On the cover of Inspirations 123 , Floe, the Fairy Penguin captured me immediately. I loved the concept, the embroidery, and the felt medium. I also have a friend who loves penguins. I bought the kit. Once my major knitting projects were completed I decided to treat myself to making it.
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A record of my stitching and related activity - mostly smocking and embroidery - and what I am learning along the way.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Floe, the happy penguin.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Another bag trio
The two sets for embroidered totes made up fairly easily over a couple of days once I put my mind and machine to it.
The grevillea print was trickier. I try to work with the shape and orientation of the fabric and this piece suggested a horizontal orientation, so I worked on a folio-style bag with a zip along the opening.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Pulled Thread Whitework Class
I have just constructed this bag from Carol Stacey's Whitework Pulled Thread class that I attended at the Guild over the last two Sundays. I had selected a piece of green silk as lining, but it proved to be a bit short, so I used some rayon lining fabric I had been given by a dressmaker years ago.
I chose to trace the pattern on to the linen using a pencil, which was probably a mistake. The lead was intrusive under the white thread. Although it washed out easily, it was a bit unpleasant to look at. I didn't, however, want to use my usual fine permanent marker with the white thread and chalk tends to wear off too quickly.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Chaffinch kit from The Bluebird Company via Create in Stitch.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Swedish Weaving: Hand Towels
Monday, October 7, 2024
Leftover Uradale wool shawl
For the last two weeks I have been knitting up the wool left over from the Uradale version of this year's Shetland Wool Week hat. As I posted last month, the hat used very little of the 5 balls of wool in the kit. Rather than knit more hats, I found a shawl pattern in Martha Waterman's Traditional Knitted Lace Shawl and adapted it.