A busy week and a bit…

 Of finishing things and starting new projects. Since coming back from our few days away I’ve finishes off socks. These I call my Crème Egg socks as the colours in this old King Cole Zig Zag yarn look similar to a Crème Egg wrapper. I added heels and toes in Attic Spin Dye yarn in Plum.

I finished a vinyl fronted pouch (useful for medication) and also a little dog dangly. This was a kit from Corinne Lapierre, but it was small and fiddly so I was pleased to get these done ready for my sister’s birthday earlier in the week.

Another little finish was a bookmark from the Tabby and Tweed weaving kit that I bought at the Southern Wool Show two Sundays ago. Not the nearest of work, but I mastered the hem stitch at the beginning and end of the bookmark.  Quite an enjoyable project using scraps of yarn, nice to pick up and put down. There may be a few more.

Having had our stay away, we decided we would put a going away kit together, with mugs, drinking glasses and extra tea, coffee, tea towel ame any other bits and bobs. We were disappointed that there are only two glass mugs, so often washing them out.  Anyway to that end I decided to make a bag.  This is the bottle bag instructions from the Susan Briscoe book of 21 Sensational Patchwork  Bags. I made one some years ago for my late father, so this is only the second time I’ve made this.

I went a bit off with the instructions as I quilted the panels before joining instead of quilting the two layers and joining with a separate lining, but I worked around that.  

Another new project is a pair of fingerless gloves using a pattern I purchased from The Wool Shed at the Southern Wool Show.  It was the first item I bought so I had to make these. Using scraps of yarn I started on one then realised they were better worked concurrently so I started on a second one.  I’m quite enjoying this pattern so there may be more.

A project that was made and finished the same day was a book at Dorset Creative Embroiderers with tutors Karen and Sue. It seemed we needed lots of stuff, my bag was certainly heavy. I painted a picture and added free machine embroidery (using one tutor’s machine, I didn’t have my own with me). It was Bondawebbed onto a black background and signatures of pages were stitched into the cover. Being the rebel that I am I didn’t cut the picture to size but tore it instead! 

A fair bit of out and about going on too. A day on the bus from Poole to Swanage for lunch and back again. I didn’t take scenic photos.  On Friday I was taken out by a friend to Wimborne to see an exhibition of work by the late Tiggy Rawling, who loved India and her and her husband had many trips out there.  She was a very knowledgeable textile artist and teacher and her work is lovely and she will be much missed. More photos on the link above.

Some beautiful work. It was lovely to see.

So it was an action packed week and a bit.