This month it's Chicken Scratch. I've explored the technique in several ways:
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Instead of the traditional gingham, I thought I'd try it on a spotted fabric.
Instead of using one of the 'ground' colours (white or black) for the stitching, I used red.
I varied the type of thread. I've used variegated stranded cotton for the basic stitches, cotton perle and sparkly knitted lurex thread for winding and lacing.
I tried out different ways of winding and lacing.
I think it looks more like decorative stitching than lace. Maybe it's the colour, or perhaps it's the size of the stitches - this was the smallest print I had to hand - corresponds to about 3/16" check.
On the spots, I prefer the 'round' lacing or winding to the 'square'.
9 comments:
as always so beautiful love your work
Oooh, nice! I'm still debating whether to join the challenge - but it's awfully tempting...
This is very dramatic on the spots - I like it
That's neat - I like your choice of spots rather than checks.
That's a very interesting effect you achieved, Kay Susan! Had you done chicken scratch before? BTW, I love the bird you made!
What great work on this spotted fabric. And leaving that "V" pattern of white dots between the triangles and the squares areas is so neat.
Elizabeth
Really like the dotted fabric as a background vs. a gingham. Really is fun to do and look at!
Looks quite a bit different with the spots. I like the strong colours.
You clever, clever lady!
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