{"id":7347,"date":"2012-06-12T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:41:53","slug":"ostrich-plumes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7347","title":{"rendered":"Ostrich Plumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have actually knit a little sleeveless top using this stitch. &nbsp;The stitch itself is very rich. &nbsp;I think that it suggests a deep ornate fabric such as Damask or flocked velvet, perhaps something Victorian when feathers and plumage were used extensively in fashion. Here is the stitch from the Barbara Walker site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg-ZTqICn-ladpy60EA2rbSOXmHB1NeYyJMUvR2u-i2D6rNpBK6dtPCQzu9RLk4BOz8Kvz3LatX6eTkz3aL8F8inyTYKzVoVtxlW5kE5-9QwVsPhNzFVEDaTD4PK391-Yb8x1PZ\/s320\/ostrich+plume.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg-ZTqICn-ladpy60EA2rbSOXmHB1NeYyJMUvR2u-i2D6rNpBK6dtPCQzu9RLk4BOz8Kvz3LatX6eTkz3aL8F8inyTYKzVoVtxlW5kE5-9QwVsPhNzFVEDaTD4PK391-Yb8x1PZ\/s320\/ostrich+plume.jpg\" width=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nAnd here are my photo takes on the stitch. The first is a rhododendron from The Public Gardens in Halifax, one of the few remaining Victorian Gardens in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rhododendron-1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"156\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rhododendron-1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\nThis is the same bush taken through a section of the gates into the garden.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/gate-1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/gate-1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\nI think that both the gate and the rhododendron are intricate as is the stitch. Here is another entranceway with plumage. &nbsp;Its from a restaurant in Fredericton. Unfortunately the parking lot in the back ground reminds us that we are &#8220;here&#8221; in this time zone and not &#8220;there&#8221; in Victorian England. This is one of the reasons I love gardens and lace. &nbsp;They are both escapes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/heron-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/heron-1.jpg\" width=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\n<\/div>\n<p>And here is the little sleeveless shell photographed about 10 years ago when my daughter was 10. Time flies &#8211; capture it in lace.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEitM2HwttZnd-YKgiXtKw_qNFFWnA-xnlCzsri4UJTWbvlTqSSr_KK-0WgZw-db94zWGPnOEgm0ahoF9rjhj0XjHRikCJPSByZmbbKJTaNnKvV9D3MiejQPNh-Qs9w9MQxvtVwK\/s320\/Web+pictures+1245.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEitM2HwttZnd-YKgiXtKw_qNFFWnA-xnlCzsri4UJTWbvlTqSSr_KK-0WgZw-db94zWGPnOEgm0ahoF9rjhj0XjHRikCJPSByZmbbKJTaNnKvV9D3MiejQPNh-Qs9w9MQxvtVwK\/s320\/Web+pictures+1245.jpg\" width=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Have a timeless day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have actually knit a little sleeveless top using this stitch. &nbsp;The stitch itself is very rich. &nbsp;I think that it suggests a deep ornate fabric such as Damask or flocked velvet, perhaps something Victorian when feathers and plumage were used extensively in fashion. Here is the stitch from the Barbara Walker site. And here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7353,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7347\/revisions\/7353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}