Thimble Thursday – March 4, 2010

March already! Time flies when you are having fun. This thimble did not turn out quite as I was expecting. Once again I was experimenting with the number of rows between switches from one path to another.

This thimble is done on my usual form, 50 mm, with Orizuru No9 thread. It is a variation of the bi-colored scales pattern on 10 sections. There are two zig zag paths, one worked in navy blue and the other in the coral/reddish orange color. Rather that alternate row by row I alternated by 2 rows, 3 rows, 4 rows, 4 rows, 3 rows, 2 rows successively.

Alternating by more than one row gives a zig zag appearance to the line around the middle of the thimble. More rows = bigger zig zag. By varying the number of rows I was hoping to get a progression of smaller to bigger to smaller zigs. I did, but they are more subtle than I was hoping for. I might try it again with 1, 3, 5, 5, 3, 1 or maybe 5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 1. I wonder what would happen if I added a stripe? So many little ideas…