For my stitched sample, I began in the same way as the two previous samples, although most of the instructions I read suggested that the stitches in the foundation row should vary in length (that was just too much for me to cope with!)
I worked subsequent rows in the same way I worked nagamijika-sashinui except that I varied the start position of each stitch. All of the stitches are roughly the same length (approx 10mm).
I repeated this row on row, varying the start position each time so that I did not end up with a bargello effect.
There is something not quite right about this. I feel another sample coming on!
Happy Stitching
2 comments:
I was wondering whether same length L&S stitches in the first row was a particularly Japanese technique.
I've been through all my books on L&S stitch in the past, and gone crazy, with the various variants.
I wrote a post about it in my blog, comparing what different books said, but I can't find it, drat it.
It certainly is confusing, isn't it!
May I suggest that your cream bottom layer has stitches that are a little too long? Reach up to the first layer in a few instances. And it stands out a lot because it's such a lighter colour. Blending quite different hues is always a bugger (but I'm talking to the initiated here - I'm just having a L&S stitch Babble :-)
Creating a truly random effect is very difficult. Humans are great at pattern-spotting, and also at pattern-creation. I'm afraid it just takes practise...
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