Incoherent Scribblings

Fun with Overdyed Floss

I haven’t had as productive a stitching week as usual because I am working on a new household organization system, but I managed to squeak in a little happy dance nevertheless!

My order of Weeks Dye Works arrived on Wednesday and on Thursday I started stitching Brittercup Designs “Britty Kitties: I Love My Cat” with them. I briefly considered stitching over one, but since I wanted to get the full effect of the floss I opted to stitch over two on plain old 30 count white evenweave instead.

Though I found it an interesting experiment to stitch with these fibers, I am not sure I am overly impressed. I stitched one full cross at a time as recommended and I must say that it was a bit awkward at first: Once I got a rhythm figured out though I was pleased with the way the back turned out. However, beyond that I am afraid I was a bit disappointed because in the end I didn’t see as much variation in the floss color as I had hoped.

I do really like these Britty Kitty designs and I have five more to stitch. However, whether I will order the overdyes to stitch the rest of them remains to be seen…

BTW: The design didn’t call for it, but I decided it would be fun to personalize it with my kitties’ names. (Mouse, Scooter, and Harley)