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Yeah, take care of that precious sight Pengwenn. So glad things are going better with it for you.

Okay, the latest thread was a DMC varigrated one. I've never used these before (even though I've stock up on almost all of them) and I know there are two different ways you can stitch with them. One way is to stitch each square completely before moving to the next one. That is how I stitched this word. The other way is to stitch of row stitches doing one part of the X then come back across the row for the second leg of the X. When I do the next word for this color I will try that method and see what it is like. It's kind of fun experimenting with threads. I did start the Perle Cotton thread on another words but I was having problems so I'll have to the word out and try something else.




Some of the upcoming threads will be light effects and metalics and maybe some more.

That's nice, and I like the alphabet too

You did a great job with that. I like the varigated.

This looks great! I love the colors in the fabric and the different threads certainly make the piece wonderful!

Raven

That's lovely!

I'm looking forward to seeing the light effects and the metallics you use.

This is the project I worked on for our UFO week. I was able to stitch more of the varigrated (one row at a time) and some metallic (the silver) and Light Effect (the jewel tone). The green is just regular cotton thread. I'm not posting an image here because I didn't want to edit each word out to show you. You can click on Pengwenn's Photobucket Mother project to see a full image.

The metallic and Light Effect acted the same way while stitching. I think the Light Effect didn't fray as much as the metallic. I had a problem with the varigrated. I finished off a thread and then cut another which length was entirely dark blue. When I finished that thread and went for more I realized that it would be dark blue as well. So I had to cut yet another length off so I could get some more color variation in the word. "Mum" was stitched one square at a time, "Mutter" was stitched one row at a time. The only time that became an issue was the end of the "E". I had stitch one side with the thread one color and when I was coming back to finish off the stitches the thread was a visibly different color. Up close so you totally see it; far away and it's not noticable so I left it.

This is coming together really nicely!!!! Sorry you had problems with this!!!

This is such an individual design and is absolutely beautiful. I love the effects the different threads are giving and cant wait to see it finished

Looking absolutely lovely! I love seeing all the different threads.

This is such a great project and the thread reviews are so helpful!

This is such a great project

Here's the finished piece . . . . finally, after 3 years. I reorganized my Photobuck albums awhile ago so none of the previous pictures are showing up.

Here's a breakdown of the different threads I used and what I thought of them:

tan = linen -- lovely to work with
green = regular DMC -- lovely to work with
red = DMC rayon/silk -- very springy to work with but short lengths are okay just remember to keep a finger on your current stitch until it's finished otherwise the thread loosens up in the stitch and won't lay properly
blue = DMC variegrated -- nice to work with just plan out how you stitch and how you thread your needle. I had to cut extra lengths in a different section of the color so I could see some change in each word.
silver = DMC metallic even tamed with beeswax it was a pain to stitch and bulky too.

magenta = DMC Light Effect, easier to use than metallics but still had to be tamed. Also it seems thinner than the metallics.

that is beautiful and the different threads really give it a very special look.

Carole