しばらく前に完成していた2つ目の刺繍、アップするのを忘れていました。3Dの刺繍が中心で、結構難しかったです。特に難しかったのが、薔薇の刺繍などによく使われるバリオンステッチ、針にくるくる糸を巻きつけて針を抜くのですが、YouTubeなどで見てみるとみなさん大体10回くらいしか巻いていなくて、それだと出来るのですが、このキットの説明書きには30回とか巻いていて、針がなかなか抜けないのです。途中から少なめにすることで解決しましたが、それでも結構形を作るのが難しかったです。
Here is my second embroidery kit completed, I’d forgotten to blog it. They are mainly 3D embroidery stitches, some of them were quite difficult, especially the bullion stitches, which are often used for roses. You put threads round and round around the needle, then you pull the needle off. All the ‘how to’ videos I watched on youtube showed you do that about 10 times but the instruction of this kit says 30 times! It was very hard to pull the needle off then shape them nicely. In the end I just did about 10 times instead, which was easier but was still not easy.
もう、次のキットも買ってあるのですが、1つめと2つ目は練習というつもりでしましたが、次のキットはクッションに仕立てたいので上手く仕上げたい、と思うとなかなか取りかかれず(笑)、ちょっと休憩中です。
I already have my 3rd embroidery kit but I haven’t started it yet. I did the first and the second kits as a practice but I would like the third one to be made into a cushion cover so I would like it look good – so I haven’t been able to start! Once I start I cannot stop which gives me very hard shoulders so I needed a rest anyway.