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Comment on BIGGER THAN A BED by Lisle

Lisle — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:28:22 +0000

Absolutely. I’m sure every collector of yarn has a pile of something somewhere that seems to have endless yardage. Or nearly so. I myself have at least 5 giant quantities of laceweight yarn sitting around waiting for a project…

Comment on MINAS TIRITH? by In Aurangzeb’s Domain | Fernando Salazar

In Aurangzeb’s Domain | Fernando Salazar — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:08:06 +0000

[...] posted about Daulatabad a few weeks ago. Side-note: See how almost all the people shown above visiting the fort are [...]

Comment on ENSAMPLARIO ATLANTIO – BLACKWORK FILLING COLLECTION PDFS FOR DOWNLOAD by ren ws

ren ws — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:59:56 +0000

all above said thank you, and here i too have to express how excited I am . Thank you!!! I am trying to make blackwork projects lately and this will be a big source to learn from Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Knitting Patterns by kbsalazar

kbsalazar — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:07:25 +0000

Hi Mom! Sent via private mail. -K.

Comment on Knitting Patterns by Lea Adams

Lea Adams — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:02:55 +0000

I need an argyle diagram for a sweater for Kenny. Do you have a graphed out one?
M

Comment on My Books by Bekki

Bekki — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:11:44 +0000

Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your work. I just downloaded the PDFs of your book, as well as your amusing modern patterns (skulls and fsm). I have been trying to find some resources to experiment with blackwork and your site is amazing. I’m in the middle of a few projects right now, but I’ll be sure to share with you whenever I do manage to get to put your charts to use.

Comment on HISTORY THROUGH NEEDLEWORK by kbsalazar

kbsalazar — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:24:07 +0000

Amazing, for sure! I’m about a third of the way through graphing the riderless horse from the second sampler. I hope to post it here some time next week. And you’re right. Either double running or back stitch, constrained to 90, 180 and 45 degrees – just like most 16th century pieces! -K.

Comment on HISTORY THROUGH NEEDLEWORK by Kathryn Newell

Kathryn Newell — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:16:31 +0000

When I first saw the page, I wondered why you were showing what looked (to me) like engravings. Once I followed the URL and did close ups, I was blown away. The background looks like the vertical line method you’ve used in your embroidery, too.

Wow, what an amazing Queen, and what amazing needlework. You made my day!

–Kathryn

Comment on HISTORY THROUGH NEEDLEWORK by Théa Oz

Théa Oz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:32:26 +0000

Thanks a lot for all that.
I need time to look at everything but I will as it does support my work.
And I saw your work too, it’s amazing how big your project is ! It will be wonderful once finished.

Comment on HISTORY THROUGH NEEDLEWORK by kbsalazar

kbsalazar — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:48:35 +0000

Great minds think alike!

If you page back through my embroidery projects, you’ll see lots of examples of patterns that were done by stitching on background, with accents on the foreground. It was an extremely popular look in the 1500s-1600s, achieved by many different techniques.