Golden Accessories – Pansy

The Pansy continued apace, with only one alarming period when I thought the small amount on the card was all I had left to finish the dark green.

Then I found an entire full reel, gleaming at me from the bottom of the project box.

I was greatly relieved, to say the least!

Next, however, on to the gold and silver.

Some of this echoes the other two, and was fairly easy to put in place – reverse chain stitch in the narrow sections. I learnt from last time, however, and this time I put the silver strapwork panels in before the gold, which was again Ceylon Stitch.

The silver was reverse chain stitch with buttonhole edging – so it’s the stitch I used for the titles on the Map of Amarna and the View of the Excavation. Nicely familiar, and very satisfying – but also very much easier without the Ceylon Stitch in place. Next time I will try to think through the order of my stitching!

However….

It turns out that when I fished out a piece of linen to do the last of these pieces, I didn’t check it very well. The stitches are markedly bigger, and more spread out.

Next time, Rachel, take the time to count the threads!