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Hey all,
Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Now - little happy dance - don't have to go to my clinical rotation tonight (headache and have to go to hockey at 10). Got my jury duty postponed til spring break - after dragging into the courthouse early this a.m. But, do get the thrill of a 12 hour shift this Saturday at the ER, and then the following Sunday. Oh, well - better than sticking needles in patients when I have a headache. And have I mentioned how much I love doing blood draws? This hospital - when you put in an IV in the ER, you also pull the rainbow assortment of blood. So glad that I had to take a phlebotomy class a couple of years ago (medics don't otherwise really know what all those label colors mean). ellice |
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"ellice" wrote in message ... Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Lovely work Ellice. I like the Love and Wisdom piece just the way you show it. I don't think 1 strand could be as effective. Lucille |
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On 2/20/07 5:41 PM, in article , "ellice"
wrote: Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Actually, the shots are pretty good and I like the blanket! Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Very nice! Cheryl |
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On 2/20/07 7:43 PM, "lucretia borgia" wrote:
ellice ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) All nice things Ellice, well done. Thanks a bunch, ellice |
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On 2/20/07 6:28 PM, "Lucille" wrote:
"ellice" wrote in message ... Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Lovely work Ellice. I like the Love and Wisdom piece just the way you show it. I don't think 1 strand could be as effective. Lucille Thanks very much, Lucille. In the instructions, Catherine strongly suggests using the threads, count as she has done. But, it just didn't seem right. I will do as she suggests for the specialty stitches. Most of those are done with 2 strands - a couple that are very dense, like the slanted sheaf are with one - and I'll just see what it looks like when I get there. During my break tonight I finished the next row of XS, which has the wagon-wheel type stitch in between. That should be interesting. The instructions also are clear in that all the XS in the borders should be done before doing the specialty stitches in the border. But, in the body, I think it's do the XS in the band, then fill in the specialty stitches. As I get some decent progress I'll post another pic - that isn't too bright. BTW - have you started the Toccata? I haven't really looked at those directions again, but I'd guess it's similar. Ellice |
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On Feb 20, 5:41 pm, ellice wrote:
Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. ellice Nice frame job on the sampler for Woodlawn. I definitely need to bring her some stuff. And I was going to ask you a question about your Ye Olde Coffee House. I think the overdyed I chose that will be the roof might be too stripey if I simply work across the rows. It doesn't look like this happened on yours. Did you just work across? I'm considering doing blocks of three, moving down a row and over one. Or I could work across the row single stitch and come back and finish the cross. I'll be bringing this to tomorrow morning's stitch-in at the Scarlet Thread. Donna in Virginia |
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"ellice" wrote in message ... On 2/20/07 6:28 PM, "Lucille" wrote: "ellice" wrote in message ... Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Lovely work Ellice. I like the Love and Wisdom piece just the way you show it. I don't think 1 strand could be as effective. Lucille Thanks very much, Lucille. In the instructions, Catherine strongly suggests using the threads, count as she has done. But, it just didn't seem right. I will do as she suggests for the specialty stitches. Most of those are done with 2 strands - a couple that are very dense, like the slanted sheaf are with one - and I'll just see what it looks like when I get there. During my break tonight I finished the next row of XS, which has the wagon-wheel type stitch in between. That should be interesting. The instructions also are clear in that all the XS in the borders should be done before doing the specialty stitches in the border. But, in the body, I think it's do the XS in the band, then fill in the specialty stitches. As I get some decent progress I'll post another pic - that isn't too bright. BTW - have you started the Toccata? I haven't really looked at those directions again, but I'd guess it's similar. Ellice No,not yet. It's sitting neatly on the table and waiting patiently for me to start. I got involved with another complicated square knitted afghan, using odds and ends, that I absolutely DO NOT need. I'm almost done with it and hopefully will get my desire to do needlework back. I've been on hiatus for a couple of weeks but I think I'm starting to itch again. This happens to me every so often but I must admit, it didn't stop me from buying a couple of charts in the dry period so it's not a major meltdown. lol |
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On 2/21/07 8:19 AM, "Donna" wrote:
On Feb 20, 5:41 pm, ellice wrote: Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. ellice Nice frame job on the sampler for Woodlawn. I definitely need to bring her some stuff. And I was going to ask you a question about your Ye Olde Coffee House. I think the overdyed I chose that will be the roof might be too stripey if I simply work across the rows. It doesn't look like this happened on yours. Did you just work across? I'm considering doing blocks of three, moving down a row and over one. Or I could work across the row single stitch and come back and finish the cross. I'll be bringing this to tomorrow morning's stitch-in at the Scarlet Thread. I worked the roof a little in patches - not quite full rows, though I'm pretty sure that the top 2 rows went 1 full across, then the 2nd halfway. Often when working with overdyes that's what I do - kind of plan an area. It may end up with using a little more floss, but gets the look I want. That said, I used the Weeks Chestnut - which has a pretty subtle graduation, so didn't get too stripey - and was pleasantly surprised that the difference in dye lots (by at least a year) when I switched to the 2nd skein isn't apparent. I think if I were you I'd do sort of irregular blocks - like rhombus shapes or something - and then it won't be too stripey. Will see you at the stitch-in. Yeah. ellice |
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On 2/21/07 10:57 AM, "Lucille" wrote:
"ellice" wrote in message ... On 2/20/07 6:28 PM, "Lucille" wrote: "ellice" wrote in message ... Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Lovely work Ellice. I like the Love and Wisdom piece just the way you show it. I don't think 1 strand could be as effective. Lucille Thanks very much, Lucille. In the instructions, Catherine strongly suggests using the threads, count as she has done. But, it just didn't seem right. I will do as she suggests for the specialty stitches. Most of those are done with 2 strands - a couple that are very dense, like the slanted sheaf are with one - and I'll just see what it looks like when I get there. During my break tonight I finished the next row of XS, which has the wagon-wheel type stitch in between. That should be interesting. The instructions also are clear in that all the XS in the borders should be done before doing the specialty stitches in the border. But, in the body, I think it's do the XS in the band, then fill in the specialty stitches. As I get some decent progress I'll post another pic - that isn't too bright. BTW - have you started the Toccata? I haven't really looked at those directions again, but I'd guess it's similar. Ellice No,not yet. It's sitting neatly on the table and waiting patiently for me to start. I got involved with another complicated square knitted afghan, using odds and ends, that I absolutely DO NOT need. I'm almost done with it and hopefully will get my desire to do needlework back. I've been on hiatus for a couple of weeks but I think I'm starting to itch again. This happens to me every so often but I must admit, it didn't stop me from buying a couple of charts in the dry period so it's not a major meltdown. lol I totally understand. My intensive knitting or quilting seem to cycle with bouts of needlework. Right now I'm just knitting at hockey games, and stitching when I can sit still at home - so to speak. I was just curious as I remembered that you had the Toccata #2, which I have in waiting as well. ellice |
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On 2/22/07 12:17 AM, in article , "ellice"
wrote: On 2/21/07 10:57 AM, "Lucille" wrote: "ellice" wrote in message ... On 2/20/07 6:28 PM, "Lucille" wrote: "ellice" wrote in message ... Hey all, Just posted a few pix on RCTNP. The actually finished Coffee House (which I know Donna is vigorously working on). Apologizing for the bad picture of the little sampler I put in at Woodlawn. I took the picture on the car rear hatch - with the phone camera - truly a photographic event ;^) Also - I put up the first row I did of Love & Wisdom. I decided to do this with 2 strands of NP silk, rather than the 1 which is suggested (strongly) in the instructions. I actually stitched some with 1 strand, and thought it looked too X-ish. Very open to comments. The photo is a bit bright - but I think you can get the idea. This is a link to the chart: http://www.drawnthread.com/Love%26Wisdom.html Her pic didn't look as sparse as when I stitched it at first. Which seems weird in that the sample is on 30 ct, and I'm doing it on 32 ct. Really nice, soft legacy linen. And I'm not a really tight puller on my stitching, but who knows. And, these are the colors in the chart - only changed the gold by one shade. So, comments welcome - and just a little sharing. Lovely work Ellice. I like the Love and Wisdom piece just the way you show it. I don't think 1 strand could be as effective. Lucille Thanks very much, Lucille. In the instructions, Catherine strongly suggests using the threads, count as she has done. But, it just didn't seem right. I will do as she suggests for the specialty stitches. Most of those are done with 2 strands - a couple that are very dense, like the slanted sheaf are with one - and I'll just see what it looks like when I get there. During my break tonight I finished the next row of XS, which has the wagon-wheel type stitch in between. That should be interesting. The instructions also are clear in that all the XS in the borders should be done before doing the specialty stitches in the border. But, in the body, I think it's do the XS in the band, then fill in the specialty stitches. As I get some decent progress I'll post another pic - that isn't too bright. BTW - have you started the Toccata? I haven't really looked at those directions again, but I'd guess it's similar. Ellice No,not yet. It's sitting neatly on the table and waiting patiently for me to start. I got involved with another complicated square knitted afghan, using odds and ends, that I absolutely DO NOT need. It's nice and cold here! I'm almost done with it and hopefully will get my desire to do needlework back. I've got one nearly done item and started a spot sampler freebie that I really liked with some Ozark Sampler floss! I've been on hiatus for a couple of weeks but I think I'm starting to itch again. This happens to me every so often but I must admit, it didn't stop me from buying a couple of charts in the dry period so it's not a major meltdown. lol I totally understand. My intensive knitting or quilting seem to cycle with bouts of needlework. Right now I'm just knitting at hockey games, and stitching when I can sit still at home - so to speak. I was just curious as I remembered that you had the Toccata #2, which I have in waiting as well. ellice Cheryl |
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