Hi ladies!
My shoulder replacement surgery is finally scheduled for June 9th. I am hoping that the doc is right and I will be able to stitch afterwards. I am both eager and nervous.
Problem this month:
I purchased a chart from France. The directions are all in French, but about one-third are translated to English and I am enjoying the stitch. However, I am mystified by one thing. It specifies all the floss with DMC numbers, except one, which is listed only as "mohair". On the inside chart and instruction page, it specifies that the mohair is white, but the exterior of the package, on the reverse of the color photo of the completed design, it specifies it as ecru.
The design is of an old fisherman with a beard that looks white in the color photo and no variegated or dapplng in the beard. Where the hell can I get this. Is it the Whisper fuzzy floss?
Also, it says, "Mohair, 1 strand Cut the strand into three parts. To use short strands is better". I used the Whisper floss years ago as cat fur, did turkey stitches, then cut the resulting loops and brushed them to make soft fur. That's just an aside. I think that they don't mean cut, but mean separate, like we do with regular floss. The photo seems to bear this out, as the beard looks thicker than the other floss in the design. Perhaps it is done in three separate strands and their advice to use shorter strands is similar to our advice to others about working with metallics? What do you think?
So...please help!
1. What mohair floss and where to buy?
2. Use 3 strands not two?
3. Bomb France?