a movable feast

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

mezzo sorbello e la luna part two

here we go. the first 4 steps are worked like regular sorbello.the variation starts at step5

instead of going in right under 2 make a diagonal by going in next to 3 and up and out next to 4.

then go in at 5 to make a bar and in at 6 which is right under 4.in other words what's done here is create a small triangle instead of the regular square cross that sorbello creates.

some variations of what i got.

i'm pretty sure i did not invent the wheel but it was one of those serendipitous mistakes that provided some clean fun. as ever go to my flickr for a closer look. hope the instructions are clear and it goes without saying that i'm open to questions.

apologies for the crappy layout. blogger is driving me nuts!!

neki desu

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Monday, May 24, 2010

sorbello, mezzo sorbello, e la luna

on a stitching roll.a fine weather weekend full of energy which was transformed into great stitching time. this week's TAST was sorbello. my kind of stitch, easy effective and tons of fun. also great departure from the weaving intensity of lately.

thinking about those italian ladies sitting at their doors in their village at the doppo pomeriggio chatting and stitching, amicably competing in their needle dexterity. let myself be carried away and i think i might have even invented something, second third and fourth rows on the right of the photo. i even did a photo tute as i got so excited about it. ya'll let me know and i'll post it.

speaking of tutes, while i was going through my stitching reverie i thought about giving the last go to boullion knots, one of my pet peeve stitches.located mary corbett of needle and thread and her great video tute on bullions.

found a milliner's needle, sat at the computer and followed it and wow! they came out looking like the video!! no more hating bullions my friends :). in fact i foresee a bullion overkill in the next few weeks.

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