St. Valentine

Colors:
Hat - lamplight and mystery yellow
Body - undyed
Beard - hive mind
Nose/hands - buzz lightbeer

Holding Palm Branch

• symbol of martrydom
• cut from felt, spray glue on back to stiffen it
• St. Valentine was beaten with clubs and beheaded in the 3rd century under the order of Emperor Claudius II during his persecution of Christians

Chasuble:

• hand sewed from scrap linen fabric
• embroidery done in Gutermann thread col. 865, 4 strands held together
• embroidery pattern done freehand and contains symbols of St. Valentine
• lovebirds for patron saint of lovers
• bees for patron saint of beekeepers
• flowers
• skull for relic of flower-crowned skull in Rome

Short Beard - after row 4 skipped every RS row that didn’t have a CDD, sewed on backwards