Not my cup of tea, in fact, I dreaded having to read or study his works. I have to have things laid out in print, simple storytelling, don't care about symbolism. I still believe The Old Man and The Sea was a tale of a fisherman and a marlin, Moby Dick of a man and a whale. I want to enjoy a story not speculate the underlying meaning.
Anyway ….. the chart started as my knob hanger which was just another alphabet. As I searched for something to relate to the crown, I stumbled across words from Shakespeare's Henry VI. Have I read it? No. Do I want to? No. This is the quote....
“My Crown is in my heart, not on my head:
Not deck'd with Diamonds, and Indian stones:
Nor to be seen: my Crown is call'd Content,
A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.”
Not deck'd with Diamonds, and Indian stones:
Nor to be seen: my Crown is call'd Content,
A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.”
The front is the beginning and good enough, but I continued on the back because I liked the verse. 
Not able to chart it all in the limited space so I chose what would fit and make sense, each section a different color. Originally I wanted you to decide how many and which lines you wanted to stitch, or all. But tomorrow I am changing the back to two options and the spacing will be better. They can also be done separately and attached to each end of a single ribbon for hanging. Something different. Will correct and post with color codes in a day or two, unless you would prefer the alphabet one. Thoughts?
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13 comments:
Ok....I take back the taxi comment LOL.... I’d actually like to run around in your head for a few days...wow...what sights I would see! This is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!! And, I gotta say...I do love the symbolism and nuances of literature...and Shakespeare....actually own a huge volume (and I do mean HUGE...gee...another box yet to be unboxed from WWR).... Anyways.... I vote for no alphabet.....just the latter two...and I do believe I may actually try to stitch this!!!
Call me nuts but....Shakespeare is still my favorite, and even with the translation that must make me loose a lot, I believe it contains everything, any words written after are just pale copies to me (yep, you can throw me the rocks LOL). And better : I love trying to see what is beyond the words... And to top this : this verse is lovely. Ok, now everybody knows I'm totally silly... I can return in my cave and hide... :-D
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Having never read a bit of Shakespeare, I prefer the top right sampler.
I hope you're doing well and the rest of your family also.
Charlotte in Va.
I am old enough to remember reading Shakespeare in High school, and not understanding a word. Then we would go to see the play and it all made sense, Shakespeare should be seen and heard . I am a big alphabet fan so i like that one.
Wise words! i like the idea of a ribbon connecting the two pieces; but i also like the top alphabet chart as well :-)
Marly: I never did like Shakespeare, only got a B- when I did a test, ugh, not my thing, however your Sampler is lovely, I like the one on the right myself.
Catherine
LOVE crowns. LOVE alphabets. Together YES! LOOOOVE the first portion the saying.
HB -> B for Bolingbroke? Ok so your're not a fan of Shakespeare but you do know your history of the English monarchs!!
My computer is letting me post! I have not been able to forever. Love them all and look forward to seeing what you do with it all. We are getting pounded with snow and Hans has a mini storm starting that's suppose to dump 5'. I so hate winter!!!! I wonder what Shakespeare would write about snow? Something that would make me gag for sure. Hugs to you.
What a great saying! Of course, you can never go wrong with alphabets!
Love the one at the top! Janice
Not a fan of Shakespeare so I just like the alphabet.
Oh, how I hated reading Shakespeare in high school....
What a wonderful quote you found! I like all three parts and and think they look wonderful!
I sort of envision one long piece with the alphabet as the bottom section.
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