julie is amazing

Really she is. She's come up with a blackwork design for me. The last time I did this, I ended up with a free-handed, made up as I went, not-having-much-to-do-with-the-renaissance sort of pattern. It looked something like this:


 

Julie raised the bar. She raised it to something requiring counting. She even raised it to something requiring counting in half stitches. It's the flaming onion!


 

I love it. Julie did a nice job of documenting her myriad inspirations for this, so instead of trying to do the same, I direct you to her site.

Three cheers for Julie.