I made a little progress on my wings last night. This stitch seemed particularly hard for me to get the rhythm of, and I ripped out arrows several times before I was happy with the base line of three medium green arrows. The tops of the arrows are the acid yellow-green color. The gaps at the base of the wings are arrow tips like the acid green ones but turned to face the other way. I plan to do that area in dark green. The spaces between arrows is supposed to be a straight line and I'll probably use the thick Ultrasuede that makes up Holi's collar there. I looked carefully at my stitch diagram this morning and discovered there will be empty spaces that reveal the background between stitches. Somehow this failed to sink in when I choose this stitch but I like how it looks so much that I will do what I always do when faced with a problem--I'll plaster beads over the empty spots!
This stitch is a creation of the fabulously talented Marnie Ritter. She calls it Marnie's Interlocking Leaf-Diagonal and it is diagrammed in the March-April 1991 issue of Needlepoint Plus magazine.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
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