Coif Progress

[mistressarafina]

While I was waiting for my family to arrive for dinner, I did a little work on the coif and then a little after everything was cleaned up. I have no set deadline so I will not feel too much pressure with this project. It'll be something fun and cool to work on, especially when I have free time at Bristol.

Tonight's pic:

Comments

[spoon_o_doom]

I find embroidery very relaxing and rewarding.

[splagxna]

chain stitch? eh?

[mistressarafina]

Are you asking why I chose chain stitch or questioning if I'm crazy for doing chain stitch?

[splagxna]

why chain stitch? blackwork is usually holbein... right? (also i hate chain stitch, but that's not the point.)

[mistressarafina]

Blackwork is a variety of stitches. Holbein/double running and stem stitch are probably the most common that we have extant examples, but split and stem stitch are viable as well.

[stitchjock]

This is lovely...I look forward to seeing the entire piece!

How did you make the transfer? That's always the frustrating part for me...

[mistressarafina]

The pattern is #9 Lisette from attack_laurel. The linen I have is lightweight and see-through, so I just taped it to the patten and traced it with a ballpoint pen.

[bwliadain]

Very pretty! Are you going to "fill"?

[mistressarafina]

I keep debating about whether or not I will. I think it mostly depend on how I feel about things once the outline is done.

[bwliadain]

Mmm-hmm. There are so many details in the outline itself, could well be that "less" will be "more"!