Yesterday, we had a great make-up class for the Rockerfeller Center Needlepoint Stocking. We had five stockings that were being worked on. It was incredible to see what a difference threads make. Three of the stockings were done in criss-cross hungarian. They look so different although in two of them the difference was that one stitcher varied the weights of the Kreinik braids used and the other did not. One stitcher used Kreinik 238 which gave the tree a much more green tinge. The criss-cross hungarian stockings looked much golder than the French Knotted one.
The trees done in french knots used Kreinik #307. But the dramatic differences were due to the use of three vs. two weights. Also, one stitcher used a dark green flair for the shading while the other french knotted the areas in overdyed Kreinik.
One stocking was French knotted including Coronet braid for the lights.
I hope to have pictures. It was very interesting to compare. Oh what a difference a thread and/or stitch can make.
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