Stormy day

 We grabbed a few days away and on Sunday it was coffee and cake at the Spa whilst knitting and watching the wild sea.

A finished stitch and a hectic life

 Hi,

Just a quick note, I've been busy with the destah/downsize so little time for anything except a bit of stitch in the early mornings.

The big red thing is finally finished !!!

Started March 2021, finished Jan 2024

I've also added the back stitch element from TAST to my sampler band.

and that's about it for now........Speak soon,   xx

Stitch n Dye

 hi

This just about sums up my week, I now have five skeins to label up, two Texel cross and three spun from oddments.

The only other thing I've been working on is my band sampler, I've now decided to incorporate Take a Stitch Tuesday into it so there in a patch of running stitch (week one) and pattern darning, butterflies in back stitch ( week two)

Band sampler patterns are Fox and rabbit sal 2017, Algerian stitch, Blackwork from The Gift of Stitch Magazine, Traditional Russian pattern from early 1800's, running stitch and pattern darning, cross stitch from TGOS, blackwork butterflies from TGOS and alphabet also from TGOS.

For anyone wondering, The Gift of Stitch was an Australian magazine that started in 2007 and ran for 70ish issues. I bought the full collection download a couple of years ago for around £25, maybe a little less and it proving to be a great resource.

In other accomplishments, a good friend came over and between us we managed to reduce the contents of my wardrobe by around half, filling the car with black bags of donations to the charity shop. The house clearance continues.

Speak soon xx

Happy New Year, crafty plans for 2024

 Hi, just a quick post to wish everyone a happy New Year and to remind myself what I really want to complete next year out of the projects lying around.

Spinning update, I've now spun the remainder of the mixed breed batts and these should be plyed today ready for the dye bath later this week, I also have a couple of skeins on Texel to dunk as well.

Again the big red thing.....this has to be finished soon before I get fed up with it,

I have washed all my finished headbands and blocked the scarf so they are out of the way now. I still have some hats to wash though.

I also reskeinned and labelled 800gm of yarn yesterday so that is up to date.

2024 band project now has a second band on it. I have planned the next one based on a historical Russian? design. The first design is by Fox and Rabbit SAL 2017, the small bit of blackwork is from a Gift of Stitching magazine. My plan is to stitch things that catch my eye as we go through the year using mainly threads purchased from charity shops.

My black sampler could also do with being finished.

Other than the usual spin/knit/lace/etc that's about it for crafting plans.

Our travels will continue with three short trips by car on the agenda as well as a longer trip or two in the van. Two Ukulele festivals are booked so we can meet up with our Uke friends.

The house destash will also continue as we want to reduce our belongs by around half and I even have a friend coming round to help me be ruthless with my wardrobe !