The Tea Party Continues

I am very glad to be finished with the rayon floss.  It is nasty and slippery stuff, with one strand or sometimes both coming out of the needle if one doesn't take a very firm hold of the needle. Such a firm grip tends to aggravate my  generally mild arthritis, especially in the recent damp weather.  And I dislike having to use the much shorter lengths of floss: a 12" cut instead of my usual 18" or 24" lengths.  Needing to re-thread my needle so frequently slows me down considerably.  And rayon floss doesn't lay as evenly and easily as cotton or silk or bamboo floss.  But I do have to admit that it looks rather nice as the wizard's robes.

I have been back stitching as I go along, so the design details are really popping.  I am still toying with ideas for doing the hair, beard and hat brim differently.  The notion of satin stitching the beard vertically in white and silver grey silks and then stitching the brim in white Wisper to change it into fur trim rather than a stiff brim, well, they still have an appeal.  But I won't make a final decision till after I am done with all the green of Momma dragon and the last of her brood.  Working on that should keep me busy for the rest of the week.