Here are two pics of some very small embroidered “tiles” using crochet cotton. One variegated and one white. This was for a stitch challenge on the Yahoo group-The Stitching Post(my group. The idea was to use only the two stitches-blanket and chain with only two colors and just play around with how the stitches interact. The background had to be a medium blue.We could use as many different types of threads as we could, but i found that i simply enjoyed using the cotton.
The simpler piece is just the two stitches and works pretty well i think. There is one place i would lilke to add a bit of white, but other than that glaring omission(to me) i think it is done done DONE!
the second, nore complicated piece was a lot of fun, but more troublesome. I kept wanting it to be done and it woudn;t stay finished! Every thing i did led to the percieved need to balance it somewhere else which…and on and on……finally i realized that it really needed were dots and lines…and so i added french knots and straight stitches. So much for being able to stay with in the challenge guidelines!
Let me know what you all think, ok? Negative is ok, tactful is good.
ktj
