Lucky Red Fish

 So as you already know , I was getting mighty fed up with my fishy embroidery . I had  been stitching in poor light and on reflection decided that I didn't like the pink colour .....ugh...horrible salmon pink !

I decided to throw in some bright colour to make it exciting again .....and I pulled out the brightest and cheeriest red that I could find .

I also thought I might throw lots of gold and beads and sparkly things at it ! 

 But along came Christmas and the New Year celebrations and I just had no quiet time to myself ...and usually I carry my embroidery work along with me , everywhere I go , in my basket and to carry all these beads and gold threads was just impossible !

But also in my mind I feel that sewing on beads and gold threads  is , for me , a big cheat . I have not made my mind up yet . 

The red crewel wool however , is just the perfect fireworks ! 

I have just discovered that Red Sea Bream is a lucky fish for the Japanese  and especially for the New Year celebrations . 

I think that red fish are also lucky for the Chinese  . 

🐬Thou shalt have a fishy - embroidery with wool ⚓

 

I'm back ! After over a month of not being able to push a needle through cloth , the poorly finger is at last healed .

..and now I really want to get on and finish this little maritime piece  .

Stitching on a remnant of quite a loose weave linen ,with crewel wool , I had originally thought that I would only do the outline and make it rather like a tattoo ; but as I settle back into the relaxing rhythm of mostly simple stem stitch , I'm thinking maybe I will fill it all in after all . 

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