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Since I’ve ended up taking spindles with me everywhere I decided I needed a proper carry case instead of just throwing these artisan tools in my handbag. This custom ordered leather case was from CardGameAccessories on Etsy. It needed to fit my unusually long (13.8-14”) & wide (3.8-4”) spindles and the maker absolutely blew it…
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Completed swimming elephant diamond painting.
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Finished the clouds on the right side, only the left side left to go before detail stitching.
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Started on another windstones pyo, this time a gryphon channeling one of my favourite native birds.
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Ok, I’m good for roving now. The scandi wool is for support spindle practice & Felting Ewe roving is destined for some shawls. The rest is just because it’s delicious blends & I got enough to knit some small items once spun.
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Hemmed all the raw edges before glueing the fur down. Glueing was tricky because the back under the sail had to remain open for the hood to fit over, then that had to be henson stitched closed. Still needs a nose/eye trim.
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The simplicity of the colour scheme of this design is making it incredibly relaxing to do up.
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Started up my Harmony roving on a new banksia pod spindle. Meanwhile the 100g Ice&Fire roving was finished and pulled off onto the niddy noddy (498yds / 455m), freeing up the spindle for the next 100g ball.
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Decided to do another diamond paint. This one is tricky as the symbol sheet is printed incredibly poorly and many of the colours have very similar symbols.
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Mokobuns (twitter) has been making a plush doll of K’rahmyte I comm’d. Right at the end I realised that my wingspan detail on the ref was missing his dromeosaur hands, even though I’d drawn them on the fullbody! We both died ☠️ Ref is fixed now (& I feel vaguely stupid), and thankfully adding in…