Twisty Stitches - Volume 2

Twisty Stitches - String Art for Needlepoint. Volume 2: Mistake - Walneto, written by Carole H. Lake and Michael E. Boren (Stitch Play Designs). 

• You CAN do these stitches! For intermediate to advanced needlepointers, looking for intricate designs
• An instructional guide for mastering complex, curved geometric string art designs on canvas
• Many created by Jean Hilton, credited for taking string art and macramé & moving them to the medium of needlepoint
• Each stitch includes a description of the stitch, with detailed color images to follow step by step
• Each stitch also includes many examples of charted variations, with a chart and image of each variation
• Volume 2 explores seven new stitches:
• Mistake Stitch, an optical-illusion that follows a precise geometric rhythm to create depth & movement
• Plaited Rays, a layered, radiating stitch that creates faceted, sunburst-style effects
• Rhodes Stitch, a flexible stitch that creates texture in any shape you stitch it
• Sheaf Stitch, a tied decorative motif where parallel straight stitches are bundled at the center
• Sprats Head, a triangular, overlapping motif frequently used as an accent, leaf, or border element
• Waffle Stitch, a pattern of overlapping long stitches, resembling a grid or waffle
• Walneto, a famous (and tricky) string-art motif, producing a raised woven square or diamond
• Spiral-bound, which allows the book to lay flat when using
• 52 pages, 8.5" x 11"