Responding to Feedback

So this post is in response to the comments Sian made on Sample 4:6:5 where I stitched across withdrawn threads with the same thread to make a zigzag tracing and speculated about whether this might be an idea worth exploring.  

The first sample in this set shows the same zigzag, two zigzags crossing each other, and a third column of zigzags offset.

4:6:6

I also took the embossed paper sample 4:4:18 and interpreted its markings (something like runes) in two types of thread:withdrawn and self dyed fine thread.

4:6:7

4:6:8

Both these experiments use stitching across the bars for the diagonal markings and buttonhole for the horizontal marks.  Looking at these two images I feel the one using withdrawn threads is most successful.  The marks seem more intended yet still subtle, which is probably attributable to the thread being variegated and its crisp nature.