Trellis Stitch on canvas
anne
Even though painting on canvas isn't my thing and I was dreading covering the
large space with tent or gobelin stitches, I couldn't resist the cost which was
a mere $20 for supplies. Due to an unexpected windfall, my EGA chapter picked
up her fee, travel expenses, etc.
My canvas confirmed that I don't have an artist eye or even a regular, sharp
eye that can see details and shading as I tried to reproduce the look of the
spray of flowers. Despite this shortcoming, I learned something -- instead of
using several different paint colors that go from dark to light, start painting
with a color that approximates the darkest shade. Then add drops of white,
ecru, or light yellow to the tiny cup to create the other shades needed to
paint each flower.
BUT even better was seeing some of her finished work. She used very few
'traditional' stitches to fill the shapes. Instead, she pretended she was
stitching on cloth and used long/short, satin, fern, fly, button hole, and
other embroidery stitches in many places. Quite a few of us were intrigued by
the stitches she used for the backgrounds. One was Alicia's Lace and the other
was what she said was a trellis stitch. I fell in the love with this stitch
because it creates a nicely textured and patterned background and does it
quickly!!!! Unfortunately, none of my needlepoint books have a diagram for the
variation I want to try. The closest I've found online is step 2's blue lines
on
<http://needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2003/aug.php>
In other words, the background is covered with diamonds and a lot of open
space. Ordinarily, I don't worry too much about carrying threads from one place
to another. I can't do it with this design because the threads might show
through.
Cutting to the chase, can someone point me to an online site or a book that
diagrams this stitch? Being quite dense when it comes to following a pattern, I
need a picture accompanied by text that says insert needle at 1, come up three
threads over at 2, etc.
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gyrlcentric
anne wrote:
>snip<
> BUT even better was seeing some of her finished work. She used very few
> 'traditional' stitches to fill the shapes. Instead, she pretended she was
> stitching on cloth and used long/short, satin, fern, fly, button hole, and
> other embroidery stitches in many places. Quite a few of us were intrigued by
> the stitches she used for the backgrounds. One was Alicia's Lace and the other
> was what she said was a trellis stitch. I fell in the love with this stitch
> because it creates a nicely textured and patterned background and does it
> quickly!!!! Unfortunately, none of my needlepoint books have a diagram for the
> variation I want to try. The closest I've found online is step 2's blue lines
> on
>
> <http://needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2003/aug.php>
>
> In other words, the background is covered with diamonds and a lot of open
> space. Ordinarily, I don't worry too much about carrying threads from one place
> to another. I can't do it with this design because the threads might show
> through.
>
this site,
https://needleartworks.anonwebhost.com/stm/stpage/trellis.htm, has
diagrams. not exactly what you were looking for but perhaps helpful
nontheless.
gyrlcentric
payments. i wouldn't purchase anything from the site but i recieved no
other error. i am using Firefox browser though and not Internet
Explorer..
lucretia borgia wrote:
<snip>
> My system rang bells and sent a security warning when I went to open
> that link.
anne
> I use Opera
I used Netscape for years until AOL messed it up, then switched to Mozilla and
currently use Firefox (iow, anything but IE). I got the warning about the
certificate but ignored it.
Miz Borgia, thank you for trying. I love Classic Stitches so much that I have a
subscription to the magazine. I'm familiar with trellis stitches that are
tacked down. Each of the 4 sides of the trellis stitch I'm trying to figure out
is stitched.
Miz Gyrlcentric, the woven trellis you found isn't quite right either.
I'm thinking that a double running stitch to do a stair step of the left and
then right sides of the diamond might work.
anne
> then right sides of the diamond might work.
I was close. The canvas lace shown on the link below is exactly what I needed.
https://needleartworks.anonwebhost.com/stm/stpage/cnvslace.htm
Don't y'all just love it when someone responds to their own message?
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
shapes somehow connected.
mirjam