Monthly Archives: February 2017

February 20, 2017 · 3:13 pm

Blackwork

Blackwork Sampler

I have always been fascinated by the idea of blackwork – particularly the more pictorial versions …

Dodo is from the Royal School of Needlework and Fish from needlenthread.com

but even the samplers appeal to me…

I have done a bit with my machine…

Finished Sampler

But never anything by hand. So when it was suggested at my embroidery class I was eager to give it a go.

The tricky bit for me is thinking about the path the stitches should follow before starting (I believe the aim is to have the back similar to the front because you don’t want shadows appearing on the front).

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February 12, 2017 · 12:10 pm

Another Hat

Another Hat

I have started work on another hat – this will be my fourth.

School is back and it is taking me a while to settle into the new routine. I have finished a sleeve – but interrupt that to work on more pussyhats …

At the end of Friday’s embroidery class I unpicked almost all of the day’s progress… I think things are going to be like that for the next few weeks – not getting much done and then when I do I stuff it up.

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February 4, 2017 · 1:03 pm

A sleeve

First Sleeve – Blank Canvas

In my Blank Canvas I am up to knitting the sleeves. I have learnt new stitches – increases – RLI and LLI – very cool.

I’m using the plastic bag – like a yarn bowl – these yarn balls just collapse into a tangled mess, but the bag seems to be holding everything together.

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