{"id":9520,"date":"2016-02-02T09:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T09:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2016-02-23T21:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:42:19","slug":"worked-on-a-whim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/02\/worked-on-a-whim\/","title":{"rendered":"Worked on a whim"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pincushion\"<\/a>

Pincushion<\/p><\/div>\n

Just before Christmas I was struggling with the “Dreams of Amarna<\/a>” designs, but I still had itchy fingers from longing to stitch, and sore eyes from staring at “Eve In The Garden of Eden<\/a>“, so I wanted something a bit less precise..<\/p>\n

My Dad’s shaving cream comes in a rather nice wooden pot. There are refills, but sometimes the shop doesn’t have them, and consequently – since they’re much too nice to throw away – my parents have ended up with something of a stockpile. I’ve taken one of them off their hands, and turned it into a pincushion.<\/p>\n

\"Coral<\/a>

Coral Stitch<\/p><\/div>\n

At the moment the lid is being used as a coaster, but I am open to suggestions for it!<\/p>\n

The threads are silks, bought at the Knitting and Stitching Show, worked on felt acquired at the same time. I created the shape of the pincushion itself with shaping stitches, stitching around and around the padding and the felt top layer, rather as doll and puppet makers do, and once I’d settled it into the bowl, I drew a chalk line around the waist, took the pincushion out, and started stitching.<\/p>\n

\"Lucet\"<\/a>

Lucet<\/p><\/div>\n

Coral Stitch, Cable Chain (do I ever do anything that Cable Chain doesn’t sneak into somehow?), Semi-Closed Feather Stitch, and Scroll Stitch, all stitched into the felt, catching as little of the stuffing as I could.<\/p>\n

Then I decided to do make a scissors-keeper for my lovely Ernest Wright and Son Ltd<\/a> scissors, so I started by using one of the threads, and my lucet, to make a cord for it. I’d forgotten some of the knack of lucetting, but it came back gradually, and it’s ever so satisfying!<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a>

Finished Pair<\/p><\/div>\n

The stitches on the scissors keeper are Sorbello Stitches (another favourite of mine) and Tied Cross Stitches, and the the pieces of felt are stitched together with ordinary blanket stitch. In silk!<\/p>\n

Don’t they look good…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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