My stitching for Super Bowl Sunday was to start working on the Ladybug. I love ladybugs, always have (but then I’ve never lived in a place with major infestations of them. This one is the Two-spotted ladybug, but there are many other kinds, not all of them red.
The red is stitched in Criss-cross Hungarian, above, using Silk & Ivory. I find the rhythm of this stitch very comforting and I like that it stitches up fast.
The head and spots are stitched in Basketweave using black Silk & Ivory, but I wanted the spots to look very round. Round is a problem in needlepoint. Jessicas make things round, but have far more texture than I want here.
The solution is to use Whipped Backstitch, above. You can make the outline thick or thin and the wrapping turns everything into a nice round shape. Since I didn’t want the outline to be too obvious, I used Mandarin Floss for it. I’m trying to decide if I want to do the same thing for the gold dots once I get there.
Related posts:
- Blog Stitching — Starting a Project
- Why Outline?
- Blog Stitching – Making the Initial Decisions
- Round Pegs in Square Holes
- Salvaging Stitching Disasters in the Making
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Blog Stitching — Needlepoint a Ladybug
