Stitching Updates...

 

Slow But Steady...

Because, Dear Readers, I cannot spend All my time making rhododendron blossoms and leaves, only Most of my time, I have managed to make a little progress on the petit-point stitching as well. In the above picture, you can see my first cushion in progress. I had neglected to design it so the shape would end up square, and needed to adjust the outer border in tiny ways so it mostly repeated in a pleasing pattern. But I learned a lot, so the next cushion will perhaps be a better product. I was surprised at how quickly one small section of the carpet could be stitched! It was only the work of a couple days of casual stitching to get this far.

And here you can see it is nearly done!

And because that went so quickly, I started another one right away.

This time I am making the pattern a couple stitches wider on both sides.

 

And because, I know I have mentioned that

 it is hard to stitch the tiny stitches (40 to the inch!)

 of the Baktiari cushions at night, 

I have also been making progress on the William Morris carpet 

which is a much larger stitch size (only 18 to the inch.)

No, I have not found a bigger frame yet,

 but am making do with stitching the area that is available.

The blue background is very easy to stitch

 and really makes the pattern start to stand out.

And as for the Dragon Carpet, Dear Readers, 

it requires that I have both good light for the

 tiny stitches (40 to the inch again)

and a clear mind for the careful design-as-I-go process

so I can judge how it is looking before I get too far off track!

So it has seen even less of my attention,

 but even so, some good progress has been made!

I am keeping the blue scale pattern design

 only a small way ahead of the gold filling part

 so I can be sure it is making the scales look enough like scales!

 This means keeping both needles threaded

 and in play at the same time. 

You just have to be sure to not tangle

 the threads on the underside.

I am feeling quite encouraged by the way they are looking..... 

and only wonder if I am going to need

 to make some "design adjustments" 

to the rest of the body of the carpet as well.... 

hmmm...

we will have to see when we get there!

So that's the stitching update Dear Readers,

Lots of tiny stitches from time to time

  Slowly but steadily adds up to quite a bit of progress!