{"id":7219,"date":"2025-09-22T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2025-09-22T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:18:30","slug":"dorcas-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=7219","title":{"rendered":"Dorcas Check In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-174242.jpg?resize=550%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-174242.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-174242.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-174242.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Friends, I can just about taste that finish of Dorcas. This is the penultimate check in&#8230;I am sure the next time I photograph Dorcas she will be finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160753.jpg?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160753.jpg?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160753.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160753.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished the Satin Stitch Band above, and below shows my improvement of the color in &#8220;Like&#8221;&#8230;the left hand picture shows the final and the right hand picture shows the anemic pink version that I took out. Now all that is left is the flower centers and the acorn caps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_0063.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" data-id=\"7226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_9926.jpg?resize=627%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_9926.jpg?w=627&amp;ssl=1 627w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_9926.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_9926.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes at the end of the project you think you will really miss stitching on this project. For me that is not the case for Dorcas. I have loved figuring this project out, however I will be SO GLAD whens he is done and I can move on to other things. I am in a tizzy thinking of the freedom of choosing which WIPS will get my attention&#8230;Will I get another finish or 2 in this year? I bet! I feel like I can do anything now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160611.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160611.jpg?w=733&amp;ssl=1 733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160611.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of cats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, I can just about taste that finish of Dorcas. This is the penultimate check in&#8230;I am sure the next time I photograph Dorcas she will be finished. I finished the Satin Stitch Band above, and below shows my improvement of the color in &#8220;Like&#8221;&#8230;the left hand picture shows the final and the right hand picture shows the anemic pink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[199],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wips","tag-dorcas-haynes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_2025-09-22-160753-1.jpg?fit=959%2C550&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7219"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7234,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions\/7234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}