Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. It's also the start of winter and the start of the time of year where I don't want to leave my house. I mean, I don't want to leave my house most of the time now given people's inability to take the pandemic seriously, but this is different. I'm not a cold weather person. Yes, I was born in Michigan, but I mostly grew up in the south and winter wasn't much of a thing. I didn't have a winter coat from approximately 1986-1991. Amazing.
Anyway, today's piece is my attempt to make one of the more the traditional symbols of the season, the yule log. The yule log means different things in different parts of the world. In Celtic traditions, the yule log was burned to prevent spirits from entering the home. Scandinavians burn yule logs to honor Thor. Originally, I wanted to make a table setting for the yule log, but it didn't really work out the way I planned. I scraped the table runner I created, and focused on the centerpiece instead. I used the same technique to create the log that I did with some other trees I created earlier in the project. I like how this technique looks for trees and wood (and cats).
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| It was a good idea, but didn't work in the end. I'm not mad about it. |
Happy Solstice! Maybe I lit the fireplace this evening and watch some more Kitchen Nightmares episodes. I know how to celebrate the longest night of the year.
Details:
Stitches: back, straight, satin stitches
Thread palette: DMC 167, 743 (2,3), 801, 890 (3), SS 920 (2)
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