Or nué peacock feather: progress update II

A new colour!  Turquoise, this time – Madeira stranded cotton no, 1103.  This is part of the disc at the top of the feather, and reaching that in itself feels like something of a landmark.

So here it is:

Or nué peacock feather project

This means that I now have four threads on the go at the same time: the three colours forming the design, plus the light green for the background:

Detail of the threads in use in the or nué project

I seem to spend quite a bit of time moving them about so they don’t get tangled up.

I feel like the end is in sight now, not too far to go!