I created this blog to follow my progress with the 2010 Bead Journal project.. Recently, came across an old challenge which I really enjoyed. Take a Stitch Tuesday 2012 run by Sharon Boggon.So I will be starting that in the New Year by which time I might have finished the journal. I will also continue to paint and draw- you will find them at my other blog - Puddle of Dreams. Roll on 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Cast on stitch
Knitting is not my forte but I can cast on OK. So this is basically like casting on with a sewing needle instead of a knitting needle. However like knitting, tension is the key and that is where I come undone. Sometimes it was too tight, sometimes it was too loose and a lot of times, there were knots. However I persevere and came out with a semi decent flower shape.
The orange small floret was my first try and then I went BIG with french knots in the middle to create a big Sunflower.
After that I decided I would try it as an individual stitch but I could never get the neat curve shape, Sharon had on her blog. With the individual stitch I decided to play with the length and number of cast on stitches. I think if I had used a thicker thread I could have got a nice spiral shape as I could vaguely see it in some of the samples I created where I increased the stitches to a maximum.- up to 14 for one. I enclosed the first few with a detached chain stitch and liked it so much I continued with as I went along. All in all, I think if I worked with this stitch, I could get some interesting effects from it.
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