[Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters

[Susan Roe]

Hi Yvonne,

Terry P. is our resident plastic canvis coaster person.  I do some plastic 
canvis items and i do know you can use other materials, not just yarn.  I 
have made crosses for the Christmas tree using a gold or silver matalic 
twine just using the simple half cross stitch.  I think that is the proper 
name for the stitch that goes from left to right upward at an angle.  You 
can also make a stitch that makes an x like this.

If you look at your canvis as your horizontal rows (left to right) as 1, 2, 
3 etc. going down and your virtical rows (up and down) as A, B, C etc. going 
across, the Xstitch looks like this.

Pull needle up through row 2-A and then down through row 1-B.
Pull needle back up through row 2-B and then back downthrough row 1-A.

To make the next X stitch:

Pull needle up through row 2-B then down row 1-C.
Pull needle back upthrough row 2-c and then back down row 1-B.

Does that make since ?

You can also make this line ofstitches more pronounced for boarders or in 
doing letters, by taking a piece of same color yarn or twine and laying it 
down as though it was a part of the horizontal linebetween rows1 and 2. 
Then as you are making your X stitches, cross back and forth over that extra 
yarn/twine as though you are tacking it down onto your canvis.  It can 
really make a nice tactle line once you get the hang of it.

Since you asked about wire, you could probably use two different gauges of 
wire and have the sameaffect.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yvonne Alaniz" <yalaniz1 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:56 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] plastic canvas coasters


>I would like to know if anyone has a pattern for canvas coasters?  I would 
>also like to use something other than yarn for them.  Maybe some kind of 
>wire or twine?  Having said that I could use some ideas about the count of 
>canvas to use for such a project or a pattern that others have used and 
>liked.  The only stitch I know how to use is the half cross stich.  Thanks 
>for the help.
>
> Yvonne
>
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