{"id":10006,"date":"2016-09-13T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T08:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10006"},"modified":"2016-07-14T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:05:13","slug":"found-in-tidying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/13\/found-in-tidying\/","title":{"rendered":"Found in Tidying"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Blackwork<\/a>

Blackwork Pattern<\/p><\/div>\n

Remember all those frames<\/a>? And the teacloth? And “Co-operation is better than conflict<\/a>“?<\/p>\n

There’s been a bit more tidying up going on, and this appeared, ready prepared and kitted up. Presumably by the very same lady – or, given what embroiderers are like, possibly acquired from someone else who’d decided not to do it after all. I’ve found all sorts of half-completed needlework projects on Embroiderer’s Guild stalls!<\/p>\n

The design was in a copy of “New Stitches” magazine, but heaven knows how old it is.\u00a0 At least eight years, because we’ve had it tucked away that long!<\/p>\n

\"Blackwork<\/a>

Blackwork As Inherited<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s not much of it done, so one of us will have plenty to keep themselves occupied with.<\/p>\n

In spite of Topsy<\/a>, my mother is talking about taking it on. She’s much better at counted work than I am, so I’m likely to leave her to it, although I must admit it does look rather charming, and blackwork is a style I’ve yet to tackle!<\/p>\n

\"Blackwork<\/a>

Blackwork Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

Look at all the different stitch patterns here! So intricate…<\/p>\n

If ever either of us gets this finished, I’ll be sure to let you know…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember all those frames? And the teacloth? And “Co-operation is better than conflict“? There’s been a bit more tidying up going on, and this appeared, ready prepared and kitted up. Presumably by the very same lady – or, given what embroiderers are like, possibly acquired from someone else who’d decided not to do it after… Continue Reading Found in Tidying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[177,130],"class_list":["post-10006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blackwork","tag-interior-decoration","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10006"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10072,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10006\/revisions\/10072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}