Design: Rhodes Butterfly Biscornu
Size: 50w x 50h
Designer: Kell Smurthwaite, Kincavel Krosses
Permissions:
- This design is copyright to Kell Smurthwaite and Kincavel Krosses
- You may use, copy and/or share this design, and you may change it to your liking for your own use
- You may not sell this design or use it to make up kits
- You may sell the finished piece for charity, but you may not sell it commercially
Special Stitches:
- Algerian Eyes*
- Rhodes Square*
- Rhodes Butterfly
- Ray Stitch
- French Knots
- Back Stitch
* You can use either or both of these stitches in this design
Stitched by Kell Smurthwaite on sparkly tangerine 28-count linen in pink and orange floss
Kincavel Krosses 
A gorgeous version stitched by Katie Gengnagel (aka Jeremiah’s Mom) here:
http://dragonsluver.blogspot.com/2010/08/quick-finish.html
I love it in purple!
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Hi!
I recently tried your pattern. It’s beautiful I did it in silk flosses.
Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/25140993@N04/5548875189/
Thanks for sharing this pattern with us.
Paul from Malaysia.
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What beautiful colours you used, Paul! Could you possibly email me the photo, so I can add it to the gallery please? (I can’t download the picture as it’s protected).
Kincavel_Krosses@yahoo.co.uk
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I was wondering in inches how tall and wide this biscornu is? I do more embroidery than cross stitch. I have a tutorial on my blog for doing a biscornu although I was not happy with how the fabric joined. It was too loose and didn’t make for a nice seam.
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It depends entirely on the count of the fabric. For example, this design is 50 stitches by 50 stitches. Therefore, if you were to use a 25-count fabric and stitch the design over one thread, your biscornu will be 2 inches square, but if you stitch over two threads on the same fabric, it will be 4 inches square.
Smaller biscornu are fiddlier to put together, so stitching a small design on a higher-count fabric will make it easier to put together. Also, using a softer fabric, rather than a stiff one, also, I usually find, makes getting the seams nice and tight a lot easier. However, the aspect that affects the seams most directly is stitch tension. You need a nice even tension throughout your backstitch border and you need to keep a good, even tension when pulling them together with the whipped stitch.
I hope that’s of some help to you.
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