Completed giraffes diamond painting. This one was very fun to do!
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I’m doing TDF (Tour de Fleece) this year. My goals are tiny; simply finishing off singles for project spins with anything else, being that plying/additional spins, being an added bonus.
Whilst holidaying in the hinterland last week, I completed one of my goals of finishing off the last single for my Easter Show competition yarn, an extremely soft alpaca blend. Please enjoy my spinning.
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A frustrating pictorial tale of figuring out double knitting twisted rib stitch. Because I decided the stranded colourwork fossil cowl needed to be completely reversible & highly plush…
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Some progress on the quilted craft bags. The shramp one is so delightful I now want to make more.
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After a lot of time consuming and brain taxing projects I needed something simple to do. I love how diamond paints come alive as you add the sparkly beads.
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Completed American songbirds cross stitch kit. This is a dimensions standard collection kit & it took approximately 130 hours to complete.
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Base airbrushing is completed. Next step is to handbrush in some select dark details, perhaps hit some specific highlights with the airbrush, and put in the felt liner.
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All but 3 of my regular working spindles are full, & I don’t have any more storage space to keep going. So every one now has to be pulled off & processed into skeins.
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I always misjudge how long detailing actually takes, my brain thinks it doesn’t take long because it’s just lines but in reality it can take days. This represents about 3 days of work.
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Decided to make myself up some little project bags. This’ll be the first time I’ve used foam stabiliser wadding, which is exciting.