{"id":220,"date":"2015-03-13T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/?p=220"},"modified":"2016-03-23T10:30:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:30:01","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am making steady progress on Van Gogh&#8217;s face. \u00c2\u00a0He is filling in nicely. \u00c2\u00a0I used bullion knots for his beard, satin stitch \u00c2\u00a0for his lips, stem stitch and straight stitch for his facial features and shirt, and I used french knots for his eyes. \u00c2\u00a0In all cases, I used a variety of floss colors. \u00c2\u00a0I used one strand from the different colors to achieve the desired effect. \u00c2\u00a0 His beard is a great example. \u00c2\u00a0I used five different thread colors. \u00c2\u00a0The whole piece will need to be damp stretched after I finish working it. \u00c2\u00a0I need to work on his hat next, which will be wool with embroidery to define lines and edges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-221 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0001\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-222 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"van gogh\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-223 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"van gogh2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gingercherry.com\/fibers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/van-gogh2.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am making steady progress on Van Gogh&#8217;s face. \u00c2\u00a0He is filling in nicely. \u00c2\u00a0I used bullion knots for his beard, satin stitch \u00c2\u00a0for his lips, stem stitch and straight stitch for his facial features and shirt, and I used french knots for his eyes. \u00c2\u00a0In all cases, I used a variety of floss colors. 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