{{popup threadsizebabyyarn.jpg threadsizebabyyarn 320×499}}This one used baby yarn
(The yarn sample pictures are pop-ups…click on the name above both entries.)This is baby yarn. It should be about ‘lifesized’ and was woven doubled-on-the-nails. These two are about as fine as I’ve had experince with. I’ll weave up one of the fine mohair woven single so you can see how that looks, too.

{{popup threadsizepetipoint.jpg threadsizepetipoint 380×520}}This one is peti-point, or embroidry yarn
This is petipoint yarn, the kind that comes is skeins like embroidery thread. It should be about “life-sized”. That was my plan, anyway. It is about 21 WPI and was woven doubled-on-the-nails.

THE SQUARE CHECK

(This is some superwash stash and the bit of white is some mohair that really didn’t belong in there! lol)

You can see the loops at the top of the square where I carried the yarn over two nails. They are not outrageously large but can’t be left as the edge but must be disguised somehow, in seam or edging. The tri*s don’t have this problem, or rather, it disappears when they are chained off. But here is the way I wove the square and maybe one of you can come up with a solution. I know you can cut and weave ends but I really really hate doing that unless there is no way around. And I think I’d rather go with the tri squares first! How’s that for lazy?

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A little talk about decorating your weaving. I haven’t done x-stitch since my Great Aunt Margaret made me sit down and stitch pillow cases for my Hope Chest when I stayed with her one summer. She was aghast that I didn’t have that relic of another age filled with hand-work. She was even more aghast by my lack of skill in that basic embroidery stitch. She’s probably “turning in her grave” now at my continued lack of proficiency but here is my offering and I’m sure there are many of you who have become pretty experts at X stitch since it’s become so popular these last few years. I hope you’ll be will to share here with other weavers, how to do a better job than I’m going to be showing you.
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A little talk about decorating your weaving. I haven’t done x-stitch since my Great Aunt Margaret made me sit down and stitch pillow cases for my Hope Chest when I stayed with her one summer. She was aghast that I didn’t have that relic of another age filled with hand-work. She was even more aghast by my lack of skill in that basic embroidery stitch. She’s probably “turning in her grave” now at my continued lack of proficiency but here is my offering and I’m sure there are many of you who have become pretty experts at X stitch since it’s become so popular these last few years. I hope you’ll be will to share here with other weavers, how to do a better job than I’m going to be showing you.
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Another method of decorating the blocks is with a chain stitch.
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A little talk about decorating your weaving. I haven’t done x stitch since my Great Aunt Margaret made me sit down and stitch pillow cases for my Hope Chest when I stayed with her one summer. She was aghast that I didn’t have that relic of another age filled with hand-work. She was even more aghast by my lack of skill in that basic embroidery stitch. She’s probably “turning in her grave” now at my continued lack of proficiency but here is my offering and I’m sure there are many of you who have become pretty experts at X stitch since it’s become so popular these last few years. I hope you’ll be will to share here with other weavers, how to do a better job than I’m going to be showing you.
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Here’s another version of the Pine Tree block

THIS ONE IS GONE!

🙂 here I am for real this time. It’s really, really me this time. Hurray!
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