Ann Strite-Kurz
ASK38 Catching the Breeze
This romantic landscape will tickle the fancy of any sailor. Using a variety of white threads on a colored ground, this moonlit scene is executed in a variety of unconventional blackwork patterns that expose students to some new concepts and refinements. Students will warm up on a traditional pattern of double running outlines and then graduate to more complex composite patterns with couched foundations and superimposed layers.

Variations of the same darning pattern are used to shade the boat itself and some interesting texture stitches are used to form the billowing clouds and the buoy, but the main focus of this class will be on the blackwork techniques. The threads used include pearl cotton, floss, Kreinik metallics, floche, and Silk Subtlety.


COLOR CHOICE: Ground fabric choice of teal or blue Lugana.
Title: Catching the Breeze
Technique: Blackwork Embroidery
Level: Intermediate and Beyond Blackwork
Booklet Price: $22.00 (MI residents add 6% sales tax)
Ground: Zweigart 25-count blue or teal Lugana
Finished Size: 13" X 14.5"
E-mail Ann: strite.kurz@needleartworks.com
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Materials List:

Zweigart 25-count Lugana fabric - 17" X 18" piece of #566 blue or #613 teal
17" X 18" stretcher frame
#8 pearl cotton: Anchor #1 white or DMC blanc - 2 balls
#12 pearl cotton -1 ball Anchor #1 white
Anchor floss: 1 skein #1 white
#8 Kreinik braided metallic: #032 pearl - 1 reel
#4 Kreinik braided metallic: #032 pearl - 1 reel
DMC floche: 72 strands white (used in pairs)
Rainbow Gallery Subtlety (#12 silk pearl) - 1 card #Y800 winter white
Needles: Tapestry #22, #24, and #26 plus #24 chenille

Ann's Patterns/Books
Flurry of Butterflies ASK1
Tease Time ASK2
Double Ring Ceremony ASK3
Wrendominiums ASK4
Flower Power ASK5
Kimono Maiden ASK6
Underwater Ballet ASK7
Oriental Butterfly ASK8
Dresden Heart ASK9
Just Plain Folks ASK10
Espalier Angels ASK11
Mr.Snojangles ASK12
Mrs. Snojangles ASK13
Milanese Mutations ASK14
Milanese Medley ASK15
Hungarian Hoopla ASK16
Hungarian Hootenanny ASK17
Opalescence ASK18
Hungarian Hoedown ASK19
Octofleur ASK20
Twickenham ASK21
Tivoli ASK22
Diaper Patterns ASK23
Fanciful Floral ASK24
Creative Canvas Couching ASK25
Friendship Heart ASK26
Angelina ASK27
Santa Sampler ASK28
Red Japanese Lantern ASK29
Bayou Bullfrogs ASK30
Mosaic Magic ASK31
Miss Winter Carnival ASK32
Antlers in the Treetops ASK33
Kokopelli - The Merry Minstrel ASK34
Tis the Season ASK35
Blackwork Butterfly ASK36
Candlelight ASK37
Catching the Breeze ASK38
Clowning Around ASK39
The Heart of Blackwork BASK1
Potpourri of Pattern BASK2
Canvas Appliqué BASK3
Variations and Mutations BASK4
Science/Canvas BASK5
Diaper Patterns BASK6
Backgrounds-The Finishing Touch BASK7
Borders and Bands Book BASK8
Creative Canvas Couching BASK9
Diaper Patterns BASK10

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