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Project Update

February sock (I know it’s March) and progress on the Language of Love embroidery

I have been working on my February sock. My left twist has improved, but it is still a slow process. The yarn is lovely (it’s from here). We are now watching The Wheel of Time season two.

I have also made some stitching progress. I have run out of the light green silk that I am using for the Ivy ‘veins’, so I have started on the Ivy leaves, which are just straight stitches using all seven strands of the silk (and trying to make them fluffy).

My silk has arrived for my two poems (January and February)

February Poem

So I need to get back onto them, so I have four stitching projects with deadlines (not terribly hard deadlines)

  • January Poem
  • February Poem
  • Name tag for stitching class (this is an in-person class here)
  • Language of Love

I am still waiting for my March supplies to arrive, and I haven’t yet decided on a poem.

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Language of Love Start

Getting ready to start (Language of Love)
I am working on the ivy veins

The linen is beautiful (I wonder if I can get more?) and we are using Au ver à soie silk. I have re-instated my hoop stand (this one) and I am finding it is working well. I can position my magnifier in front of it and stitch two handed.

I can’t recommend Rebecca’s courses highly enough – she is a fabulous teacher.

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Samplers of Seduction – The Language of Love

I preordered The Language of Love box from Textile Tours of Paris (Rebecca Devaney), and it arrived this week. It’s so beautiful (see above) I can’t wait to start the class.

I did the first Samplers of Seduction class, and really enjoyed the materials and Rebecca’s teaching style. I use the hoop and scissors from the box all of the time. Here’s the finished version.

I am also participating in the Whispers from the Heart course – I have nothing to show for that yet, still waiting for my parcel to arrive, but I have been thinking about poems and quotes, and of course I have bought two new books, Broderie – Audrey Demarre (beautiful, fabulous pictures and thick paper) and The Textile Reader – Jessica Hemmings.

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