{"id":8993,"date":"2015-05-19T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T08:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8993"},"modified":"2015-05-17T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T19:37:18","slug":"an-experimental-thistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/19\/an-experimental-thistle\/","title":{"rendered":"An Experimental Thistle"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Preparatory<\/a>

Preparatory Felt<\/p><\/div>\n

After I’d (mostly) finished Loading The Felucca<\/a>, I found myself temporarily lacking inspiration for the Dreams of Amarna<\/a>, so I thought I’d have a go at an idea that has been burbling around in the back of my mind for a while. I’m hoping a change of scene, as it were, will “reboot” my imagination.<\/p>\n

The background fabric is a silk brocade, and I’ve padded the thistle itself with wool felt, in several layers (three under the topmost green circle, in fact).<\/p>\n

I drew the whole thing freehand, and I think I will remove and replace the lefthand leaf with a reversed version of the righthand leaf. It will look more balanced and altogether happier if I do.<\/p>\n

\"Working<\/a>

Working with Gimp<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m intending to use silk purl and coloured wire purl for the thistle flower, but I wanted something for those to be embedded in. I’ve chosen to use a gold and viscose gimp, and I’m couching it down in a series of fringes zigzagging across the flower.<\/p>\n

Each fringe is twisted back on itself – I used a pin as a sort of handle – and held down with small stitches at each end. As each additional layer went on, the “free” ends were held down a little less firmly. It’s a delicate balance between controlling the thread sufficiently (and remember gimps are very stiff and have a mind of their own!) and leaving it looking free and springy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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