Why do I do this to myself? Why do I decide to stitch motifs of millions of little french knots? You would have thought I would have learned by now but I never do! Here I am, so behind in all my round robins suddenly and I decide to make this tree on Ely's garden themed blocks of almost a whole skein of french knots. Well, I have to admit I love the way they look and I don't think you can beat french knots for foliage on trees or a topiary. For this particular tree, I used french knots with two wraps, using two strands of DMC cotton floss for the foliage. For the trunk, I tweeded two colours of brown DMC, one strand of each, and chain stitched up and down to give it some texture. I also spent almost a whole day trailing through the shops trying to find a vintage dinky toy, the kind with the rubber tires that come off the wheels, because I thought it was calling out for a tire swing. No luck on my treasure hunt this time though.
So, this is Ely's block in its entirety. As you can see. I grabbed that big white space right off the bat. I think though that in order not to be too greedy, I will leave it with just the tree on it and suggest to the other stitchers in the round robin that they add to it as a garden theme. One thing all those french knots did was give me lots of time to think about what to do on the other spots so I am ready now to finish up the other spaces - they are all planned out. Then I will get it off in the mail and on its way to the next stitcher.
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