Hooray! I found the solution!

Remember that blue blob that was masquerading as a flower right in the middle of Trevelyon's cap? It's the one for which I could find no partner in nature. Well, I finally found a solution! And best of all, I didn't have to take out any stitches, I only had to add a few. And even more best of all, I love how it looks now!What did I do? Trellis. Not couching, just simple diagonal stitches, which created a trellis over the top of the bottom two sections. Now it resembles a blue thistle (I know, there's no such thing in nature, but it's closer to something natural now than it ever was before!)On this blue thistle, I added stitches to make the trellis, so the stitches are 'interrupted' rather than worked as long stitches. One thing I have learned about Gilt Sylke Twist is that taking it out is almost impossible.  The next three blue thistles will have long, smooth straight stitches making the trellis. This one will have to be a little less than perfect - but you cannot see it unless you use a magnifying glass so I'm not too worried!Not only did I find a good solution for the blue flower, but I finished both of the purple flowers and I am even more pleased with the chain stitch on the bottom petals.I reworked the silk on this flower and I like the direction of the stitches much more than on the other one. I will probably take those out and restitch them so they have the same direction as the ones you see above. The purple flower on the left in the photo below isn't as nice in terms of stitch direction. The stitches on the left flower don't support or flatter the shape of the petals as well as the stitches on the right flower.Now I can begin to see what it will be like when it's finished. I still need to decide which flowers to change to red.  Oh, and then do all three of the other panels, the border and assemble the cap. I 'm thinking it will be done sometime in 2014...