Slow Sunday Stitching - October 8, 2023

I made great progress on the vintage crewel kit this week.  The wings are DONE!

And a close up so you can see the texture provided by the different stitches - satin in the small feathers on the leading edge and the secondary flight feathers with long/short stitch and split (pueblo) stitch on the coverts.

And I got started bringing the next to the darkest brown down into the area at the base of the tail.   The only issue is - see that one half yard strand of wool up in the left corner of the top picture.   That's all of that color that's left.  And there's all the 'dotted' area on the canvas to fill.  With satin stitch, which eats yardage.

Luckily two things prevent me from panic.  First, this type of yarn is still being made (by Colonial Yarns).   Unfortunately, it's not by the same company (Paternaya) that was active back in the 1980s when this kit came out.  So the color cards are not perfectly the same. And dyelots are always a thing, no matter what timeframe we are talking.  But secondly, this eagle is dozens of shaded colors.  What's one more?  So long as I find a Colonial needlepoint yarn in a shade that fits into the ombre I'll be fine.

We don't have a local needlepoint or needlework (cross stitch) store in my town, but there are two needlepoint shops in the KC area.  One is just 15 minutes from my office and open over my lunch hour.   I feel a small road trip coming on - LOL

Linking up with SSS (current round up).