The design of the tea cloth features many forks, numerous tendrils, and small circles.
At first, I had thought about creating the branches and tendrils using wrapped chain stitches.
However, due to the many forks, this proved to be very difficult.
So, in the end, I did use coral knots for the branches, tendrils, and a large part of the motif outlines.
Wrapped chain stitches (No. 16 coton à broder) were worked around only a few motifs.
I spent a long time considering how to design the circle-within-a-circle motifs.
At first, I experimented with blanket stitches of varying lengths and a thick French knot or an blanket stitch eyelet.
After washing, these versions also look quite presentable.
But ultimately, I decided on large circles made of wrapped chain stitches with eyelets in the inside.
The next blog post focuses on the design of the bird motifs.
Siehe auch:
Forks – Practice Exercises (2)
Forks – Practice Exercises (3)
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