{"product_id":"koi-fish","title":"Koi Fish Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo koi fish curving around each other to make a near-perfect circle. One swimming clockwise, the other counter, each fish body filling the negative space the opposite fish leaves behind. It reads as a yin-yang composition done in fish form. Both fish share the same scale stitch structure but the red patch placement is slightly different on each one so theyre not direct copies of each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scales are the real stitch work. Each scale plate is an individual overlapping shape edged with a dark outline so the fish reads as properly scaly, not a flat filled blob. Fin sections use a fine crosshatch fill fanning outward from the fin base, which makes them look semi-transparent the way a real koi fin is in water. Tail fans split into two or three sections with light dividing stitch lines between them. On the largest size at 7.51 by 7.07 inches you can count individual scale rows clearly from a few feet away. Small teal eye dots on each fish head are just two or three stitches but they anchor the face and stop the fish reading blank and expressionless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive thread colours total: off-white and black for the base scale blocks, mid-grey for the shaded fin areas, red for the bold patch sections and small teal for each eye dot. Thats pretty efficient for this level of scale fill complexity and individual scale plate count. Stitch count runs from 30,311 at the smallest size up to 65,209 at the largest. Use a medium-heavy cutaway stabiliser, a fresh sharp needle size 75 or 80, and drop machine speed to the mid range for the dense overlapping scale fill sections. Running tightly packed shapes at full machine speed causes the needle to heat up and drag on the thread. Its not worth the risk on a 65k stitch file.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear-square format across all nine sizes. Centre it on a cushion, tote back panel or jacket back and its a self-contained circular design that doesnt need any border or extra framing. Pick white, cream or natural linen so the black and red contrast reads clean and bold. A customer who keeps a koi pond ordered the design on a cream linen cushion last summer and said it was the first embroidery piece he had ever actually hung on the wall instead of putting away in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine sizes in the download. Skip warm brown or ochre backgrounds where the red patches lose contrast. Use the contact page if the scale rows come out bunched or the curve outline puckers at the bend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46352700342422,"sku":null,"price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/KoiFishEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1776675865","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/koi-fish","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}