Two sample caps
I am due to deliver a finished piece for exhibition on Saturday, and it isn't even started yet
The theme is (of course) the suffragette, Emma Sproson, who was placed in solitary confinement in Stafford Gaol for her activities.
This confinement took place just after her "confinement" with child, and she was obliged to leave the baby with her husband as babies were not allowed in gaol in those days.
I imagine Emma yearning for her child and sitiching a cap for it for when she was released.
I am trying here to denote the passage of time, which I imagine was very much at the front of Emma's mind whilst in gaol.
In the first sample I've used wheatsheaf stitch, which, whilst attractive, lacks impact.
The second sample is more direct, but I think the red thread is a distraction.
Back to the drawing board.
Two sample caps
I am due to deliver a finished piece for exhibition on Saturday, and it isn't even started yet
The theme is (of course) the suffragette, Emma Sproson, who was placed in solitary confinement in Stafford Gaol for her activities.
This confinement took place just after her "confinement" with child, and she was obliged to leave the baby with her husband as babies were not allowed in gaol in those days.
I imagine Emma yearning for her child and sitiching a cap for it for when she was released.
I am trying here to denote the passage of time, which I imagine was very much at the front of Emma's mind whilst in gaol.
In the first sample I've used wheatsheaf stitch, which, whilst attractive, lacks impact.
The second sample is more direct, but I think the red thread is a distraction.
Back to the drawing board.