Have you seen this? Painting with chain stitch!

[Raquel]

This is AMAZING.

http://www.dmc-usa.com/majic/pageServer/0701000042/en_US/Caroline-Roussel.html

A woman essentially makes paintings with chain stitches...

Wow.

Raquel

[donnalynn2]

Talk about patience! Holy cow!

[Cuddlefish]

Whoa, I kinda hoped it wouldn't be too amazing, so I could keep my envy down, but now it's overflowing. That really is amazing! *drops dead with envy* :eek

[nucki]

That's AWESOME!!!

 

Side note: am I the only one who wished they would show a close-up of the "paintings" so we could see the stitches??

[Cuddlefish]

Me too, I want to see the stitches!

[Ladycrochat]

That IS Amazing! And I wanted to see the stitches tooo.....guess because we all crochet the stitch is important to us....for others just making paintings with thread is enough to be interesting!

[Katchkan]

The stitch she used is also know as Tambour work and is worked directly onto the fabric. Her work is simply gorgeous.

[PrincessOnica]

That is simply amazing. I too want to see the stitch. So she crochets onto the fabric? I guess I'm a little confused as to how she did it.

 

Onica

[Alosha]

How lovely. While I certainly haven't tried any thing that ambitious (embroidery floss!), I have made floor mats & wall hangings using tambour crochet. It uses an open weave fabric & slip stitches. I leaned from a rug making book using latch hook canvas & worsted weight yarn. More info here:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art21743.asp

 

Alosha:)

[jessluvn31]

That is absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing something so interesting with all of us! I love having people point out amazing talent like that to me!!

[seagull1993]

It is a truly intricate stitch that creates gorgeous patterns. A close-up of the Beauvais stitch, as it is called, is shown here:

http://www.vintagebag.com/e0004.html

[lizc]

That's AWESOME!!!

 

Side note: am I the only one who wished they would show a close-up of the "paintings" so we could see the stitches??

 

 

nope, i would have too...

[countingsts]

now that's talent:eek

[Betty Pomroy]

Well, Good Morning! I am finally feeling comfortable with the internet.

 

I would like to say crocheting and creating pictures out of thread is a work of genius and patience.

 

That is one thing I would like to pass on to everyone here at Crochetville. Since I recently joined, I have been treated so well. It is one big happy family with extremely talented people. Sometimes, I just pop in and start reading. Some of you ladies know how to bring a smile to us.

 

Everyone have a great Sunday and try out alot of these beautiful patterns that our members put on site.

 

Take care,

 

Betty from Lytle Texas:c9

[Wrennie]

Side note: am I the only one who wished they would show a close-up of the "paintings" so we could see the stitches??

 

Me too. I don't "get" how its all joined.

[mardar]

Thanks for sharing that link. Her work is amazing.

[buggaboosmommy]

Thanks for sharing! Here's another site to give you a bit of history and close-up of different forms of crochet, filet, etc. Donna

 

http://www.marlamallett.com/l-other.htm

[mwedzi]

Good googly that is some amazing work!! Hmm, since my attention span only lasts 2 or 3 years at a time for any hobby, guess I will be doing this a couple of years down the road because I have got to learn. And that bag in the link is beautiful, and at $25 is a steal.

[WendyLee]

That is some amazing work. I wish I could really see the stitches though. I would like to see exactly how it all lays together.

[PrincessOnica]

That tutorial link was great, thanks for sharing.

 

Onica

[unipeg]

That is awesome to say the least! When I was a teenager I use to make drawings, I had a pair of jeans that unraveled from the bottom of my pant leg something fierce, so I would pull the strands off my jeans then take elmers glue and put that around my drawings and place the strings from my jeans on them. Wish I would have kept some for myself, but I gave them all away to friends.

[AngiR]

Wow. I am totally gobsmacked. Wow. Ok I have to stop saying Wow.

Maybe Whoa.

Actually I was thinking this is a great combination of crocheting and embroidery. I was constantly pricking myself with the needle when I embroidered and I have sausage fingers, so finding a thimble that fit? Uh-huh. Sure.

But this. Wow.

[rose_anglaise]

That's beautiful stuff!

 

The first image looks especially intricate and colourful. I have never heard of embroidering with a crochet hook before, but as a painter and newbie crocheter I find Caroline Roussel's work really exciting! Thanks for posting the link.

 

I wonder just how tiny the hook is?

[Susanne]

That's inspriring! Imagine the stash (so many colors)

[DesertCrocheter]

WOW!!! Thanks for sharing the link--that is truly beautiful and amazing! Patty