Kara ShallenbergJan 1, 2023

I love the #KnitCompanion app; it’s not just for #knitting! I’ve set up my #100Circles #Blackwork sampler (kit from https://thesteadythread.com/).

I scanned all the charts into my iPad with the JotNot scanner app. Exported to dropbox. Imported to KnitCompanion. Set up new project. Pasted all scans together into one big chart. Included color key.

Now I can highlight and zoom in on my current circle, and gray out the completed ones with the scribble feature! @fiberarts

Modern blackwork embroidery charts and blackwork embroidery kits

Modern blackwork embroidery charts and blackwork embroidery kits. You'll find some free blackwork charts, blackwork embroidery instructions and details of our free blackwork stitch-a-long. Plus lots of photographs of beautifully stitched up pieces in our galleries!

The Steady Thread
Show threadAi 아이Jan 2, 2023
@Kayray Beautiful start! 😍
I have read some comments that some folks thought their isolated stitching bits (like circles or hexagons filled with patterns) look better/neater doing the stitched bits first and the outline afterwards, which is opposite the notes Clare writes. I am going to try this and see if I find it better than outline first (which I am inclined to do).
Show threadKara ShallenbergJan 2, 2023
@Siniful week 1 of the botanical SAL is up!!!
Show threadAi 아이
@Kayray I saw! My fabric doesn't arrive until later this week at the earliest, and then, I need to pick out the greens to go with it. πŸ˜… I am also still bouncing the palette around for the floral elements. I told my partner I would do "a rainbow gradient across the field" and he remarked "so you will have some green flowers with green leaves?" and that made me pause. πŸ˜… I will start on the first week hopefully by the middle of January. Late starts is the story of my stitching life. πŸ˜…
Jan 2, 2023 at 8:40amTusky
Show threadKara ShallenbergJan 2, 2023
@Siniful yup I’m still waiting for my supplies, too
Show threadKara ShallenbergJan 2, 2023
@Siniful hmm yeah. But you could snip off the green sections of your thread, maybe?
Show threadAi 아이Jan 2, 2023

@Kayray Honestly, green flowers exist, so I am not too worried about it. But I am already doing the 103 Diamonds in the recommended rainbow palette, so I am considering other colorways for the garden. Especially on dark grey. I feel like I need put the project on pause until the right fabric is here.

Thankfully, I have a bunch of other projects I need to catch up with. πŸ˜‚