u/Jo_mosexual

Hi friends

I'm going to make a needlelace rat (image of design attached - blue is the wire cordonnet I'll be incorporating around the outside so he fits in to a larger piece and stands more freely, red is the plan for the basic thread cordonnet).

I want to do a different 'density'/opacity stitch for each colour - white being the most dense, black the most transparent, but I'm struggling to find good comparative images of different needlelace stitches online.

I'm thinking corded single Brussels for the most dense/opaque/light areas, but does anyone have any ideas for other stitches graded by opacity?

Would be really thankful for any resources you can share, as I've been scouring the internet for hours and there is so little available!

Thanks in advance

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