{"id":14499,"date":"2023-07-04T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14499"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:40:46","slug":"another-decision-to-make-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/04\/another-decision-to-make-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Another decision to make!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Underside couching, I’ve decided, is rather like satin stitch. In concept it is simple, not to say obvious. The execution, accurately and aesthetically, is very much less so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had intended to use the gold thread left over from the Amarna Family Group as my thread for William’s background, in the interests of economy, if nothing else, but then I had advice from Tanya Bentham and others, to at least try the Smooth Passing, which might for a multitude of reasons behave rather better.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So here you see the second practice block started, again using silver, but this time smooth passing thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The passing thread is, as suggested, much pleasanter to use, and creates a smoother and less shadowed surface, which in turn, I think, should help the pattern I intend to use. Which, you may note, I’ve not yet got around to practicing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that brings me to my decision. I do not think that I can be certain that the spool of Gold Smooth Passing I have left over from a Thistle Threads project will finish the job, so I shall have to buy some smooth passing. And it turns out that Gold comes in more than one shade!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The decisions are never at an end, are they…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And since I’m working on pulling the Amarna pieces together properly at present, I can’t claim to be giving my whole mind to the decision-making!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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