Turning corners with Montenegrin stitch is …
complicated? Confusing? Uses a heck of a lot of thread? Yes, yes, and yes. Also not a good place to begin stitching a
motif.
Have been working on a flower in the wide Montenegrin band,
and the farther along I got with it, the less happy I was with how the first
part of it looked – my corners were messy!
So I kept going, trying to figure out how to make those
turns look better, and pulling the thread a bit seemed to help and I was able
to make the corners more square. Okay,
so I’ll go back and redo that first bit.
Cut the thread in the middle and … uh oh. I just discovered something else about
Montenegrin stitch: while removing
stitches going backwards – truly reverse stitching – is doable, going *forward*
is terrible! I simply could not unstitch
in that direction and felt lucky I was able to tease out about a half inch of
thread tail to bury after clipping out all those first turns.
And then I stitched that bit again.
And it still looks messy. (rats!!)
Need to make up my mind whether or not to frog and restitch
that section again. One thing though, I got
LOTS of practice turning corners - there are OVER 40 right-angle turns in this
flower! (um … looks like I missed a
connecting stitch – will go back and check the chart, but I’ll put
it in even if it’s not charted because the asymmetry will bug me if I dont!)
Hope your weekend’s going well. Thanks for stopping by to visit!
>^..^<
Oh, this looks SO complicated, Deb! Hang in there--I have no doubt you'll get these stitches looking perfect :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a challenging stitch/piece but I think you are doing wonderfully!
ReplyDeleteSorry you aren't pleased with what you consider to be messy. It doesn't look that way to me because the complexity of it is what my brain focuses on. Good golly! I thought this stitch was only a band or two but it is WAY more than that.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that stitch, but it looks good to me. :)
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
If it can't be seen from the back of a galloping horse . . . or when you're not right on top of it with a magnifier . . . I'd say leave it alone . . .
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a complicated part!
ReplyDeleteI think you are tackling a complicated project perfectly Deb. You are doing a fabulous job in my book. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever
ReplyDeleteI am totally unfamiliar with that stitch but it looks fine to me!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Montenegrin scares me. This confirms it. lol! Good luck, whatever you end up doing. Hope it works out for you!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you are rising to the challenge of this design - you are my hero.
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