Marching Ants

Here was the first ant I made.  I was using YLI Perle Crown Rayon which looks to be about a 8wt thread.  I was following Sue Spargo's stitch plan and she uses 6 rows of bullion knots.  I did not quite like the look so I removed the last three rows.

I made three ants.  The first vertical bullion knot is a three wrap a scant 1/4 inch.  The next 2 bullions are 4 wrap to cover a 1/4 inch.  I then did 2 horizontal 4 wrap knots followed by 2 scant 1/4 inch 3 wrap vertical bullions.  I finished them with 2 pistol stitches for the antenna and some straight stitches for the legs.    The ants are on my Round the Garden Quiltmania quilt.

I think I will add some wooly bear caterpillars.  Maybe I will do some Turkey work to make them fuzzy.  Hmmm,