{"id":8571,"date":"2014-11-04T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8571"},"modified":"2014-10-23T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T11:08:30","slug":"rusty-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/04\/rusty-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusty The Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"First<\/a>

First Layer Completed<\/p><\/div>\n

I did comment that the laid and couched work romps along, and once I got going, it really didn’t take long at all to finish the first layer.<\/p>\n

In the interests of being sure of having enough thread to complete the Dragon, I used two shades of rust-coloured wool for his body. The underlayer of surface satin stitch is worked using two strands – making it possible to blend the threads – while the couching stitches are worked using a single strand.<\/p>\n

Looking once more at Tanya’s Dragon on the Flickr Group<\/a>, I realise that I’ve not quite followed her stitching angle in all places. but I’m very happy with how the first layer turned out.<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a>

Detail Added<\/p><\/div>\n

Once the first layer is done, there are details to be added.<\/p>\n

And my goodness, what details!<\/p>\n

There was a slight false start, because the creamy-white was too light, the wrong texture, and simply looked wrong.<\/p>\n

Since the details are worked in split stitch, the necessary unpicking was a severe trial. However, the combination of a pair of tweezers and my brand new embroidery scissors from Ernest Wright and Sons Ltd<\/a> (bought when I heard of them following a BBC article<\/a>) made it as easy as it could be (still not very easy, though!).<\/p>\n

I finally picked a creamy shade, lighter than pale yellow I used for his crest, but in the same family. It turned out really well, and even his green teeth don’t detract from his charm. He looks a very genial fellow, and I’ve named him Rusty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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