Success with the plug! It fit perfectly and there’s still an appropriate amount of give for movement & padding. Bonus is the zip tape width lines up perfectly with the plug edge & zip tooth placement line; so my plan is to hand stitch the edge of the tape then machine lightning stitch to the fur. Just going to get someone else to do a last idiot check for the zip alignment before I start sewing.
I lost bobbin chicken with about 250g of this fibre to go. However, I am massively impressed with the capacity of my daedalus’s bobbins. These are laceweight singles.
Got a lot done on the bee themed paws. Machined lining/claws/pads, installed & stuffed palm pads, completed side seams, & even did all the finnicky finger web seams (my least favourite bit).
Before weaving ends in & during blocking. The pattern said to ‘block severely’, so I did; with great prejudice mind you because blocking took 2 hours & almost stole my sanity attempting to get the scalloped edge right because I was not helped by my stiff cast on.
Went to the CraftAlive craft fair today. Was rather disappointed at how small it was compared to previous years but I’m super happy with my haul.
Please enjoy some spinning with me on my new Daedalus Starling (aka ‘The Lamborghini’). Fibre is the WoW team blend Dragon’s Breath which is merino & mulberry silk.
There is sooo much concentration happening as I learn how to do wrap & turn short rows. You can see already how the short rows are forcing the piece into more of a triangle shape; the pumpkin marker is the middle where the short rows started.
Finally finished altering the bone tail! This was absolute HELL of an alteration as the belt kept getting in the way of machining the zipper, whilst the extra fabric from the zip tape made it extremely difficult to pass the needle through when closing. And lets not forget I had to resew the interior straps together, blind!
Another handpan video from the same beach. I love playing outside but have to cover the pan to cool after each song.
First pass of hand sewing on these paws is now completed. Next I need to do the machine sewing of the pads before they can be installed.
