With the last of the stars and twinkles completed on the left side of Santa's robe, I decided it was time to give him a belt. This was worked in a diagonal oblong cross stitch using Kreinik #12 tapestry braid #002. Nice and sparkly!
Then it was on to the trunk of the Christmas tree, where no one single thread in my stash seemed to be the right color. Time to needle-blend! I picked two Burmilana threads, one solid and one tweed, and combined a single strand of each in a packed stem stitch worked diagonally with the canvas turned 90 degrees.
Now it's really getting interesting--I made my way down to the penguin! His hat was worked in a diagonal mosaic stitch with one strand of Trio "Shamrock"--the same shade of green as his gloves but with a different texture. The band on the hat was added in basketweave with Petite Very Velvet V604 and the top was filled in with DMC cotton floss in a satin stitch. Mr. Penguin's body is going to take a while to stitch, so stay tuned!
1 comment:
That's a great belt!
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