A Bluestocking Knits

My blackwork sampler as of today.  I really like this large band — so much 17th-century wackiness going on here!

I debated a long time about whether to use one strand of silk or two, and went with two after mulling over a post on that topic at String or Nothing.  Some of the irregularities can certainly be laid at my door, as it were, though sometimes it is that the silk thread is ever-so-slightly heavier in one place than in another, and other times the irregularities in the linen ground push the thread a bit to one side.  Still, I'm happy with the two-strands, especially as I can use the loop start, easy and quite secure!

I wasn't sure if these little leaves would read much, as they're so small, but I'm glad they do —