Thursday, November 11, 2010

So for Thursday....

Yes, it is Otto!  Otto has the Thursday slot and he is not minding a bit.  I was working on the French knots on his neck again tonight, trying to complete these pretty soon.  And, then he just chuckled!  I guess he is ticklish under his chin.....

3 comments:

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

I chuckled when I saw Otto was Thursday's stitching. I really like the personality in this piece. Can you leave the chin whiskers unstitched? They look perfect as is to me (although what the camera sees and what is on my monitor are not necessarily what is there).

Elaine said...

Otto is absolutely splendid!

He has personality by the bucket-load.

Can I ask a question which you may have answered in a previous post but I can't immediately find it?

When you do French Knots on canvas, do you go up and down in the same canvas hole, being careful not to pull it through? Or do you stitich the knot over a thread ie up in one hole and down in the next one?

Thank you.

Elaine said...

Hi,
Thanks for the reply on my blog. I've never seen French Knots done on needlepoint as a 'coverage' stitch, only as decoration on top of other stitches. Hence my curiority as to how to do it. I have a niece who is seriously 'into' sheep and would just love your picture. If you also like sheep, you might like my Gobelin that you can see at http://maulsbeingcreative.blogspot.com/2010/07/midnight-in-winter.html

My niece would like to take that one home with her, but it's too big to slip under a jumper :)