


Date started: | 20 November 2024 |
Date completed: | 18 January 2025 |
Specifications: | 91×164 (approx) stitches on 32 count linen (murano evenweave – sage green) |
Techniques: | cross stitch (2 over 2), satin stitch |
Source: |
https://owlforest.co.uk/ |
Comments: |
I was excited to try a few things here – a little bit of beginner embroidery (satin stitches) and using variegated thread. I wanted to make a house warming gift for my parents that has “auspicious” symbolism to it, and I found this lovely cranes one that ticked both boxes. I bought the pattern but didn’t want to go through the trouble of ordering the whole kit to ship from overseas. So instead I made the following substitutions:
I went through a lot of trouble trying to get all variegated threads other than the white, but the two non-DMC threads unfortunately didn’t show much colour change. I was under time pressure so didn’t complete the whole pattern, just the main cranes image and a top and bottom border. I can’t say I had a lot of fun with this, the scattered motifs were a pain in the neck to track, it was a pattern that I should’ve really gridded beforehand. The variegated thread was also fiddly to use (I tried my darnedest to work the thread so they didn’t come out stripey) so it slowed things way down, plus being unable to use loop starts. I also didn’t have much joy doing the satin stitches. I bought a frame that was a bit too large and the framing job was a bit crooked (just mounted it on the cardboard it came with and secured it with thread at the back) but hopefully my parents like it! |
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