Here's a snap shot of my doodle cloth:
There is a great tutorial for the raised cup stitch on Sharon Boggon's blog, Pin Tangle.
Based on that tutorial, I worked a raised cup with two rows/circles of knots (one knot in each space):
When I ran out of stitches, I took my needle down through the center of the berry: (taking care not to pull the thread too tightly, because that would have distorted the berry.)
And there it is, a 3D berry, just the shape and texture I was looking for:
It can be completely closed, like in the picture above, or it can have a little opening at the top, as shown below. It all depends on when you decide to stop reducing the stitches:
And here you can see my progress on the RR block, with the holly and berries already in place:
(Additional work by Michele)
I kept calling them berries, because they were the ones who called for this experiment and I think they would work to make any kind of berries, but looking at my doodle cloth, I can see this stitch used to make also hydrangeas, for instance.
Want to give it a try? Please, let me know how it went!
Have fun!
9 comments:
They look perfect! Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Acho que vai sair uma linda Bota de Natal!
fico admirada com a sua criatividade no jogo das pedras e bordados!
Um grande abraço
Your buttercup-berries look great!
Még az előző ámulatból sem tértem magamhoz és megint készítesz egy csodát!
That would make great blueberries...now I am hungry!
Deb
Very well presented. Thank you!!!
It looks beaeutiful !! and thank you for the clear explanation and the clear pictures!
Thank you for sharing your great tute.
The berries are excellent.
Great berries! I think I saw that Sharon had highlighted them, but I didn't come over to see then.
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