I got a ridiculous amount of stitching done this week so you can see a fair bit of Earth here.
Deco Spirits
32 ct White Lugana
There is so much metallics in this! And it has strange cotton/metallic combinations too. It has one symbol that's 2 strands DMC and one Blending Filament. Is there anyone out there who likes stitching with that stuff? There's another that's one strand Kreinik #8 and one strand DMC. The Kreinik simply shreds the DMC to pieces! I've made the executive decision to stitch those with a full cross in #8 and put a half cross on top with one strand DMC. Same for the BF ones (one strand #8 full cross and one strand DMC half cross on top). I hope it works out.
7 comments:
Great start Blu! You got a lot done on the Earth square. :) I detest working with metallics but the effect is worth the frustration.
Great new start - it's actually one of the few Mirabilia's I like (and own). Yeah, metallics are a pain...
Wow you got an amazing amount done on this one.
Looks great! Someone once told me to pull the clear thread from the metallics/filaments and they will lay nicer. Not sure if that will help you or not.
Looking great, you'll soon have another finish
I hate using the blending filament as well. It was the first time I stitch with it when I started Peacock Tapestry. I ended up taking Teresa Wentzler's advice: full cross stitch using DMC thread and then go over the top leg of the stitch with the blending filament. So far it's going well and I don't see much of a difference than if I did a complete stitch with the blending filament.
what a pain.
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