Stitching Progress

[annuin]

I finally finished part 1 of my St. Petersburg White Nights cross-stitch pattern. Well, almost. It's missing the crystals and beads, but this is all the actual stitching for part one.

This is part of a very large cross-stitch piece. It's an online class where one part is released each month (and I'm way behind, of course, lol, though I started late). To give you an idea, part 1 is about 5.5 x 5.5 inches (13.5 x 13.5 cm) and the finished design should be about 27 x 27 inches.

It's stitched with various silk threads and metallics on 32ct Millennium Blue linen. There are also 2 specialty stitches in this section, Rice stitches (the navy ones in the middle) and Rhodes stitches (the less visible and smaller aqua coloured little blocks in the "legs" of the cross) .








A computer generated image of what the finished design should resemble:



The design is by Martina Weber of Chatelaine Designs.
http://chatelaine-design.de/newweb/

Comments

[goawayplease.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely! Good luck!

[erg.livejournal.com]

Really purty!

[passercul.livejournal.com]

oooh, quite lovely! I don't know how you do that. I suppose cross-stitch should be doable... in theory, but I don't think that's my theory.

I have been busying myself with knitting shawls and ponchos for people. They're turning out okay I suppose--they look nice because I'm using pretty materials.

[bonny-katie.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I haven't done cross-stitch in ages.

[dashalovesyou.livejournal.com]

Hey I came over here after seeing your post in cross_stitch. I just wanted to ask you a little about the class- is it the one through yahoo groups? How is it different from just buying the pattern? What does the pattern come with, in terms of explanations of stitches and such? And did you buy a kit of the materials or are you buying them as you go? I saw the whole thing kitted up online for over $300 and it scared me off, but I'm from Moscow originally and this design is calling to me... I miss my fatherland I guess, though NYC has many things going for it as well.

Anyway, I hope you have time to answer my questions! No worries if you don't or it takes a while, I won't even be thinking of starting this until after the new year anyway. If you'd prefer, you can email me at my lj name at gmail.

Thanks,
Dasha