As part of my plan to fancy up Nerdlepoint, I decided to add borders in fancy threads all around the outside of the QR Code pattern. I am hoping this adds visual interest without interfering with any smart phone that can read the code. To aid in that, I worked a row of white tent stitches all around the exterior of the design before I started adding borders.
The first border is done in overdyed French Wool (2 strands) in the raspberry and cream colors. This is a thread from Needle Necessities which is defunct now but the NN dyer started her own company and offers a similar overdyed wool in both stranded crewel and tapestry weights. I stitched it over three threads on a slant / and worked my way around the corners with short slants and long \ diagonals at the corner. It makes for an effective border due to the color changes.
http://www.threadworx.com/product.php?catid=13&catName=Hand%20Overdyed%20Italian%20Wool%20-%2020.5%20yards&type=viewall&all=true
To see the next border, you'll have to enlarge the photo. I aimed for a checkerboard effect, alternating Mosaic Stitches done in two strands of raspberry red Felicity's Garden with rectangular Cashmere Stitches in raspberry pink Kreinik (size 16 braid). I think #24 braid probably would cover better but I had size 16 so that's what I used. In person this is quite pretty and it is as simple as the previous border.
http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/1999/99-01.php
http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2000/00-01.php
My next step was another round of white tent stitches to prepare for the next (and final) border. By the way, the color seems off in the photo this morning. The whites look dingy today but the Felicity's Garden silk/wool I used is a very pretty cream white in person.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
5 comments:
Beautiful! love the border and love that raspberry color.
Thanks, Dena. The Kreinik adds a lot of sparkle to the border sets, by the way. It's not as glitzy as the holographic but that would be Too Much, if that makes sense.
I love Kreinik threads!
I also love the raspberry...very nice and quick to stitch too1
Its so cool to see this! The nerdlepoint product looks pretty cool.
Glad you like it, Con. I topped it off with a fuzzy pink border and shipped it off to adorn a tote bag for a friend.
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