Tag: traditional

  • WIPs of the batch of octogon bags. Some of these are mine & some will be gifts.

  • I spent a morning making the most awesome whale oven mitt. It even looks like the whales on the fabric!

  • Decided to start with the knitting needle cosies. I did one vanilla off the pattern, then I started to experiment by adding elastic retaining straps & adding in extra pockets.

  • Completed American songbirds cross stitch kit. This is a dimensions standard collection kit & it took approximately 130 hours to complete.

  • 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.

  • Lots of progress on this. Only a few more birds and the roof left before detailing.

  • I bought this white scandinavian mountain sheep wool to practice on my gossamer spindle. It’s quite scratchy because of the short guard hairs but also fluffy. I didn’t know how I wanted to ply this as I don’t have a project in mind for it, until I opened my next spin fibre; some black welsh…

  • Started up another dimensions kit from my stash. I’m quite enjoying this one as I can finish a bird or 2 in a session which gives an immediate sense of accomplishment.

  • Completed cross stitch. This Dimensions Gold Collection kit is called ‘Winter Retreat’.

  • One of my schools office staff is leaving at the end of term for pastures new. Instead of simply pitching in money for an office gift, I decided I make a ‘school key survival kit’ for them as they liked my silicone bead lanyards/keychains.