I started thinking what else I could do with a a two-eyed needle, so I started to use a Twisted Chain Stitch on canvas, using two complementary colours - purple and yellow. After stitching a very boring straight line downwards, I went back up it making loops with the threads, securing after each pair of loops so that they wouldn't unravel. As I reached the top, I realised this reminded me of the effect of the Cootamundra Wattle blooms, which are the tiniest little spherical stamens; together a tree in bloom looks like a curtain of golden yellow threads. The leaves are a blueish-green, with tiny leaflets radiating in lines of pairs from the stem.
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| Cootamundra Wattle tree - sadly this beautiful specimen has been cut down | ©Christine Linton |
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| The blooms of a Cootamundra Wattle | ©Christine Linton |
I have previously embroidered one:
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| Embroidered Cootamundra Wattle bloom (turkey stitch/Giordes knot) and leaflets (detached chains) with stem stitch for the actual stems. | ©Christine Linton |
This is the two-needle experiment that has given me the idea of a different way to embroider this, my favourite tree.
To find out more about this lovely tree, try
this page.
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