The last two nights I have stitched ears: needlewoven ears, detatched buttonhole ears, even just slanted stitch ears. You can see them all along the side of my canvas. They all were done in the roughly triangular shape of the ear on the dog I'm stitching using the same two strands of Burmilana that I'm using to stitch the body of the dog.
I also worked on the dog's face which is mostly finished. The eye and mouth are unstitched (and the mouth is likely to remain unstitched as I like the effect) and I have not done the compensation stitches at the top of his head or at the neckline above the collar.
Looking at Van Gogh (yes, the dog has a name now) I can see that his ear needs something but I am not sure it is one of these ears. I am hesitant to use an ear like these. Looking at the stitched models (done with various slants, various methods, etc.) none of them look exactly what Van Gogh's ear needs....
I'll have to think about this some more.
I meant to mention yesterday that Amy Bunger is starting work on her seventh DVD this fall so it'll be ready for the January 2010 TNNA trade show. It is going to be about woven stitches and stitches that appear to be woven but aren't. So you can see why Amy Bunger and Robin were so helpful this week--they too are obsessing about ears!
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Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
