Julie's Round Robin is Alchemical Romance by Inkcircles.
As you can see she has changed the background quite considerably. She has also asked us to use whatever floss we feel best fits each alchemical symbol. Julie asked me to work the middle to allow everyone that comes after me the widest possible choice :)
This was so much fun to work on!
The middle nine symbols are all varying symbols for gold. So I took the project to Colours Down Under where Janine, Kathy and I played floss toss with just about every gold shade of floss in the shop :)
I wanted a variety of shades of gold: yellow gold, white gold rose gold etc. I wanted a variety of matt vs shiny threads and I wanted a variety of textures - metallics, silks, cotton and wool.
Janine and Kathy put their considerable colour-matching skills to work and selected the shades that work best together.
So the threads used (left to right, top to bottom) are:
Top Row:
Rainbow Galley Petite Braid 01 Bright Gold
Gentle Art Simply Wool 0420-W Gold Leaf
Rainbow Galley Petite Braid 37 Dark Antique Gold
Middle Row:
Madeira Silk 2208
Kreinik Cord 102C Vatican Gold
Thread Gatherer Silk 'n Colours SNC 175 Straw into Gold
Bottom Row:
Rainbow Gallery Tiara T119 Peach
Gentle Art Sampler Threads 0420 Gold Leaf
Rainbow Gallery Tiara T118 Gold
The Tiara thread was quite thick, as its used in needlepoint, not counted cross stitch. The Kreinik Cord, although I used two strands, was quite thin and may need to be re-done with three or four threads or perhaps back-stitched.
Either way, I feel I've achieved my range of colours, faceting and textures that I was aiming for.
This project is now winging its way to Sisu.
