The top of the angel's robe is finished, using more Vineyard Silk Classic Evening Haze and Steel Gray. I wanted to maintain the shading but chose lighter values of gray than were painted on the canvas to keep this area from getting too dark. The inside of her sleeves were filled in with Vineyard Silk Classic Dark Earth.
I could have couched the strings of the lyre but didn't want to run the risk of the thread getting snagged several years down the road. So I worked the strings in a stem stitch with Kreinik #12 tapestry braid 001, which elevates them above the top of the robe while keeping them securely fastened.
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I like your plan for the strings. Too often, stitchers don't think about what could happen tomorrow to what they have stitched.
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