Showing posts with label Soie Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soie Paris. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2021

17th Century Whitework Sampler

 I have started on this project with some friends. I decided to change the colors and I have run into a problem.

First, I did not like the Soie Paris. I found it hard to keep the twist in the thread. So the first row was stitched with Soie Paris but the rest were stitched with Soie d'alger.

I decided I needed to give the Soie Paris another try, so I spent the night ripping the bottom three rows out:

Here are the threads I plan on using:



I think I will like these better. The second thread from the left is the one I have already used.