About colors

Hi again!

Has any of you done like this:

You have a canvas (pre-printed or not, it is not important
here). You should stitch it. But the problem is the canvas
is..let's say light brown, and you have only...let's say
gray yarn. The image you should stitch is few roses. Yellow
roses. Could it work? I mean: the background canvas is not
white, it's brown, but you must stitch it with gray. Could
it be possible? Or should the stitcher think something else?
With pink roses it might work...or...? I think you have more
experience of this than myself. Of course I have stitched
with natural white yarn, when the canvas itself has been
snow white.
Best: Pirjo

This happens to me with printed canvas too--especially when you want to
stitch, and don't have all the colours called for.
One thing that some people here do when they are changing the colour of
something--some thread, a background fabric or whatever, is just to get the
other threads together, and put the one you are thinking of using among
them. If the effect is pleasing to you, then there is no reason you cannot
make the change
Dawne

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:11:54 GMT, "Pirjo Ilvesvuori"
wrote:

Hi again!

Has any of you done like this:

You have a canvas (pre-printed or not, it is not important
here). You should stitch it. But the problem is the canvas
is..let's say light brown, and you have only...let's say
gray yarn. The image you should stitch is few roses. Yellow
roses. Could it work? I mean: the background canvas is not
white, it's brown, but you must stitch it with gray. Could
it be possible? Or should the stitcher think something else?
With pink roses it might work...or...? I think you have more
experience of this than myself. Of course I have stitched
with natural white yarn, when the canvas itself has been
snow white.
Best: Pirjo


Your yarn will cover the color of the canvas as long as you don't pull
the stitches so tight that you actually see the canvas threads. If
you want to be sure your yarn will cover the canvas color well you can
stitch a little square in one corner of the canvas. I expect you will
be happy with the results. I've stitched pale blue yarn on a medium
brown needlepoint canvas and it looked just fine.

Debra in VA