Ezekiell's Playground

Tag: wip

  • Eeeeeeeeeee! Look what arrived yesterday! The largest fibre order I have EVER made and the currency conversion was horrific, but these colour ways are just. so. gorgeous! I have no regrets. Fibres are handdyed by Fossil Fibres.

  • Fibre washing day 2 was a roaring success. This time with parrot supervision (he knows “hot” and “careful” means don’t go near things). White is Leicester from two different farms, black/grey is merinoXleicester.

  • After proof of concept worked, I went to town fussy cutting & carefully, selectively sticking washi PET tape to onto the saddle. Some of the stickers were really hard to get wrinkles out of because of curves in the sculpt, some I just had to accept.

  • It’s getting there. I’m going to have to do at least 2 more repeats in addition to the pattern instructions so that the whole piece measures nicely square.

  • Weaving is so relaxing. Turn cards, thread, beat, repeat. ☺️

  • This has definitely been a ‘trust the process’ project because after the initial antiquing I was convinced I’d ruined it. I also switched some colours around on the saddle and went with dark pawpads/lips compared to the original concept which I think looks much better.

  • I am planning to do something I said I wouldn’t do … wash some fleeces! These are both local wool from Scotts Creek Farm in NSW. The white/blue-grey locks are traditional Leicester breed. The beautiful blue-black fleece with brown tipping is a Leicester cross (possibly a merino). The bag smells very sheepy.

  • Almost finished, just have to do all the detail work. Final backstitching and details are my favourite part of an embroidery because it pulls a whole picture together.

  • Well, I decided to start this crochet cowl (Scorpio Cowl by Crochet the Highway) because I wanted a relaxed project (which is what crochet is to me) … that is not what happened. I honestly have never frogged a project more in my life! First, the cowl size as written is massively small, 22”, which…