 'accessories pack' with the beads and special threads, the heavier of the two golds is the #8 that is used for the passing thread, the lightest weight is the #4 used for the couching thread. Unlike the perle cottons, where the higher the number, the lighter the thread weight.
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| Slightly better lighting. Overview of project to date |
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