{"id":14442,"date":"2023-03-14T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2023-03-09T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T12:00:17","slug":"william-as-far-as-hes-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/14\/william-as-far-as-hes-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"William, as far as he’s gone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I realised when I came to write about beginning to practice underside couching, that you’ve not seen William for a while, so here is a a quick update on progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got all the broom and dog roses done on the border, and then sat back to look at it. You may recall that I said last time<\/a> that I thought that I would be filling the crosses, but I wanted to sit back and stare again, just to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n

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That staring didn’t take long. The crosses, as outlines, don’t really have the authority they need, so it soon became clear I needed to fill them all in. I doubled the outline, as a single line, and then filled in each triangle separately in split stitch. I did consider using satin stitch, or some sort of couching stitch, but I felt that with the dog roses bracketing the crosses, a different texture was required, and I am content with the result, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the delights of working with floss silk is to see how it responds to the light, so here are some more pictures to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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