The Embroideress

I'm working on charts for a new blackwork book of reversible bands. It can be a dreary task. Very fiddley!

First I chart the design in Pattern Maker Professional by HobbyWare.

At this time, I only use black lines to chart the design.

If the design is simple with only an outward journey and a return journey, I need only to change the appropriate stitches by overlaying red and blue lines.

BUT if side journeys are required it means first laying in stitches in other colors on the HobbyWare Chart and often preparing a StitchWiz stitch diagram with matching colors, and numbering of the stitch sequence.

We won't even discuss proofreading.

Labels: Blackwork, Charting Programs, Needlework Design, Skinner Sisters Books