{"id":11255,"date":"2018-08-07T09:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T08:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:55:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T11:55:29","slug":"more-on-the-wreath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/07\/more-on-the-wreath\/","title":{"rendered":"More on the Wreath, and Other Details"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mast<\/a>

Mast Spars and Wheelhouse<\/p><\/div>\n

In the end I covered the twisted cord (actually a bamboo and cotton blend knitting yarn) for the mast and spars with silk ribbon, which was more than slightly fiddly to achieve. There’s a collar around the mast, which, in an echo of the lifebelts, is a loop of buttonhole stitch. That was even fiddlier (is that a word? It is now!).<\/p>\n

And Great-Grandfather’s wheelhouse has acquired a roof, made of several layers of buckram covered in silk ribbon, with buttonhole bars for the struts holding it up. That was also fiddly!<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a>

Detail Of Wreath<\/p><\/div>\n

So, on to the wreath itself. That involved three different colours of silk ribbon, in two different width. I briefly considered something like the folded “leaf” shapes using wrapped parchement you sometimes see in 17th Century work, but in the end I decided I didn’t want to create anything too formal here, because it wouldn’t match the flow of the stitching. Sometimes a formal section provides a framework for everything else to clamber over, but here I felt it would create stopping-points, interrupting the eye as it moves around the piece. So the ribbons were knotted and looped and caught down in a sort of flowing chaos. White stranded silk French Knots, representing white berries, provide subtle accent and punctuation.<\/p>\n

\"Wreath<\/a>

Wreath And Rigging<\/p><\/div>\n

As you see, the wreath is now in place, with just a few white berries – white for peace.<\/p>\n

I have quite a few more little tweaks to make, details to emphasize, maybe a bow-wave to add, but this is the original sketch brought mostly to life, and provides me with some hope that all that thinking and working will have a good result.<\/p>\n

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