One of my LNS specializes in cross stitch patterns and a very limited selection of speciality fibers and threads. Despite this failing , I still stop in occasionally. Yesterday, the clerks and I got to talking and both said they had had good experiences ordering interesting silks from .
I'm intrigued by their silk chenille. Has anyone here worked with it or something similiar?
I've worked with chenille from Au Ver a Soie. It's trickey. You can't go in and out of fabric. I've used it on stumpwork. I have some beautiful pictures of chenille used as surface work, but I'm unsure how it was handled and I haven't played with it much.
Dianne
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Oh, those look neat! I see interesting couched work!
Cheryl
Dianne Lewandowski said
How is it trickey?
I think I have an inkling of why you say one can't go in and out -- the thread would rub against the cloth as it went in and out thus eroding the thickness -- how close was I? However, the purveyor of the floss says that "it's like stitching with caterpillars" which leads me to think that it could be used 'regularly.'
Was your stumpwork work buttonholed around a wire frame or ...?
Bodies for butterflies. It falls apart going in/out. I suspect, for those gorgeous 17th century embroideries when chinelle was popular, and again during Victorian times, that it was couched.
After typing that paragraph, I ran downstairs and looked it up in two encyclopedias. Yes. Seldom in/out, mainly couched.
Dianne
Dianne Lewandowski said
Since I had questions, I called rather than did an online order. Because of your cautions, I only ordered 3-4 skeins instead of the whole product line. A friend who does gorgeous ribbon embroidery said their prices were good so I ordered a few collections of varying sizes and colors. I was on such a roll that I also ordered several silk floss collections plus basic black. I was so excited talking to the very personable Ms Vikki that I forgot to ask for a grand total and shipping handling charges .
There are some things you don't want to know.
By the time my S.E.X. is lumped in with my groceries, health insurance, doctor and pharmacy bills on the plastic, the total for the S.E.X. pales by comparison.
Besides, I get frequent flyer miles every time I use that card! I now have enough to go almost anywhere in the world.
I'll add my chuckle here!
And chuckling again!
So when are you coming to New Hampshire? Though I would wait until the snow melts!
Cheryl
Hmmm. I have an invitation to Hawaii and an invitation to New Hampshire. If I'm going to choose one....... you lose!
I've BEEN to New Hampshire. I've been wanting to go to Hawaii for years.
But you can come along. My hostess is a needlepointer, which means she knows the LNSs.
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