More Help With French Knots
I enjoy reading Janet Perry’s blog. She has a vast array of experience and shares it in a way that makes me feel as if I’m sitting in the same room with her, one on one.
Recently, she offered some wonderful suggestions for filling a section with French knots. Although she calls her technique The Lazy Stitcher’s Guide to French Knots, it’s definitely more work than I’m used to doing in French knots — but that’s because I’ve never filled a section with them. I’ve only done the scattered kind, or the kind that represent eyes and such. I’ve looked at French knots from my point of view, which is that of a cross stitcher; using French knots to fill a section as Janet does is more of a needlepoint technique than a cross stitch technique. I’ve also seen French knots used to fill large areas in crazy quilting. I admit I’m still a bit intimidated by French knots, so I’ve always tended to avoid patterns which call for a lot of them — or to replace them with beads. However, Janet’s method sounds so intriguing because of the way it creates texture that I’m actually excited to try it out. Look how great the foam on this beer turned out when Janet used her technique:
Janet mentions using this technique for fields of flowers and for sheep. I’m imagining billowing clouds … or smoke. What other ideas come to you?
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