Threads Across the Web: Sake Boxes - Wisteria, Crossing the Line

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Sake Boxes - Wisteria, Crossing the Line

When removing the stitch transfer after completing the gold work on the sake box, I realised that I would have difficulty do this on the ladle because I was using the same gold thread for the couching that I had used for the stitch transfer. I decided to remove the stitch transfer just prior to stitching each leaf or vine.

Because I had done the stitch transfer more than two years previous, when I removed the stitches, they left a very slight indentation on the foundation. Enough of an impression for me to make out the outline.

While this slowed down the process, it was a much cleaner and easier way to remove the stitch transfer.

I think one of the reasons I could not find any motivation to stitch the wisteria vine is that it is very fiddly – each leaf is tiny – and I found it difficult to find any rhythm or flow.