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Posted by MargW on July 4, 2008, 6:31 pm
F.James Cripwell wrote:
> "me" (none@gmail.com) writes:
>> lol....ok here they come-am a relative newbie for cross stitch- also using
>> PC Stitch PRO-
> (snip)>
>> Some of the charts i have change colors every few stitches...how do you
>> handle that. I don;t mind if the back is sort of thick, but i don;t want to
>> make it rug-like.
>> (snip)
>> If a chart has several areas of the same color, spaced not too far apart,
>> can you go ahead and do the half cross stitch on all the areas irst without
>> compromising the consitency of the stiched surface?
>>
>>
>> thanks for any and all help ! .
>> ktj
>
> I do pretty well all my patterns from computer generation, which are noted
> for their "confetti" stitches. My record was a line of 17 stitches, each
> one of which was a different colour. Do you know how to do loop starts?
> If not ask, and someone will tell you. What I do is to count how many
> stitches there are of the next colour, and cut enough floss to do that
> many stitches. Use a loop start, and the backs will look just fine. I
> ALWAYS do as much as I can by half stitches out, and then complete the
> stitches on return. I find I can preserve the tension better than one
> stitch at a time. The terminology I use is one stitch at a time is the
> English method; half stitches out, complete on the way back, Danish
> method. I have no idea why.
>
Jim:
IIRC, English samplers generally use the one stitch at a time. When
Ginnie Thompson brought Danish cross-stitch to North America (or at
least popularized it), the out and back method was what she taught.
Darlene O'Steen in her "The Perfect Stitch" tends to use the one stitch
at a time, and variations on it.
You were here when there was quite the blow up about this.:) Supposedly
the one at a time makes for a longer lasting stitch,(in terms of 100
plus years!) but I find that like you, the out and back method, creates
a smoother line.
MargW
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