Strangely, it was kind of sad to finish off the old Dragonfly row. I'm thrilled it is finished but I am also a little sad. It has been in the WIP pile for a VERY long time.
It wasn't alone. I went diving into my old WIPS for some more contenders.
Crossed Wing's Warblers 2 Bellpull.
At least 1 have 1 bird to show for 10 years "work." This is 32 ct. Mocha Belfast, worked with 2 strands of Anchor. I used the Anchor conversion printed on the chart - which can sometimes be quite funky in pattern contrasts. I went through a thread phase inwhich I was converting everything to Anchor. The results were more vibrant but with not always the best shading results.
I have since become more lazy and just work with the ever more discreasing quality DMC on projects when I can't afford the high quality relatively inexpensive (for silk) HDF silks on conversions. I still think Anchor is the better, stronger cotton fiber over DMC but it is tougher to find and the conversions can be problematic.
This is as far as I got on bird 2 because I thought I made a mistake when I couldn't find my place but after I frogged then restitched, I discovered that I had it right the first time just that my brain couldn't figure out where I should have started in again.
I have since taken out my version of Ink Circles Croakworth & an old Lu Fuller kit whose cloth I switched out to a 40 ct. Pictures of those next time. If I can find my Quaker Go Away Banner, I will take pictures of that, too. I was more in the mood to work on that than Croakworth but one Quaker style isn't that much different from any other.
Pretty! You have all my admiration for attacking old WIPs with such determination :-)
ReplyDeletePretty birds.
ReplyDeleteI, on the other hand, usually convert Anchor to DMC for they're easier to find. However, that didn't turn out so well for the Margaret Sherry cat I was stitching :/ Last I checked, DMC seems to cost more than Anchor so nowadays if the chart's original colours calls for Anchor, I'd just stick with Anchor.
Hugs,
Veronica.