I don't usually do this, but I've reached a milestone on the Kokoshnik, and I had to share.
I've finished the main beaded veil, and it is gorgeous. I made a netting of small freshwater pearls, gold Delicas and gold fumed ivory seed beads to hang from the sides and back of the hat. I haven't done an awful lot of netting in the past, and I was concerned that it wasn't going to come out well.
"Coming out well" turned out to be a severe understatement -- the netting is perfect and for once, I don't want to rip out the whole piece and start over. (I do that whenever I see mistakes) When I finished this morning and took the netting off the bulletin board I've been using to keep it pinned in place, DD immediately grabbed it.
For a half a minute, DD tried to convince me that the best use for the netting was for her to wear it to school. Uh, I don't think so. Not even her generous offer to "let me bobby pin it to her hair" swayed me, meanie that I am.
This afternoon, I'll start on the small piece of netting that goes across the forehead, which should take a lot less time. I'm still waiting for the buckram hat frame to arrive, so I haven't even begun the embroidery for the front. Still, this is a major piece done, and I'm very happy. Bob stopped at the beauty supply store and bought me a wig head to work with (that won't be the final display, but I needed something I could pin in place while working).
Sorry, no pictures. I'll take a slew of them when the piece is done, but I don't like to share partially finished work, because it's not perfect.
Kathy N-V