Monthly Archive: February 2008

Scarfery for the fella

Lucaberry scarfHere’s a little scarf I’m working on for Warner Jnr … the pattern was inspired by a pattern from a sock book I picked up. Should be working on a circular needle really, it’d make life easier, but it was one of those things I wanted to get going on the MINUTE i thought of it (using scraps of wool I already have) and I didn’t have the right size circulars. Don’t think it’s going to make it round the little guy’s neck until next winter, I’m getting a bit bored with the stripes already and I’m only halfway through, so I’ll just pick it up again when I get bored with something else!

Doodling

embroidery.jpgJust got a great book from Amazon called Doodle Stitching and it’s inspired me to pick up thread and hoop again.

There’s something quite liberating about this book and it takes the stuffiness out of embroidery – nothing radical here really, the stitches are all the usual ones, but it’s nice for a change to see some loose application rather than the tight, intricate, old lady colours and detail usually associated with the craft. I’m thinking of combining some embroidery patches into a quilt for the spare room and kill two birds with one stone … hmm, let’s see if I get round to that one.

Mind you, I’m working in a lovely shop a couple of days a week now which, whilst doing very well, has some very quiet moments so I can crouch behind the counter and sew till my heart’s content. I’d be pretty dumb to waste that opportunity. You’d think?

Lost fabric design

insect_fabric.jpgI bought this scrap of fabric from ebay last year and loved it so much I was desperate for more. Unfortunately according to the seller it’s been discontinued, so when it came to making curtains for Warner Jnr I tried to recreate a similar effect through screen-printing. Didn’t quite come out as well as I’d hoped (might have been something to do with the fact that I was 8 months pregnant and could hardly bend over the fabric), so I’m still on the lookout for this stuff … if anyone reading this blog (I guess there’s a remote possibility) recognises it, drop me a line if you ever see it around!

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