Rotation Changeover - 2022 Rotation #3, Slot 2 (not counted thread) complete

Ten hours in on the Unicorn Pillow.   I finished up the cameo borders and put in the base layer of the goldwork on the horn.   

The kit materials for the horn is something very like Kreinik Cord, which is inappropriate for the tent stitch background layer as it is intended to be couched.  The outer metallic covering actually cracked going around the threads of the canvas.   So I pulled that out and found some sewing weight gold metallic thread.  I think it's the old DMC metallic on the spool, not the new 'Effects' type of DMC metallic.   I used it eight strands together in the needle (four looped so as not to have the nasty fraying cut ends to contend with).   The couching thread to outline the 'twists' in the horn will go over the top at the end.

And a close up of the base layer of goldwork.  I used a laying tool to get the eight strands of gold thread to lay nicely.

picture does not capture the sparkle at all

And where I started this round

Next up is Dutch Beauty, starting here.  Plan to work across the center of the nest with the green base before I move the q snaps