My two early endeavours produced the pale mauve trim, a great match colour-wise, but somewhat insignificant and the purple braid.
The purple gave good contrast, but the style of braid was not what I was after. Encouraged by feedback and ideas from my earlier post, I tried a crochet edge (which didn't work) ...
... then a crotchet chain sewn to the reverse side of the trim, which looked surprisingly ok and was a possible fall back ...
In search of the 'pop' factor, I also tried a contrasting backing ribbon with the pale braid, which looked effective but the combination of trims proved too difficult to curve around the neck edge. It was also too weighty/bulky for the jacket.
So I've been on the hunt for something like the mauve trim but in purple, and yesterday I found it. It looks good on its own ...
... although if I have enough selvage available I'd like to add a fringed edge to tie it back in to the woolly jacket ...
Now I have a question! Do I need to pre-treat the trim, perhaps soak it in a gentle wool wash?
Choices, choices! Isn't it fun?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that part of the progress very much. Trims are so important annd pleasant to play with
ReplyDeleteMarie-Noëlle