I'm working on a painted canvas needlepoint and I bought some Very Velvet thread for the curtains on the picture. Can someone tell me a good stitch to use as the thread seems very thin and the canvas shows through no matter what basic stitch I use.
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Have you considered filling in the curtains area with a normal thread to get the coverage, and then using the VeryVelvet on top? You might give that a try, and see about going every other stitch hole to get the fuzzies you want without it being too thick or heavy.
That's an idea. My questions are: What mesh size is the canvas? And did you get the regular size Very Velvet, or the Petite VV?
IME, the coverage is usually good with the Very Velvet - but you have to be careful of pulling it too much, as it will kind of snap of (the tube just separates). Also, be sure that the needle is opening the hole to get it through.
Have you only tried tent/basketweave kind of stitches? You could use the VV intermittently for texture and do more dense, focal kind of stitches with it, so the curtains would look like a pattern. Even some simple Byzantine or Cashmere stitch blocks. Or you could do some circular Rhodes stitche
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here and there, then fill in w/ a more standard. Also, there is a combination XS, sometimes called a double-straight cross - you could try this.
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ANG site has a lot of stitches. IME, things like a Rice or Smyrnacould get very bulky with VV. You could look at doing something like aMilanese variation, or a Hungarian cross, and use the VV as one layer, thenuse a different thread to ensure good coverage for the other layers - even asilk w/ enough strands, or perle cotton, or something like burmilama. Good luck. There are lots of references out there - you may have to do some doodling. You might also check out the Rainbow Gallery website, John has listed some stitches and techniques for using their various threads.
It's probably a penelope canvas. The mesh size doesn't matter except in figuring out what thread sizes work. If she was using DMC 4, then it's probably a largish size, like a 13 mesh, and that could have the VV be a bit skimpy - though I'm surprised. If you really cared for curiousisty - just take a ruler and count boxes to the inch.
I think you're right - using the DMC 5, then doing some work w/ the VV on top will look really nice. It's so great that you're finisihing a piece that your mom started!
Quite welcome, and enjoy working on this. I'm sure it'll come out just lovely.
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