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I am continuing my vow to finish a bunch of old WIPS.

Ok - current project is an outline of a flower with stem and leaves. On dark raspberry colored fabric. It was kit bought at Celebrations or in some going out of business sale.

All the stitching is one strand of floss over two threads of fabric. With the pink of the flower, the fabric shows some and looks great. The stem and outline of the leaves isn't so good, but I could have lived with it if the "fill in" color of the leaves looked better. The designer used a satin stitch in a shade I'd call pale mint green with two strands of floss. I couldn't get coverage I liked with three strands and I hated the color anyway. It just jarred at me.

So, I've tried nearly every thing I have in stash and found a color I like - an unknown mossy green from Needle Necessitates that I am just cross stitching not doing satin stitch, but I think the outline/stem color disappears. I may just finish it anyway with the NN and live with it,

BUT

What would you do???

Cheryl

ellice · Accepted Answer

Umm, Threadworx is the follow-on company to NN. If you have a NN color, the shops that carry Threadworx have a conversion chart to the new product. They're pretty indistinguishable. You could consider a sub-shade of the old NN. They (TW and NN) have a lot of colors which are dyed, then an additional step done so it's like a subset color. In their numbering you can tell as the base will be say 1020, then there may be 10201, 10202, then the next base color would be 1021. The 5 digit numbers are the ones which are built into the prior 4 digit- usually a bit deeper variant.

Also, you could look at some perl cotton, or Wildflowers - overdyed, similar weight to Perle 8, or Watercolours - when plied 1 of the 3 is about a Perle

LMK if I can help.

Ellice

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

My question was more along the lines of do I rip out the stem and the leaf outlines and just do the NN? Or use a darker green that still works with the NN, still replacing the original green? Or finally, just live with it as I am strongly leaning toward?

Cheryl

Lucille · Answer

How much do you love the piece?L

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

Love it - not really, but I do like it. What I REALLY want it is to trysomething in the soft finish that will be really different (I hope)Cheryl

alicia in Hawaii · Answer

Hi Cheryl,I wouldn't do anything that caused me to "just live with it".There isn't any reason to 'settle' for a finished creation, especiallywhen you are thecreator of it. I'd say, do anything you have to to alter it so thatyoudon't feel you are having to 'just live with it'. ;)It may be a lot more work to alter it, but in the long run, you won'tlook atit and see any irritations.smiles,alicia in Hawaii"Or finally, just live with it as I am strongly leaning toward?"

anne · Answer

If you don't like what you've done, rip it out NOW!!!!How about blending two of the fibers? You'd get the best of both worlds.

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

Ha - tried that and liked that less than the original green.Cheryl

ellice · Answer

Ah, if it bothers you - then rip it and make it the way you want. If it doesn't bother you - then live with it. But, IME, if something is bugging you, you might as well give in and do it the way you'd rather...despite the frogging time.

Ellice

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

Since I haven't decided if I keep it or give it away, I am completelyambivalent about which way to go. It's not like I'd be frogging that much,but I really want to get to the finishing part.Cheryl

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