Ellen of Serendipity gave a lesson on Chottie’s Plaid yesterday. I left our ANG Main Line Stitchers chapter Stitch-in an hour early to listen to the talk. Ellen focused on a simple pattern to teach the ones that never heard of it before.
I’ve done the reversible birthday plaid for Bill and I with areas up to 9 wide and 7 number combinations. So, it has to be a decent space to get at least 3 repeats.
Ellen got me thinking about a smaller, simpler plaid. Can you see what’s my small sett (the sequence and number of coloured threads which produces that tartan’s distinct look when woven in criss-crossing vertical and horizontal stripes)?
The colors may have given it away. Do you know now? It’s 12 25 in white (1 row of Silk Lame Braid for 18 count), red (2 rows each of Bella Lusso and Kreink Braid #8, and green (5 rows of Bella Lusso). I outlined in a silver Kreinik (#8 would have been better than #12 but 12 works) over 2 rows in a diagonal gobelin in order to place the canvas under the edge of the frame. I cut the canvas right up to the stitched edges.
It was easy to stitch up and the perfect piece as I watched Game 2 of the World Series last night. It looks like Christmas windows to me. Each year, Michael’s has the cutest little frames that can hold a small piece of canvas. I have 2 more (rounds) from last year’s batch to stitch up.
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