Here’s our newest chart: a distinctive shadow-weave design with a pleasantly-textured surface. After binding off, the center of this design pulls up to form a raised pad, surrounded by gentle ribs.
This is a traditional motif found in Slavic redwork embroidery, variously said to represent a field or the sun shining on it. Adapted from a hand-stitched example by Hanya Vladimirovna Polotskaya.
I have seen some posts with this pattern using 3 colors rather than just 2 colors.
I can’t seem to figure out how to do this with 3 colors.
Do you have a 3-color pattern for the Outstanding in her field design?
I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.
Hello, and thanks for asking! We don’t have a three-color chart for this pattern, but I’ve seen some examples that turned out great.
The variation I’ve seen most often is to use two different colors for the loops that are shown as the light color on our charts — for example, on the 27-peg chart, use one color for loops 2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, 24, and 26, and a different color for loops 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 (in both warp and weft)… On the 19-peg chart, just change loops 2, 4, 16, and 18 to be different from 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 (in both warp and weft).
You can also try splitting up the dark color on our chart to use two different colors of loops, using the same approach — use a different color for the four dark loops closest to the center (in both warp and weft).
But there’s not one official way to do this — so try a few experiments and see how they turn out — and have fun!