Screwed up using my stash - help- advice needed.

I'm not sure if this would work with tapestry thread (depends on how "separateable" the strands are) but if you have some of both left (or just pull out enough to have a few strands of each), separate the strands and blend the two colors together. Then you might be able to get away with a few rows of one black blending into another.

I feel your pain. Waaay back in the 70s when I was first starting with ndlpt, I was working on a floral wreath design (done in typical 70s colors!) on a brown background. Not knowing any better (and no rctn around to ask!) and wanting the piece to stay as straight as possible, I did the background in basketweave stitch, rather than the called-for continental. Well...who knew that BW used so much more thread than Cont'l? I ran out of brown about half way through. Sent a chunk of the thread (wool) to the company to see if they had more. They sent back some polyester blend (shinier) that didn't really match color-wise, either. :(

The piece is still unfinished and will most likely remain so. I should just throw it away.

Forgot to say:

Let us know what you did and how it came out!

Good luck!

On Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:54:25 AM UTC+3, snipped-for-privacy@mypacks.net wrote: Leave it as is this is more true to nature and life , different shades are lovely and make a work look more lively , my only advice is to Mix rows from different skeins so the variation of the black will seen real natural . mirjam

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ke a work look more lively , my only advice is to Mix rows from different s keins so the variation of the black will seen real natural .

Sorry, but there's no variation - just a very noticeable line of demarcatio n where I ended one shade and started the other. I'm tearing out all that n ow - must be a few thousand stitches and am not happy. I should've known b etter and noticed sooner. Any tips of easier was to tear out? I've used t iny scissors and am going to experiment with a seam ripper. Hope I don't c ut the canvas.

I still haven't located any black - need to make a special trip or send for it and don't want to chance something by mail and have IT not match.

Does any project go perfectly?

Not good. I am in the process of tearing out about a few thousand black stitches.

try the seam ripper - works well for me

On Monday, October 14, 2013 9:40:21 PM UTC+3, snipped-for-privacy@mypacks.net wrote: I feel your pain You could also be very creative and applique something over the places you don`t like or are not happy with ,. This will change the work and make it much more Your own creation , mirjam