{"id":15061,"date":"2024-04-02T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=15061"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:47:42","slug":"planning-the-long-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2024\/04\/02\/planning-the-long-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning the long borders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The long borders just looked too big, too monolithic, if you like, when I came to look at them with the corners in place. I don’t want the pattern looking too “bitty” and fragmented, but a certain amount of breaking up of the shape seemed to be a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started by running tacking stitches in stranded cotton so that I could look at the divisions they created and make decisions based on those, rather than using the wool. Tapestry canvas is a destroyer of thread, and it’s rare that you can reuse much of it if you have to take it out. I’ve plenty of stranded cotton, and I can reuse it a few times for experiments – just not for the final piece!<\/p>\n\n\n

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That seemed enough of a division, so I pulled out the stranded cotton and reinstated the new lines using short straight stitches in two shades of the Paterna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m trying to use all the yarn in blends. It makes for a livelier effect, and given I’m not enamoured of Yarn Chicken, it will also eke out some of the yarns!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Once I’d looked at the first couple of intersections between lines, I decided to add a bit of subtle emphasis. At this point, I had no idea what stitches I would be using in the “beds” (to retain the link to gardening), but I somehow felt that I needed to blunt the apex of the diamond and triangle shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t tell you why – any ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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