Saturday, February 18, 2012

TAST 2012 Week 7

Seitsmendal nädalal tegutseme linnusilmapistega. Seekord ma lihtsalt pistsin pooltunnikese. Pea oli tühi ja lilli ei tahtnud sugugi teha. Tulemus hakkas mulle alles viimaste pistete ajal meeldima.

On the seventh week we are doing detached chain stitch. I didn't want to do a flower, so I just let my needle decide. Half an hour later I finished with this. I kind of like it.

Friday, February 10, 2012

TAST Week 6

Sellel nädalal proovime põlvikpistet. Kolm päeva ma kõigepealt mõtlesin, enne kui otsustasin üldse niidi ja nõela kätte võtta. Pärast aedpiste lõpmatuna näivad võimalusi, tundus selle väike veli natuke igavana. Kui sisu pole huvipakkuv, siis peab vormiga midagi tegema. Kolm päeva kuluski vormi välja mõtlemisele, et endal oleks huvi selle tikkimiseks. Alustasin tikkimist keskelt väljapoole, muutes iga natukese aja tagant värvi ja tikkimispistete liikumist. Päris põnev sai.

This week is of Chevron stitch. The first three days I just pondered over the stitch. After my successful exploration of all stitches herringbone, this seemed rigid and not very inspiring. If the essence is weak then the form needs to be strong, so the three days I just considered my options on how to make the stitch more appealing to myself. I started working on it from the center, trying every few turns to change the thread and try out its variations.

Thursday, February 02, 2012

TAST Week 5

Viies nädal juba käes. Sel korral tegeleme aedpistega (herringbone stitch). Esimese hooga ei osanud ma midagi välja mõelda, minu jaoks on ta üks igavamaid pisteid. Hea, et natuke internetis luusisin, leidsin, et tegelikult on sel pistel palu rohkem väljendusviise kui esmapilgul paistab. Kui tahad teada kasutatud pistete nimesid, siis sellelt lingilt leiad foto, koos ääremärkustega. (Libise hiirega üle foto, et märkused nähtavalt tuleksid). Postituse fotol klikates saad veel kahe piste nime teada.

Fifth week already - and the proposed herringbone stitch. I must admit, that before this challenge I thought nothing of herringbone stitch. I considered it quite boring actually. I'm so glad I decided to lurk around the WWW before stitching and see what could possibly be done with such a boring stitch. Lo and behold - lots of things! I like it. If you are curious to know the stitches used in this sampler follow this link to Flickr, where I've added notes to the stitches. (Slide over the photo with your cursor to make the notes appear). Clicking on the main photo will lead you to the same image in Flickr with two more stitch names.