AdmiralAdama said:
It is crewel.
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I completed the piece in 1978. One of about 10 I did before I had to give it up because my hands were no longer steady.
Can you guess the name of the work? I always hoped Hemingway would approve.
This is another project I enjoyed doing. My last one.
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Your challenge next scifan.
AA
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Might it be something like "Old Man and The Sea"?. If not, that would be a good one. Studied this Hemingway story at school, like many others, & the vivid impression it made then has never faded.
They are beautiful embroideries, both of them.
Especially like the curly rope netting with the worn old cork floats--strangely, have some of those in front of me here, ready for my next job.
And the old wooden jetty and posts poking up from the sea (groynes? they might be called here).
And the lighthouse. And the seagulls....!
Thank you for posting them. They must be precious for you.
They are also full of exactly my cup of tea