Wise Men (2a)
The embroidery starts with the beard. It was worked with Stem stitches (2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton). Next the facial outline was embroidered.
To get the brim of the hat well defined, the outline was embroidered with Back stitches.
To get the brim padded, an underlay with Chain stitches was worked (both coton à broder No.16).
The underlay was covered with Satin stitches (2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton).
The hat got a narrow Limet filling pattern with Easy Eyelet stitches and single Satin stitch bars.
Vessel and hands were outlined with wrapped Back stitches (2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton).
To be able to work a filling pattern into the narrow vessel shape, thread withdrawing was done across the entire vessel all at one time.
Wave stitches were worked (coton à broder No. 25)
Then the missing marking lines were added.
And finally, the knob of the vessel was worked with padded Satin stitches (2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton).
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