Wednesday, July 1, 2015

"Puddling" an overdyed thread

For the darker water near the shores and horizon, I am using Dinky Dyes 068. For the lighter water in the middle, I am using Dinky Dyes 020. When puddling, I rarely work an entire row straight across, as that results in stripes. Instead, I might work 10 stitches to the left, then drop down a row and work 5 stitches to the right, then drop down another row and work 15 or 20 stitches to the left. It is a random process, but the size of the puddles of individual colors are dictated by the length of that color on the overdyed thread. Once I've used all the thread of a particular color in the strand up, I move to an adjacent area and work a "puddle" that color in a funky shape. Hope this explanation helps!

Joetta
Kansas

5 comments:

  1. Thank you. Your tips on "puddling" were very helpful!

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  2. This is just gorgeous! You are doing a fabulous job on this over 1. I can do over 1 but enjoy stitching on 40 ct. over 2 for me. Yours is really beautiful!!

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  3. This is beautiful. I only realized this after I had gone too far. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Thank you for sharing that technique with us. I'm more interested in using an overdye for the water now that I've seen how yours is turning out.

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