Hello All! I managed to work my way thru this very clever pattern but couldn't upload my photo to Flickr--404 error! Hope it's not something I did... Anyway, I wanted to share some info in case anyone else is going to give it a try. I had difficulty with the berries & think I may have identified the issue. Experts, please correct me if I'm wrong! Berry 1--after hanging in the red pair on a temporary pin, the red pair must enter from the right/work to the left to set the first/top/ringed pin in order to work the pattern as drawn, working to the right for the 2nd pin. Do-able but it was fiddly so I would redraw the berry to match the instructions. Berry 2--the red pair should enter from the right to set the first/top/ringed pin in order to work to the right to the 2nd pin. Berry 3--the red pair enters from the left as indicated in the instructions. I also used regular Iris silk pins & that proved to be problematic when tying off threads to be re-used in other sections. When I make this again, I will try the small Duchesse pins, although I'd prefer a thicker, more robust pin. The Madeira thread is quite strong & forgiving. That turned out to be good & bad! It held up to lots of snugging & didn't shred, a bonus in my book. In fishing-speak, however, I found it easy to get a backlash when the thread did not reel off the bobbin in an even manner. It also is a big springy so the leaves & berries are slightly curved inside the ring. If anyone has a suggestion on how to cure that, I'm listening! Has anyone worked this pattern with regular thread?? Otherwise, I love the ornament & was surprised at how easy it was once I got going. I will post a pic whenever Flickr is up & running again. I also enlarged the berry portions of the pattern if anyone wants to take a closer look at my thread path conundrum. Hope everyone is making something fun. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you in person next week in Ithaca. Sincerely, Susan Hottle Florida, USA
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