Dec 16, 2018

THEY REALLY SHOULD MAKE PILLS FOR THIS...PART NINETY SEVEN


How many attempts at thread matching does it take one portly spinster to try over the course of a month and a half because no matter how convinced she is that she has finally found it...eh...not so much.


It wasn't Trebizond after all, Dearies!  It ended up being #12 perle cotton in ecru.

I tried the Trebizond in two different colors and perle #5 and perle #8, but I had not considered perle #12. So just when I was about to chuck this off the balcony, I rummaged through the cube room studio and found this poor lonely little ball of #12 cotton just looking to be played with.

Eureka.

Now it's on to the outer borders, which I have already decided to do in #8 ecru for a little textural contrast, and then the outer outer border in a lovely deep dark green.

Stay tuned! I'm sensing a fee nee coming soon!



8 comments:

  1. I got the Congress Cloth yesterday and it matches the #8 ecru perle cotton. Now to get some Wildflowers for the red and green. Can't wait to start. Yours looks awesome.

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  2. Hmmm, you are in the homestretch on this one! I can't wait to see the whole thing!

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  3. Aaaaaargh! But the good news is that you got it sorted. Looking forward to the fee nee.

    Megan
    Sydney, Australia

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  4. I feel ya! But it's going to be gorgeous once you complete it :)

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  5. Wow, it's so lovely! I wish I knew the first thing about needlepoint; I've seen some stockings (painted canvas) I'd really like to make!!!

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    1. Do it. It's a no-brainer, as the design is already hand painted on the canvas, and you don't have to follow a chart. The only semi-hard part is choosing which color to put in each section. Sometimes, I match it to the hand painting--other times I change it out to match my decor. Just saying.

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  6. Those colours look so different on the spools.

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  7. Yipee!! Looking forward to seeing it all finished :)

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