Demi-suns, travels and names
Long story short, the demi-suns are finished, and are probably now on the undertunic of Her Royal Highness, Catherine Lorraine. What started out in Brick Stitch wound up being completed in laid-and-couched work. Linen fabric often has irregularities, or slubs, where the linen threads vary from thick to thin. Brick Stitch didn’t cover well when the fabric threads were excessively thick. If you look closely at the photos, you can see some of those darn fabric slubs.
I’m going to be out of contact for the next few days as my travel days get closer. I’m spending a few weeks in Midrealm for the holidays. I contacted a local group to let them know that I’ll be down there, and was interested in getting together with people. I wound up being asked to teach a class on Mammen stitch. So, now I’m DEFINITELY going to meet people! The class will consist of mostly the Mammen stitch, and then would touch on basic Viking embroidery. I also have a kit, based on an extant Viking pouch, though I substituted wool felt instead of leather. The pouch is embroidered and completed, I only need to make/buy a cord for it. I’m going to try to do whipcord, but my stuff is all put away, and I really need to concentrate on packing…
I also finished a new piece of garb, a mustard-colored linen tunic. Looks spiffy with my burgundy apron dress.
Next on my to-do list is finishing the pearl Snowflake pouch. I’ve had volunteers for the next two snowflake pouches, so the next one available is for July 2010. If anyone is interested in making a pouch for a Princess, please contact me. After that, the next deadline that I have is the Royal Rose napkin. I was originally going to do two napkins, but there were many volunteers, so I’m only doing one. As of right now, I plan on doing blackwork. Unless travel arrangements fall through, the plans are to go to March Crown and present it in-person.
I’ve heard from a few different heralds about my name, and it now looks like the proper spelling of my name is “Sighni Ivarsdotter”. I ordered the book that contains the documentation that I need, but I don’t think it’s going to make it all the way from Sweden before I leave.
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