Knotty.


Working on the foliage. The trunk was all Candlewick knots, which are much too small for the foliage. Even French knots are on the small side with the Perle 3, so I’ve combined the two. I get to keep the in front, half infinity movement of the Candlewick, with two wraps added. This gives me a bulkier knot, with the added plus of keeping movements which are now automatic. I usually work with thread lengths of 65 to 85 inches, because it takes very little time to go through that length of thread. Click for full size.

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Comments

  1. says

    Thanks, Jim!

    Kestrel:

    I LOVE knots.

    Hahaha, well, you would, yes? :D The Perle is working out great, and saved me many a headache in trying to figure out how to do the foliage. This way, I can just get to work.

  2. kestrel says

    :-D But of course! And hooray for just getting to work! It is so awesome when you have the right tools and materials and can just DO.

  3. Raucous Indignation says

    I’m inexorably sliding into gob-smacked by the depth of this project.

  4. says

    Kestrel:

    It is so awesome when you have the right tools and materials and can just DO.

    Gods, yes, it is.

    Raucous Indignation:

    I’m inexorably sliding into gob-smacked by the depth of this project.

    Hee. Thank you!

  5. says

    Also, the Perle 3 hasn’t just save me time and headaches, it’s saved me a good deal of money, at least a couple hundred dollars in thread I would have had to buy for the foliage.

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