Comments on: How to Get the Directions http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:31:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: carol http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1886 carol Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:38:48 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1886 Have the directions, ign me up for the needle and thread... Have the directions, ign me up for the needle and thread…

]]> By: Pat Judson http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1878 Pat Judson Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1878 I'm interested in purchasing this also when it becomes available. I did this stitch years ago, but would love to know if I was doing it correctly! pat I’m interested in purchasing this also when it becomes available. I did this stitch years ago, but would love to know if I was doing it correctly!
pat

]]> By: Cheryl Schaefer http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1827 Cheryl Schaefer Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:06:54 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1827 ME,TOO! ME,TOO! I don't think there's anything I won't buy to support this project! Every special treat goes in my Embroiderer's Story carrier. There's still plenty of room for more and looking forward to the wonderful ideas from Trish and Wendy. I don't know if I can do the braid but I will enjoy trying it. Til then, I'm glad there's still plenty of embroidery to do. Cheryl ME,TOO! ME,TOO! I don’t think there’s anything I won’t buy to support this project! Every special treat goes in my Embroiderer’s Story carrier. There’s still plenty of room for more and looking forward to the wonderful ideas from Trish and Wendy. I don’t know if I can do the braid but I will enjoy trying it. Til then, I’m glad there’s still plenty of embroidery to do.
Cheryl

]]> By: coral-seas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1822 coral-seas Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:27:55 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1822 I'd like my name to go on the list also. Like Robin, I have some needles but it never hurts to have some spares. I'd be interested to know how it is made and how it compares to/differs from the metallic threads we use in Japanese embroidery. Anything bigger that size 2 is considered too thick to stitch with, it is difficult to tell the thickness in the pictures but this looks thicker than #2 so why does the wrapped gold not shred with all that stitching? I must go back to the earlier post that compared different gold threads and see what was said then. CA I’d like my name to go on the list also. Like Robin, I have some needles but it never hurts to have some spares. I’d be interested to know how it is made and how it compares to/differs from the metallic threads we use in Japanese embroidery. Anything bigger that size 2 is considered too thick to stitch with, it is difficult to tell the thickness in the pictures but this looks thicker than #2 so why does the wrapped gold not shred with all that stitching?

I must go back to the earlier post that compared different gold threads and see what was said then.

CA

]]> By: Robbin Douglas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1813 Robbin Douglas Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:44:38 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1813 You can add me to the list of people interested in a gold thread kit (if that wasn't clear from my previous questions ;) ). I've got several needles already but I'm happy to add another to the collection, especially if it keeps the needlemaker in business. I'd be interested in knowing if the process of the making this thread is different than that of making the lace thread. I know that it is definitely not the same thread. This has a silk core and the lace thread is not silk (cotton if I remember) and the lace thread is also much thinner. (When we started trialing threads for the lace we did try something as thick as one of the backup threads, but it really was too thick. The lace would have been very bulky with a thread as thick as that being used for the goldwork.) Will this thread eventually be something that is commercially available for those people crazy enough to want to do a lot of this work? Or is it only being made now for the jacket? Robbin You can add me to the list of people interested in a gold thread kit (if that wasn’t clear from my previous questions ;) ). I’ve got several needles already but I’m happy to add another to the collection, especially if it keeps the needlemaker in business.

I’d be interested in knowing if the process of the making this thread is different than that of making the lace thread. I know that it is definitely not the same thread. This has a silk core and the lace thread is not silk (cotton if I remember) and the lace thread is also much thinner. (When we started trialing threads for the lace we did try something as thick as one of the backup threads, but it really was too thick. The lace would have been very bulky with a thread as thick as that being used for the goldwork.)

Will this thread eventually be something that is commercially available for those people crazy enough to want to do a lot of this work? Or is it only being made now for the jacket?

Robbin

]]> By: Carol http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1812 Carol Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:20:05 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1812 Yes, Please sign me up for the kit I've been playing with the stitch and it does flow very nicely--after the first few inches. I assume that like any craft, it's practice practice. By the time one finishes several dozen yards of it, it should be fairly even. Ta Carol Yes, Please sign me up for the kit
I’ve been playing with the stitch and it does flow very nicely–after the first few inches. I assume
that like any craft, it’s practice practice. By the time one finishes several dozen yards of it, it should be fairly even.
Ta
Carol

]]> By: Susan Lambiris http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1811 Susan Lambiris Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:05:49 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1811 Please add me to the list of those interested in the "thread and needle" set! I'd also be curious to know how similar this thread is to the gold metal thread used for the lace. In many of the examples of embroidered clothing with metal-and-silk lace I've seen in museums, the threads (both silk and metal) of the embroidery seem to have been used to make the lace as well. In the case of the Laton jacket this probably didn't happen, since the lace seems to have been added after the jacket was finished, but it makes me wonder if there was a distinction made between metal thread for embroidery and for lacemaking at that time. Please add me to the list of those interested in the “thread and needle” set! I’d also be curious to know how similar this thread is to the gold metal thread used for the lace. In many of the examples of embroidered clothing with metal-and-silk lace I’ve seen in museums, the threads (both silk and metal) of the embroidery seem to have been used to make the lace as well. In the case of the Laton jacket this probably didn’t happen, since the lace seems to have been added after the jacket was finished, but it makes me wonder if there was a distinction made between metal thread for embroidery and for lacemaking at that time.

]]> By: Suz Kuhns http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1808 Suz Kuhns Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:25:31 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1808 If you decide to do the spool of thread and needles, I'd be most interested. I've been following this project since the beginning and have been totally in awe of the workwomanship. I also forwarded your blog info, as well as info about Plimoth Plantation, to a new friend in Norway who loves to do "stichery" - I can't wait to hear what she has to say! If you decide to do the spool of thread and needles, I’d be most interested. I’ve been following this project since the beginning and have been totally in awe of the workwomanship. I also forwarded your blog info, as well as info about Plimoth Plantation, to a new friend in Norway who loves to do “stichery” - I can’t wait to hear what she has to say!

]]> By: Martha http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1802 Martha Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:37:34 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1802 I am really taken by how VERY different the stitch looks on Leon's on-line pictures and in Linda's -- due, I assume to different threads. Tricia and Jill -- Am I right that Leon's photos are more like what we see on "our" jacket? And in the historical pieces do you see as much variation -- lack of "prefect" consistency -- in the stitch as in Leon's curved samples (as seen at http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/pbs.htm)? I've been working really hard to try to get my attempts as completely consistent as possible. .. and will feel MUCH better if even the pro's allowed themselves a little more latitude. In particular, as in the photos, I'm getting a neater, tighter v-shaped stitch at the top of the stitch as I work it. . . . on the left in the first curved picture and on the right in the second one. Tricia. . . any tricks on how to even out the other side of the stitch? Any one else having the same problem? I am really taken by how VERY different the stitch looks on Leon’s on-line pictures and in Linda’s — due, I assume to different threads.

Tricia and Jill — Am I right that Leon’s photos are more like what we see on “our” jacket? And in the historical pieces do you see as much variation — lack of “prefect” consistency — in the stitch as in Leon’s curved samples (as seen at http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/pbs.htm)? I’ve been working really hard to try to get my attempts as completely consistent as possible. .. and will feel MUCH better if even the pro’s allowed themselves a little more latitude. In particular, as in the photos, I’m getting a neater, tighter v-shaped stitch at the top of the stitch as I work it. . . . on the left in the first curved picture and on the right in the second one.

Tricia. . . any tricks on how to even out the other side of the stitch? Any one else having the same problem?

]]> By: Deborah Powell http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1800 Deborah Powell Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:02:39 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1800 Yea, right, "if" I am interested in the thread and needles. Sign me up, put me down, mark my name in blood, whatever it takes. . . :} Deb Powell Yea, right, “if” I am interested in the thread and needles. Sign me up, put me down, mark my name in blood, whatever it takes. . . :}

Deb Powell

]]> By: Mary Corbet http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1797 Mary Corbet Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1797 Here's a link to Leon Conrad's page with the plaited braid on it: http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/pbs.htm MC Here’s a link to Leon Conrad’s page with the plaited braid on it:

http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/pbs.htm

MC

]]> By: Joey http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1796 Joey Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:42:57 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-the-directions/#comment-1796 Leon Conrad's web site: http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/ Leon Conrad’s web site:
http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/

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