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In March, Jacqui from New Jersey Needle Artists continued Tumbling Stripes by Marilyn Owen by going over Stripes 5-7 (counting from the center out).

Initially, in Stripe 5, I thought I would use Kreinik #4 Braid on the smaller count Congress Cloth, but it was too thin. Luckily, I had the same color light blue 194 in #8 Braid. I did cut back on the number of strands from 3 to 2 for the dark blue floss (820). Working 2 needles, as Marilyn suggested, went well.

I stayed with the number of strands recommended for 18 count for Stripe 6.

Stripe 7 has Smyrna stitches using Kreinik #4 Braid in the same color as the surrounding floss (back to 194). So, the inner and outer stripes are solid, with the middle stripes containing all the tumbling movement.

All caught up for Wednesday night’s meeting!