It's study week. Guess how much study I've gotten done.
THIS MUCH! Nearly half way through my embroidery now. Clearly I've been procrastinating and have done minimal study, which is a bit sad. I've also watched season 2 of Smash and I'm half way through season 1 of Star Trek TNG. But back to my embroidery, I came across something a bit puzzling. I've been following the pattern on Mitchell Wymarc's page
The pattern has two different motifs. The blue strip and the dark brown strip have one, and the light brown strip has another one. So I alternated my motifs too, my purple strip has the different one (which is actually really annoying to stitch). A while ago I noticed that the stitching example only has one type of motif. THEN when I went to add a fourth strip up the top because I needed my needle case to be a bit taller, I realised that the pattern has dark brown, light brown, blue... LIGHT BROWN. That would mean my fourth strip should be purple, and every second strip should be purple. The stitching example has the three colours alternating, which I like better, so I decided to alternate the colours, but also alternate the motifs. So that's why the top blue strip has the annoying motif instead of the same one as the first blue strip.
Also I had an idea for some fittings I bought at Pennsic
I had an idea before I left for a belt using my leftover black spun silk and green reeled silk. I'll use the 14 tablet threaded in pattern of leaves that I used for my garters on either side of a black stripe. When I move back home I'll have a look at the fittings and decide how wide the belt bit needs to be, which will help me decide whether to do some twist patterning in the black middle section. I think the leaf pattern will look good with the flower leafy brass fittings, even if it completely not period :)
And that has been my very exciting study week as a crazy cat lady, looking after Miss Wendy's cats and spending most of my time in my onesie doing embroidery.
THIS MUCH! Nearly half way through my embroidery now. Clearly I've been procrastinating and have done minimal study, which is a bit sad. I've also watched season 2 of Smash and I'm half way through season 1 of Star Trek TNG. But back to my embroidery, I came across something a bit puzzling. I've been following the pattern on Mitchell Wymarc's page
The pattern has two different motifs. The blue strip and the dark brown strip have one, and the light brown strip has another one. So I alternated my motifs too, my purple strip has the different one (which is actually really annoying to stitch). A while ago I noticed that the stitching example only has one type of motif. THEN when I went to add a fourth strip up the top because I needed my needle case to be a bit taller, I realised that the pattern has dark brown, light brown, blue... LIGHT BROWN. That would mean my fourth strip should be purple, and every second strip should be purple. The stitching example has the three colours alternating, which I like better, so I decided to alternate the colours, but also alternate the motifs. So that's why the top blue strip has the annoying motif instead of the same one as the first blue strip.
Also I had an idea for some fittings I bought at Pennsic
I had an idea before I left for a belt using my leftover black spun silk and green reeled silk. I'll use the 14 tablet threaded in pattern of leaves that I used for my garters on either side of a black stripe. When I move back home I'll have a look at the fittings and decide how wide the belt bit needs to be, which will help me decide whether to do some twist patterning in the black middle section. I think the leaf pattern will look good with the flower leafy brass fittings, even if it completely not period :)
And that has been my very exciting study week as a crazy cat lady, looking after Miss Wendy's cats and spending most of my time in my onesie doing embroidery.
