{"id":5918,"date":"2012-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2012\/02\/21\/elephants\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=5918","title":{"rendered":"Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--single.php--><\/p>\n<p><!--loop-->\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t        <!--navigation--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!--post title--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace2\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p><!--content with more link--><\/p>\n<p>Elephants! Elephants, elephants, elephants! As far as the eye can see!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"_MG_4232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>I think I started this embroidery project 10-15 years ago, and guess what? I\u00b4m finally finished!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13809\" title=\"_MG_4229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"294\" =\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4229.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4229-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/p>\n<p>Fiftyninethousandtwohundredandfourtyseven stitches. Yeah, baby! That\u00b4s right. 59 247!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13810\" title=\"_MG_4231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" =\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4231.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4231-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/p>\n<p>I lost a couple of colors along the way, the orange, the burgundy. Who knows where they are now\u2026 The tread is in raw silk, called Silk Tweed. The elephant-motif is inspired by an illustration I found in a book so many years ago, I forgot which one it is, sorry to say.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13812\" title=\"_MG_2552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_2552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"320\" =\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_2552.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_2552-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4d been working on it on a on-and-off basis years ago, then left it with three rows almost done&amp;nbsp;for a decade. I found it again late November, and pretty much every night in December, January and now February, I\u00b4ve been doing a bit. (The photo above is taken mid-December) Until it now finally is finished.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13808\" title=\"_MG_4228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" =\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4228.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MG_4228-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/p>\n<p>That is. Of course it\u00b4s not REALLY finished. I can\u00b4t leave it this way. I intended to make a big cushion-cover, but have changed my mind, and will make it into the cover of a little stool. Just have to make the stool first. Not this week.<\/p>\n<p>Did I mention it feels good to finish?!? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>And now for something completely different: Does anybody have any good tips on must-sees and must-dos in <strong>Mexico?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                       <!--for paginate posts--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!--all options over and out--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!--include comments template--><\/p>\n<p><!-- You can start editing here. --><\/p>\n<p>        <!--do not delete--><\/p>\n<p><!--single.php end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elephants! Elephants, elephants, elephants! As far as the eye can see! 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