{"id":2374,"date":"2010-12-03T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T09:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2010-12-02T20:37:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:37:14","slug":"the-knitting-and-stitching-show-harrogate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/03\/the-knitting-and-stitching-show-harrogate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stef<\/a>

Stef Francis Threads For Amarna Project<\/p><\/div>\n

Since I don’t have a convenient, well-stocked local embroidery shop, and have discovered over the years that colours often don’t display well on screen, leading me to spend lots of money on the wrong thread, I now concentrate almost all my embroidery shopping around one event: The Knitting And Stitching Show<\/a> in Harrogate. I had a wonderful weekend there last week, and even managed to take tea at Betty’s Tearooms<\/a>, and to visit the Royal Pump Room Museum<\/a> which had few items from Amarna, as well as a rather fabulous painted and embroidered screen from the early 1900’s.<\/p>\n

\"Pearsalls<\/a>

Pearsalls Silk and Gold Jap For Christus Natus Est<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pearsalls<\/a>

Pearsalls Silk and Silver Jap For Hittite Amulet<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s particularly useful when I am planning to branch out into a form of embroidery I’ve not tried before. There are always stallholders with a deep knowledge of the particular technique I have in mind, and they are always willing to talk, and share tips and ideas.<\/p>\n

This time I am planning two or nu\u00e9<\/em> pieces, so my first stop (after buying some merino\/possum blend wristwarmers from Jamie Possum<\/a>) was to visit The Golden Hinde<\/a>. I described what I had in mind, and soon had a spool of gold and a spool of silver to use for those pieces. Then on to the Pearsall’s Embroidery stand<\/a> to buy the silk to couch it down with. I’m not sure how much I will need, so I bought one skein of each colour. Since these are single colour threads, I can re-order if I need to.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/a>

Oliver Twist Threads for Amarna Projects<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Silk<\/a>

Silk Threads For The Second Dig House<\/p><\/div>\n

I also bought some more turban cotton and faience-coloured threads from Stef Francis<\/a> and from Oliver Twist, and some silk threads to make another attempt at the Dig House<\/a>. I’ve been looking for threads that resemble some of the other colours I will need for the Dreams of Amarna<\/a> panels – the carnelian and jasper and other semi precious stones the Egyptians used, but some of those aren’t so easy to find. I am going to need to do some more reading in my references to get a clear idea of some of the colours I will need.<\/p>\n

I’ve found I’ve bought more silk threads than cotton, this time around. All this work using silk for the Floral Glove Needlecase Course<\/a> and the Tudor and Stuart Goldwork Masterclass<\/a> is changing my habits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since I don’t have a convenient, well-stocked local embroidery shop, and have discovered over the years that colours often don’t display well on screen, leading me to spend lots of money on the wrong thread, I now concentrate almost all my embroidery shopping around one event: The Knitting And Stitching Show in Harrogate. I had… Continue Reading The Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[27,158,18],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-posts","tag-equipment","tag-goldwork","tag-overdyed-threads","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374","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=2374"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}