Wogga 2

Easter is being very relaxed this year, so I have been working a little on the Wogga.

Sharon had us doing samplers in her online class, and I didn't get a chance to do one - so this is going to be perfect for that - the lines are brilliant for spacing.

I will be attempting to replicate seam treatments from my jigsaw puzzle, and will be posting them in my Stitch Combinations set at Flickr. (In passing, this is the first time I have organised the jigsaw puzzle into the Flickr set - it really did make me look again at how I file photographs! There are some more I will put up there, in time.)

But I won't restrict myself to just the jigsaw, although it is most interesting. I haven't yet found in there, for example, any Chevron stitch. Odd. But lots and lots of use of a straight stitch, and some quite complex.

I am getting quite excited! Marty did suggest I try a Rayon twist thread, but I think I will stick with what I have. I find that if I restrict myself (ie by thread and fabric limitations), it makes me do the creative bit some other way. One of the ways I tried this once was with this block, where I made myself use on DMC stranded (and maybe crochet cotton), in very set colours.

The wogga started off to be just Perle #8 crochet cotton, but it was obvious that wouldn't work for a lot of the fine stitches, although the bulk is good in others. So the #12 came out fairly quickly - and I think the DMC Dentelles tatting thread is not far away. The trick is to use good contrast, I think. And I need to think a little more about complementary colours for the blues, which is what suits mainly seem to be.

And I have discovered I don't have much in the way of blues, especially electric blues, in my crochet cotton. Now, purples and greens, that is another matter.