Shoemaking in Devon
We went to Devon recently - a great holiday with the added bonus of having booked a day of shoemaking at Green Shoes, Moretonhampstead.
Here's a sequence of pics from start to finish, for those who might be interested :)
( Shoemaking )
Here's a sequence of pics from start to finish, for those who might be interested :)
( Shoemaking )
Faerysteps!
The custom orders of pretty fairy shoes were very briefy back, so I treated myself..
( pretties under the cut )
( pretties under the cut )
Recently completed socks
I was asked to make some boot socks with some yarn I made (that I'd dyed in some darker, muted colours) - here's the result!
( socks this way )
( socks this way )
Sock yarn!
Had a request to make some snuggly boot socks, so made this yarn to knit them from. Interesting dark colours!
( yarn this way )
( yarn this way )
Interesting textured yarns made this weekend
Yarns! Three colours of alpaca fibres dyed up years ago, plied with thread to make some fun fluffy textured stuff.
( yarns this way )
( yarns this way )
First completed sewing project of 2017!
Got some lovely fabrics from a colleague who went shopping for me when visiting India. I made one lot of this into a dress - the lining was a good colour match (and was a random purchase on antique market day at Spitalfields Market).
( pics! )
( pics! )
2-layer skirt - floaty top, silk lining
Been working on this for a bit, very fiddly to get the silk lining's hem to work and Mum helped with that over Christmas.
( finished skirt! )
( finished skirt! )
Entirely hand-sewn dress
I made this dress back in the summer, but only recently got round to taking pictures:
( hand-sewn dress )
( hand-sewn dress )
Keys and people
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ingaborg and aperrott have moved and we swapped our spare keys back at the weekend :(Plus side is possiblility of weekend games sometime at new place!
Talking of gaming, I found out that
ingaborg has not met watervole, so I am noting this here so you can meet electronically (mutual interest in boardgames, tablet weaving, filking, country walks and books!)Handspun pink/lilac natural-dyed yarn
I made some sock yarn from some of the fun natural dyed fibre from a few weeks ago.
watervole - this is for you :)
( pics under the cut )
watervole - this is for you :)( pics under the cut )
Pretty colours! Wool and silk dyeing experiments
Dug out a load of leftover dyestuffs that needed using, over the last few weeks. Results have been fun!
( pretties this way... )
( pretties this way... )
Spongey, minty-fresh colourscheme yarn
The very very last of the wool I bought years back at Burpham Court Farm.
This is Southdown - short fibre, really spongey, bit tricky to spin. Worked out OK!
( pics under the cut )
This is Southdown - short fibre, really spongey, bit tricky to spin. Worked out OK!
( pics under the cut )
Street party - with added Morris Dancing!
Spent a good 4 hours + today out at a village party for the Queen.
Got dragged into some Morris Dancing (thanks towatervole we had some clue what to do ;) )
Pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/
Got dragged into some Morris Dancing (thanks to
watervole we had some clue what to do ;) )Pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/
Yarn - just for fun
Yarn made over the last week, mostly while watching some of the "Fast and the furious" series of films.
A decent amount, no ideas what to do with it yet; it's been fun not making it for a specific purpose!
( here be yarn )
A decent amount, no ideas what to do with it yet; it's been fun not making it for a specific purpose!
( here be yarn )
Laceweight yarn
Another finished spinning project! Some black alpaca, silk and bit of cashmere. Going to be some sort of shawl thing. Wanted to see quite how thin I could make it (fortunately the alpaca and the silk are quite strong, so it worked..)
See pics below for the "alien landscape" effect weird close-ups!
( yarn this way )
See pics below for the "alien landscape" effect weird close-ups!
( yarn this way )
Finished a spinning project (finally!)
Several years ago I used up some leftover dye from another project, to create some interesting colours on some silk fibre.
I've been spinning this only occasionally (drop spindle, not wheel) and after over a year and a half of work I finally completed it today :)
( Yarn this way )
I've been spinning this only occasionally (drop spindle, not wheel) and after over a year and a half of work I finally completed it today :)
( Yarn this way )
Dolly dresses, batch 2 - with some smocking
Thought I'd do a little more sewing - I'd not done any smocking for a bit so tried some of that (with varying degrees of success), and also tried a 2-layer skirt so the dress has its own lace-trimmed underlayer.
( dresses here )
( dresses here )