In the test strip, the gold yarn in the logo looked kind of wimpy, so I'm trying an experiment with metallic thread, which I laid in along with the gold yarn, but only where the gold appears on the surface (the logo and the tops of the rocks where the sun strikes them). It's a challenge getting the metallic placed on top of the gold thread, but since the effect I'm after is a very subtle sparkle, it almost doesn't matter. In this closeup, if you click the image to display the full-size version, I think you can distinguish between the metallic and the gold.
It was a very slow process, so I'm relieved that the gold appears on the surface in only a few distinct areas.
Once I got past the logo (working at a snail's pace), things sped up to the usual tortoise-like speed of 3-shuttle weaving. Soon, I was treated to a view of the surging wave:
And then the spray where the wave has crashed on the rocks:
By quitting time, I was at the 1,000-pick mark. However, the remaining 500 or so picks will take a while, because that's where there are large areas of gold, which will need the metallic laid carefully (and slowly) in the shed.
2 comments:
Gorgeous piece, Sandra!
surf's up!
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