String Art- Part Three

The Zelda string art is starting to look awesome. At this point, I have everything done except for the wings. This post will show you how to complete the hilt and blade of the Master Sword. Check out my previous posts for a refresher on the basics and to see how I created the design.

The sword blade is a fairly simple chevron pattern. When I was still in the planning stages I doodled several different designs before deciding on this one. I also sketched it out on the template to double check the pattern before starting.

Start at the top left-hand side of the blade and follow the pattern on the diagram above. 

Left, center, right, down one, center, left, down one, center, right, etc. until you reach the bottom. 

Then just work your way around the outside to create an outline. I only wrapped the thread around about every third nail to anchor it.

The handle of the hilt follows a similar pattern but creating an X instead of a V.

Follow the above pattern to make three X's along the hilt and then create an outline around it as well.

As I mentioned previously, I'm trying to create three levels within the design so I tried to keep the threads towards the center of the nails.

For the blue parts of the design, I used regular cotton DMC embroidery floss, color number 3842. I used approximately 5 skeins. The silver parts are DMC Metallic in silver. Since it comes in a much larger spool I only used a small portion of the whole.