It's been two months since I last posted, and I promise that I have not been idle! It's simply that the things I have completed I've been unable to share for one reason or another. But now that I HAVE something I can share, I feel the urge again!
Since I posted last I have helped Helen make her wedding invites (which was a lot of stitching!) and which she still hasn't sent out (yes, Helen, nagging again! hehehe). So I can't really share those, and even if I could I forgot to take a photo of the finished article, so I need to wait til mine arrives in the post. If I'm getting one, after all the nagging I'm doing... hmmm....!
I've also created an item that I was very pleased with and would love to share, but as I need to make another one for someone else, I don't want to spoil the surprise by posting photos here. I really should get on with the other one, but I got side-tracked by the Venerable Bede.
For anyone who doesn't come from the North East of England, or has absolutely no interest in ancient history, Bede was a monk in the Wearmouth/Jarrow monastery in the eight century. As well as being a deeply religious man, he was also a scholar and a scientist. It was he who figured out how the tides worked, for a start, which in turn helped him to work out how to do the precise calculation which helps us (to this day) to figure out when Easter will be every year. Pretty impressive don't'cha think?
Anyway, how did an ancient Northumbrian monk lure me away from my work? Well, the Embroiderer's Guild are running their usual competitions this year, and one of them is entitled "Saints of the North". Bede certainly comes under that heading, and I just so happened to have taken a picture of a statue/sculpture of him while I was on Holy Island last May. The statue is situated inside of the ruined Priory (English Heritage site) and is a lovely piece of work. I got a few shots of it, just because I liked it, and this one in particular screamed out at me as usable in some way: -
So with some careful tracing to make a template, which really wasn't easy, I stitched the detail of the statue in different thicknesses of black thread, added a simple line border and a Celtic-style "B", and here he is...
Oh, and in addition to Bede, I've also done another little critter, who is in need of a name, please? He was created during lunch breaks at work, and so far I don't have an idea what he's called. As usual, he was created from little bits of left-over wool. Soon, instead of having boxes of left over wool all over the house I'm going to have critters all over the house instead...!
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