{"id":4896,"date":"2012-02-28T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T09:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2012-02-07T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T10:35:52","slug":"goldwork-on-the-petite-pincushion-stage-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/28\/goldwork-on-the-petite-pincushion-stage-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldwork on the Petite Pincushion – Stage Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petite Pincushion Eight Sided Interlacing<\/p><\/div>\n

Somehow, progress on the Petite Pincushion<\/a> accelerated hugely once the silkwork was finished. Each separate metal element (except the border!) proved to be fairly quick to do, and as I’ve already said, I enjoyed them immensely.<\/p>\n

The next elements of the Petite Pincushion were the four spots of Eight Sided Interlacing in silver – so, yet another different metal thread to sample. Putting in the foundation stitches was made much easier because the foundation of tent stitches was square, and neatly segmented along each side by the Queen Stitches. Working these fairly zipped along, and I really enjoyed them.<\/p>\n

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Petite Pincushion - CloseUp<\/p><\/div>\n

The final section was a border of\u00a0 hemstitch on Ladder Stitch, with Eight legged Spider’s Web stitch in each corner.<\/p>\n

The Eight Legged Spiders Web stitches were easy and fun, filling in the otherwise blank corners beautifully. They’re more stable than the Four Legged variation, so if I were to be mad enough to use this as a pincushion when it’s finished, the spider’s webs would continue to look good under the strain!<\/p>\n

I’ve been struggling with ladder stitch throughout the course – if you recall, when I first started working it on the Spot Sampler, I had serious problems with tension and with the thread breaking up. Practice makes perfect, I’m glad to say. By the time I’d worked Ladder Stitch all around the edge of the Petite Pincushion, it was going swimmingly – much to my relief.<\/p>\n

The Hemstitches on either side of the Ladder Stitches increase the thickness of the edges, and create a zig zag effect with the horizontals, subtly altering the overall effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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