A Monday-Tuesday... kind of post

This post is mostly brought to you by the letters O, M, and G...

As in OMG, I've known for *how* long that I'm teaching this weekend and I'm still this far behind?

So, part blog post, part brain dump.

German Brick Stitch teaser photos

It all started with a lonely diamond of stitches, centered in the top half of the working area.

Soon, he was joined by several more, and the central flower.

Then, the first lattice was begun.  In order to keep it easy -- most counting is of stitches of four threads, and placement is as much about location relationship as about extensive counting, for a design with a lattice I like to lay down that lattice first.

Once that first layer of lattice is down, the second one is easy, since it runs right along it.  Placement of the little blue diamonds and the filling of the individual motifs is also easy.

All the flowers.  Time to fill in.

And, finally, all the backgrounds done.  The class project will be smaller.









But, of course, that is only one side.

The second pattern is one that requires a little more careful counting -- since it is is made up of stitches of varying lengths.

So, first, the lattice

 Then, the inside "hatches" and the blue insides.

 Well, that's as far as I have photos for.  Once I've taught the class, I plan to make up versions of the handouts for both this project and the scissor/key fob project that can be downloaded.

So, "watch this space."

And now, back to kit assembly.