{"id":6393,"date":"2012-12-04T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T09:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2013-02-12T18:03:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:03:47","slug":"the-crock-of-gold-hoard-work-on-the-ground-and-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/04\/the-crock-of-gold-hoard-work-on-the-ground-and-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crock of Gold Hoard – The Ground And The Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been a frustrating hiatus in my stitching life of late – I’ve had tennis elbow, and have had to write up old embroidery projects for you instead of making progress on any of my current ones. I’ve been going stark, staring mad with frustration, because even holding a book has been painful.<\/p>\n

\"Beginning<\/a>

Beginning The Shadows – Take Two<\/p><\/div>\n

However, I’m beginning to get back to it at last. Cautiously, so there will still be older projects interspersed with the current ones!<\/p>\n

I’ve been doing a few stitches here and there while I’ve been trying to rest the elbow, as much as anything else to gauge my recovery (or lack of it, as it sometimes seemed!). So now you can see that I’ve nearly outlined all the shadows. There’s just the shadow inside the pot to deal with and it occurs to me that I might need to find some tarnished purl to create the effect of the shadow on the metal inside!<\/p>\n

\"Close<\/a>

Close Up Of Sticks<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve also made a start on the sandy effect seed stitches, in a small section between the pot and the sticks. That’s going to challenge my boredom threshold, even though I don’t intend to have the seed stitches all over the background!<\/p>\n

This close up shows that I’ve also managed to fill in the first of the sticks, using split stitch filling. I need to add some highlights later, because as it stands it’s a little flat.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s great to be back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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