{"id":11098,"date":"2018-05-01T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T08:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T11:58:07","slug":"starting-on-the-vessel-for-the-100-hearts-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/01\/starting-on-the-vessel-for-the-100-hearts-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting on the vessel for the 100 Hearts project"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"First<\/a>

First Attempt At The Vessel<\/p><\/div>\n

Having got the sunrise done, I thought I would have a go at the vessel.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, having made a start at the wheelhouse and crew quarters, I looked at what I’d done, growled, and snipped it out again. I don’t think the colours are right, and I know the textures aren’t.<\/p>\n

*fumes*<\/p>\n

\"Starting<\/a>

Starting Again On The Vessel<\/p><\/div>\n

So, off I went to “the pointy end” as my friends without benefit of sail training call it. That’s “the bows” to the rest of us…<\/p>\n

The lines of stitching follow the shape of the hull, but I’ve used a twisted chain stitch, because I’m hoping it will help create an effect slightly reminiscent of rivets. The upper line of the gunwhales is in reverse chain stitch. This may prove to be a lower layer, helping to lift a line of gimp or padding above the base layer of stitching. I’m not sure yet about all the details!<\/p>\n

\"Vessel<\/a>

Vessel First Layer<\/p><\/div>\n

The underlayer of stitching on the hull is in rows of surface satin stitch, using an overdyed stranded rayon yarn. As it stands, I like the colour variation – although I sincerely hope that even in time of war a vessel with that patched a hull would be kept in port – but I think it needs blending out a little.<\/p>\n

I’m still working out how best to achieve that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having got the sunrise done, I thought I would have a go at the vessel. Unfortunately, having made a start at the wheelhouse and crew quarters, I looked at what I’d done, growled, and snipped it out again. I don’t think the colours are right, and I know the textures aren’t. *fumes* So, off I… Continue Reading Starting on the vessel for the 100 Hearts project<\/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":[203,24,202,206],"class_list":["post-11098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-100-hearts","tag-design-elements","tag-embroiderers-guild","tag-leaving-the-tyne-1915","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098","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=11098"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11124,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098\/revisions\/11124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}