tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78008380990574697992024-03-14T07:56:59.197-04:00art and soulone woman's mayhaps and misadventures in the fine art and craft of making. Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-12275990938663000332023-07-12T20:53:00.000-04:002023-07-12T20:53:01.833-04:00The Siege of Fort Niagara 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqI71m_WrtX2ARZDWX1iuRujQa3abHdnBf97MbobKC78UBZkJW9QzTWC2pIjzZOw5ewY4hZkARM-F6pN0WhY4Lp2yCUj7YCEhj8c3Qe2aTk-vbS_lntUSfQMurmhI3LB20-zcC94675cfpxk7wsbv7KxysW3THRyfqzQh2mT4NOz1YAstlHsnNNwx0nGN/s1286/IMG_4996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1286" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqI71m_WrtX2ARZDWX1iuRujQa3abHdnBf97MbobKC78UBZkJW9QzTWC2pIjzZOw5ewY4hZkARM-F6pN0WhY4Lp2yCUj7YCEhj8c3Qe2aTk-vbS_lntUSfQMurmhI3LB20-zcC94675cfpxk7wsbv7KxysW3THRyfqzQh2mT4NOz1YAstlHsnNNwx0nGN/s320/IMG_4996.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoQvKo7pjAT0vNYO6gZ091voDg3JGgMH5DpwQdNrfNEhA78cL6FoGY-mLiZyPZddtzhuFrYtg6lkM0qHHY1Ax6VG35ss6f1fmFMONLtFZGb7XqWnSbxkrndG7LJn4AQYAMgx4lbmJFiUjPhvW-MlW7kjFDGv3U-MgqFYI1Cd3s5GvxAo8UyBT2BbeiOq-/s1286/IMG_4995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1286" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoQvKo7pjAT0vNYO6gZ091voDg3JGgMH5DpwQdNrfNEhA78cL6FoGY-mLiZyPZddtzhuFrYtg6lkM0qHHY1Ax6VG35ss6f1fmFMONLtFZGb7XqWnSbxkrndG7LJn4AQYAMgx4lbmJFiUjPhvW-MlW7kjFDGv3U-MgqFYI1Cd3s5GvxAo8UyBT2BbeiOq-/s320/IMG_4995.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />This is my other JP Ryan jacket in a green ikat. Discovered I had left my caps at home so I splurged and bought a nice new one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YowJfoet2OgnCuusojXi0zPHBICS6kxqH3D1OqjLXeHkKBjQfYn56DxPVke5FLXiJgnuHvj7uZk8wf29UV7RL_pJi4mstGmtt73UjuJw3pwl1RSmTDSac09_sxafmVTixi3Bbb7FrDq588BDnyzaaHxNUdqFRWs-fnlQ_GjGp7el71F1ZdthWsFQKj7b/s4032/IMG_4994.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YowJfoet2OgnCuusojXi0zPHBICS6kxqH3D1OqjLXeHkKBjQfYn56DxPVke5FLXiJgnuHvj7uZk8wf29UV7RL_pJi4mstGmtt73UjuJw3pwl1RSmTDSac09_sxafmVTixi3Bbb7FrDq588BDnyzaaHxNUdqFRWs-fnlQ_GjGp7el71F1ZdthWsFQKj7b/s320/IMG_4994.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VUQn6cp6LS8V088K5zVrE5L5hFYJr1_yIdvisNxOEXzrRVwVdSDn77SJ-LIMZbzZwfSS3Efo0I8FdnHSzbyS_3bu4cLvJlgalIc9q-b4RL2SyhGVTONIuYNFAj0GVRk_F_k7uF60fMD5j1fPgkb_wtVAf2TMIeHBo5ehr7vsn4aUSdCykrv_2d2XzV-y/s4032/IMG_4992.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VUQn6cp6LS8V088K5zVrE5L5hFYJr1_yIdvisNxOEXzrRVwVdSDn77SJ-LIMZbzZwfSS3Efo0I8FdnHSzbyS_3bu4cLvJlgalIc9q-b4RL2SyhGVTONIuYNFAj0GVRk_F_k7uF60fMD5j1fPgkb_wtVAf2TMIeHBo5ehr7vsn4aUSdCykrv_2d2XzV-y/s320/IMG_4992.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br />I 3D printed this bobbin at my local library! Absolutely not period correct! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszG1wNSiKDcg3TsCUAKM6V6NZ3ekIiB5qX8gmMjguvVfbfv6mpCOXYN_wzDPEJm-yItjAOydCf0xbyuVxuM4HKNFX0evL0n5tTgVzgAWKLL_EO1mRwJvHp2LC3jhJpQ1TXc1ldYgpdQYHWnlv-LkDUB1RYSgIgdfWr74NPZGA4LV7DrujHh_sjANYA1Da/s4032/IMG_4987.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszG1wNSiKDcg3TsCUAKM6V6NZ3ekIiB5qX8gmMjguvVfbfv6mpCOXYN_wzDPEJm-yItjAOydCf0xbyuVxuM4HKNFX0evL0n5tTgVzgAWKLL_EO1mRwJvHp2LC3jhJpQ1TXc1ldYgpdQYHWnlv-LkDUB1RYSgIgdfWr74NPZGA4LV7DrujHh_sjANYA1Da/s320/IMG_4987.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4LDWg7skd08kf-mW_O-0zZEGSCsCxjLQX_cGRh4AlKBjwwCrUgzs8aEwk-vviLKWrzbjfrKOLHWhFlp5fC629qhxgn3jtYV9ieK8EIRKOuVaroPInTFaNNw9XisleM6ASjeOITFEcVpYEQzb2WPrx9UEufz3kg7RFYQCTZY_MZgSGKOxCfedx9WN6X91/s4032/IMG_4986.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I snagged a green mustard bottle, which aren't pictured because as soon as the bottles were out people were picking them up and holding onto them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ibuTTlBAKodKv9AHl7J_GZeAdil4Jz-8NpYRVhY8paD8DDRSeqgI9JLHW0OgXg9nvXgaRHLbdQXMC3yjBsUg3QGd9yhpW3XI5dF0jcqb0bQLb6i9XB5ryI18u4rIBQBVnU8hcbAx1sBOz7Z7vtH9kHshbc0hF0i3SgwfW2lngaEqW_LZx41v9oR-Bckg/s4032/IMG_4961.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ibuTTlBAKodKv9AHl7J_GZeAdil4Jz-8NpYRVhY8paD8DDRSeqgI9JLHW0OgXg9nvXgaRHLbdQXMC3yjBsUg3QGd9yhpW3XI5dF0jcqb0bQLb6i9XB5ryI18u4rIBQBVnU8hcbAx1sBOz7Z7vtH9kHshbc0hF0i3SgwfW2lngaEqW_LZx41v9oR-Bckg/s320/IMG_4961.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>Here's Dwayne, the rock. I got about 20 minutes away from the fort and realized that I had forgot the ridge pole to my tent. Thank goodness the hardware store was spitting distance from the highway, and I was able to buy and get cut another 2 x 4. I forgot a lot of things this weekend that would have really been nice to have in the rain. Oh, well!</div><br /> <p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-28345302711618153612023-07-05T20:36:00.006-04:002023-07-12T20:39:59.499-04:00july makes: a mantelette and a JP Ryan Jacket<p>The annual Siege of Fort Niagara was this past weekend and in anticipation of the event, I [panic] sewed two jackets and two chemises. House sitting provided an excellent opportunity to sew uninterrupted, and as a bonus, I had an adorable feline helper who absolutely loved linen.</p><p>COVID [and if I'm honest, a toxic work environment] had put a real damper on my being able to participate in anything outside work. I haven't sewn anything outside a simple half elastic waist 4 rectangle skirt. Everything I had learned hitherto about sewing 18th century garments went right out the window. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first shift I cut was from a thrifted cotton linen blend table cloth, something I probably should have dyed and turned into something else given its heavy weight. I threw down a chemise I knew fit and completely skipped cutting and piecing gores and sleeves - it's all one piece except for the arm gusett. Historically correct? No. <br />Quick and dirty? Not visible to the general public? Absolutely.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzNbbzlbATF1AZDBvL35-30WBQOXlyCjyBcRoD0z7M3OySYl5W3330t8FdXm-zXubx72tJQSipi8Lt1VEZObpygsemAi8ZHe3scQhdeQ5SHsI7YBHwIJDMWeDtaLVna8Db_lpGlcgaucWjufNNXlJn3TbTS3U5ChcBni6evLvbzSK0lrOQatt6XixS75w/s4032/IMG_4910.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzNbbzlbATF1AZDBvL35-30WBQOXlyCjyBcRoD0z7M3OySYl5W3330t8FdXm-zXubx72tJQSipi8Lt1VEZObpygsemAi8ZHe3scQhdeQ5SHsI7YBHwIJDMWeDtaLVna8Db_lpGlcgaucWjufNNXlJn3TbTS3U5ChcBni6evLvbzSK0lrOQatt6XixS75w/s320/IMG_4910.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>It was just about the right length to leave the hemstitched border in place as a finished edge. In all fairness, this was not a priority to finish because of the weight and feel of the fabric, so I focused on other projects. If it turns out to be too long, I'll put in tucks above the hemstitching to make it the right length. <p></p><p>The other shift was a more supple tencel rayon linen blend. Just the fiber content alone makes it inaccurate, but I figured it was at least plant based, so it wouldn't melt, no one was really going to see it that up close anyway, and I could hand stitch the important parts that might be seen. The fiber mix gives it a very interesting crinkle. With the heat and humidity, it was very comfortable. </p><p>I finished stitching the neck on Saturday night to wear the next day with the JP Ryan jacket, which I had also finished on Saturday except for the sleeve cuffs. The fabric for the pink jacket came from <a href="https://athriftynotion.com/" target="_blank">A Thrifty Notion</a> We had a little soiree Saturday night with the other ladies in camp and I got inspired to put a few extra touches on this. I don't have any ribbon on hand, but I was thinking a pale pink pleated silk ribbon as trim around the neck, arms and would make an excellent finishing touch. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAK7u9ZWoNgMk5v4T77lCdUc0JhDmsM9Vwt2mBihI3ZleKcLRH2Qg8TrISYUPefdkFvfAseEyJz7Gfq-bNHJ8hOUoJkHg3NOm0AvTP_bT1gqdfon82bNl-MlEfxyxvH-CsOPKxOQHNWux0Vsbav40HNQu78fJ3m5_MX-26_eJcRjSOsKKF1yHahdCrAkKY/s3088/IMG_4976.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalD-hYujMKrTMsjl0PbHtoSOM5QQ5Ag0iSkqOEtwmnha28oe9hTshgNJWBebIDGwYwxH2h6E3bMw99YaTLA-Kv9Nkvrrrh5TiIheIOiC0rovbHPsIewoOrSKt7S01XtoTkRLOrEkVyXeSyKA_Ui6BSgZwyxkjGkwW9rjhmJxlsO-oqboInL779JT1YBms/s4032/IMG_4942.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalD-hYujMKrTMsjl0PbHtoSOM5QQ5Ag0iSkqOEtwmnha28oe9hTshgNJWBebIDGwYwxH2h6E3bMw99YaTLA-Kv9Nkvrrrh5TiIheIOiC0rovbHPsIewoOrSKt7S01XtoTkRLOrEkVyXeSyKA_Ui6BSgZwyxkjGkwW9rjhmJxlsO-oqboInL779JT1YBms/w150-h200/IMG_4942.HEIC" width="150" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAK7u9ZWoNgMk5v4T77lCdUc0JhDmsM9Vwt2mBihI3ZleKcLRH2Qg8TrISYUPefdkFvfAseEyJz7Gfq-bNHJ8hOUoJkHg3NOm0AvTP_bT1gqdfon82bNl-MlEfxyxvH-CsOPKxOQHNWux0Vsbav40HNQu78fJ3m5_MX-26_eJcRjSOsKKF1yHahdCrAkKY/w150-h200/IMG_4976.HEIC" width="150" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I sewed this up by machine stitching all the lining pieces and all the fashion pieces together, then pinning right sides together and sewing all the way around the neck and peplum and flipping it right side out. The only unfinished edge I ended up with was one of the front closures and the cuffs of the sleeves, which still need to be turned under and finished. I read an interesting blog post about how to sew the fashion and liner of this jacket together in one go AND the jacket gets sewn completely together at the same time, but I've lost track of it. Hand sewing is involved and it reminded me a little of a true Hong Kong finish, without having to sew the liner to the fashion fabric first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZekfyDFHHDgJFIJrHPsxQulxYVvC8nITb4k2oAWrxXoCprW_MTfZMDVLq2rziDkrU5K5J7B0dRkXFj6FXEy-2ikd01VxW4X7HHev9m0VePUqusBiOf8wXNzHJ_CKWUu5xi0KazpsOBOCoFInwBhsTeg_XJu21q6_BMPhVLQOa4WHV5uDdjeC8DNoZETc9/s3840/0C2E1F38-89A3-4D17-9583-E0B1640DEAAD.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZekfyDFHHDgJFIJrHPsxQulxYVvC8nITb4k2oAWrxXoCprW_MTfZMDVLq2rziDkrU5K5J7B0dRkXFj6FXEy-2ikd01VxW4X7HHev9m0VePUqusBiOf8wXNzHJ_CKWUu5xi0KazpsOBOCoFInwBhsTeg_XJu21q6_BMPhVLQOa4WHV5uDdjeC8DNoZETc9/w113-h200/0C2E1F38-89A3-4D17-9583-E0B1640DEAAD.jpg" width="113" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjtC3KRbbv29VIAc8ClGyTTYHuYvqGbCmd6tZwUL3AHEY-B1dXQdtwN96X99vI2Nc3RmwM4VR1kqg4blrqN-5uTbW51-uQTLb3uoddiWdS6ftvHfUDjP0zF_EuVI1uTxKJDWzqJSvYrRePbuMyZ399bMlJVpRSsVEL5oUkxm4H89YNv_vgtw0kILGFFcT/s828/nouveau%20france.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="718" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjtC3KRbbv29VIAc8ClGyTTYHuYvqGbCmd6tZwUL3AHEY-B1dXQdtwN96X99vI2Nc3RmwM4VR1kqg4blrqN-5uTbW51-uQTLb3uoddiWdS6ftvHfUDjP0zF_EuVI1uTxKJDWzqJSvYrRePbuMyZ399bMlJVpRSsVEL5oUkxm4H89YNv_vgtw0kILGFFcT/w173-h200/nouveau%20france.PNG" width="173" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one doesn't look that different from the first but I promise it is. This is from the La Fleur de Lyse pattern, Canadienne de la Nouvelle- France. It too is supposed to have cuffs, and I'm sure one day I will get around to sewing those up. You can see initials in the center back - I had a really rottenly made chemise that I sacrificed for lining fabric. The sleeves are a yellow light weight linen from Joann Fabrics just pre-pandemic (Do they even sell 100% linen any more? alas...) I got this stitched up to the point of wearable and spent a very rainy Saturday sewing up the last of the unfinished seams in the front flaps. Was going to buy ribbon to tie up the front and the sleeves but at Niagara since all it did was downpour while I was there... the forecast was for it to stop raining overnight - it was like someone turned off a faucet at 6pm exactly, no rain over night and a 30% chance of rain at 8 AM. Try 100% at 5AM, because the sound of rain spattering on canvas woke me up. Ugh. The weather may not have cooperated but it was still a good time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here I am with my spinning wheel! I didn't know my picture was being taken. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgO6DiOV9PFP1oOhJKqIJ9AJyQFJ-meLcqhD3QuFq7ZYUmxWD14Y9QMWCW4DzGTi57U16LGwTgR-co1uvP6bvrI7eTu_1DVcLoCUDkclK-hrh-8Hr1ySZ-PU3_2Hbjqc-2nwUS3ydUwv6r7R-Z3RI2PQuwusdqY9PRZI6IKF0ikYrjAiiGLOElvhlWMit/s1800/IMG_5045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgO6DiOV9PFP1oOhJKqIJ9AJyQFJ-meLcqhD3QuFq7ZYUmxWD14Y9QMWCW4DzGTi57U16LGwTgR-co1uvP6bvrI7eTu_1DVcLoCUDkclK-hrh-8Hr1ySZ-PU3_2Hbjqc-2nwUS3ydUwv6r7R-Z3RI2PQuwusdqY9PRZI6IKF0ikYrjAiiGLOElvhlWMit/s320/IMG_5045.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-44636352803774179892022-12-29T14:00:00.001-05:002023-07-03T14:01:01.987-04:00Stuff I did this year! 2022<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> In reverse order. they're all things I probably could have made a separate blog post about (some of them I probably should have so I knew where the pattern/ instructions came from)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgIU0IzbePP8Y5KmcSOVnjipq36zFGqKRJgLhIgEFU2zSSfMKtEShOsXAkmqq7Udt_IHQK4ANJB0pcQUM0ODd4NhZDfSHHQX9uEY3zPpSFDBsbbqx6rPWIBvbWQBqQ3RcOKkf3jPMtt4-gJifLH8kV3n-Q5nOcw8CrLVzMFmes4fIXP6D5l3jVr_2g/s4032/IMG_4195.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXgIU0IzbePP8Y5KmcSOVnjipq36zFGqKRJgLhIgEFU2zSSfMKtEShOsXAkmqq7Udt_IHQK4ANJB0pcQUM0ODd4NhZDfSHHQX9uEY3zPpSFDBsbbqx6rPWIBvbWQBqQ3RcOKkf3jPMtt4-gJifLH8kV3n-Q5nOcw8CrLVzMFmes4fIXP6D5l3jVr_2g/s320/IMG_4195.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP9tA5h3__sqh5SHiqI7bZk3s_SofI50XhWa9WzsTKXe_i9QZ8YPLtcx8zn5AWtT8qWIKqAFS2X742R9E0b3mXs4B7T3eQNXvSzcW_nhx_OC_DvQsJvau9_Px0Q0gNsyxfcfaKZ-UgMGIB0iAucueQNvB39Ei6aMQdcMGzbFg40Y1rwlL-iVeqr_HAQ/s4032/IMG_4269.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP9tA5h3__sqh5SHiqI7bZk3s_SofI50XhWa9WzsTKXe_i9QZ8YPLtcx8zn5AWtT8qWIKqAFS2X742R9E0b3mXs4B7T3eQNXvSzcW_nhx_OC_DvQsJvau9_Px0Q0gNsyxfcfaKZ-UgMGIB0iAucueQNvB39Ei6aMQdcMGzbFg40Y1rwlL-iVeqr_HAQ/s320/IMG_4269.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just finished this hat! Started spinning the fiber around the first of the month. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_6GpKqmwSZZWYTVp6A1tG4aKo6HvBfPoMjcM-THc34DI3Mx6rKBKKWTRA-YSaef5kBT-kAEy5vroaDYiE2simDikXYKtSLlWfCjohaKPowSC0CvsAmF13zYJbhe5eftQsFBxwLiuTH4Q3-b6KdQ6uGbKnG4is7B3nbhHOhC5HhWaKja3wt8q_FgrMw/s4032/IMG_4253.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_6GpKqmwSZZWYTVp6A1tG4aKo6HvBfPoMjcM-THc34DI3Mx6rKBKKWTRA-YSaef5kBT-kAEy5vroaDYiE2simDikXYKtSLlWfCjohaKPowSC0CvsAmF13zYJbhe5eftQsFBxwLiuTH4Q3-b6KdQ6uGbKnG4is7B3nbhHOhC5HhWaKja3wt8q_FgrMw/s320/IMG_4253.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7pSfY_8-68vatYcJFQarnWqNTnzhz62qZYKORry43k_4YO1eVfJ70BBCceiM-9EWKdc8CImd0bZgtW2ZrXVVfSiVAI4CZ2OF_B5FRlZ9ZqXCPnbz9uIge89W59nrhBVkQ06nd_PCfqLbfZZQ1yZYZXvpnjEq-j-zXhySLNH6n4plQ4P_9Th1PB5VFw/s4032/IMG_4154.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7pSfY_8-68vatYcJFQarnWqNTnzhz62qZYKORry43k_4YO1eVfJ70BBCceiM-9EWKdc8CImd0bZgtW2ZrXVVfSiVAI4CZ2OF_B5FRlZ9ZqXCPnbz9uIge89W59nrhBVkQ06nd_PCfqLbfZZQ1yZYZXvpnjEq-j-zXhySLNH6n4plQ4P_9Th1PB5VFw/s320/IMG_4154.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Started with the mittens, ran out of the purple cuff yarn, found something close enough to do something on the matching brim of a hat. </div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Zcl7qjZvMQ5yWWh_RVid8TH4gCwiJAsLvw0PxKMx2udcLPtNNbHLhfW0rVvexw9N1jKX9Dk7V-qu5ji6rbW7-AWaZZ4jRGccI98hB4GsCbz565e-tI_oHeNGDHvYHb2eR3sEZ0Tj_zBkFpPGup5GfWbbJWHYyfq_jACH-MN-9t-ubMSdXPjNYKDUSA/s3644/IMG_3862.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG4wMwWZfCYUZIgMLKeAPpjJkigouz45_25wplBcGC3AiNN1I3lYpMdSIQ4d6ODUGQDdG7KJq0JGn24pnbC-joei3-79NPc7ZTOpguSfcI4HFWssmSTyjUiTqfKYnHF5FAR5UuTqzzaarOwng6qEakATsJuXgeSy0tIwBHmUkbyZQFCtpzinsGN2aIw/s320/IMG_3860.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think I got this put back together? As you can see it took a lot of seam ripping and cutting to do it. Don't ask me what I was thinking when I put it together in the first place. </span></div></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7sTTEWS7H9b8ryDg3HzssahRy1-_2BlqtuGZzf3AUhkp02-iCJh96qdYb01EJr68L4LOd6CfynTayNsqgY1EY5_KhsjDY_p5FdjmoaUFpGKZoVTFmc8v4n10nc5Srfjy2dOEYhy6rIQh4OQcYCI4RbzC2lFvEBC-iPyMqzQOBQ1c7lMp93p_qT63zA/s3088/IMG_3804.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7sTTEWS7H9b8ryDg3HzssahRy1-_2BlqtuGZzf3AUhkp02-iCJh96qdYb01EJr68L4LOd6CfynTayNsqgY1EY5_KhsjDY_p5FdjmoaUFpGKZoVTFmc8v4n10nc5Srfjy2dOEYhy6rIQh4OQcYCI4RbzC2lFvEBC-iPyMqzQOBQ1c7lMp93p_qT63zA/s320/IMG_3804.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNNWybWeOoJs_wx55lcGAlXFF635nJa-tpQTqFzQlpGl7h0TRimJJLv8k-HFD9NNPBk3Is2TlmZ_tyQlSdLMlg8QcWe5xpTl07xn7e9FugOx499ZQjT4q5Bwj7DeaG-e_ummzZcKPpSYKGaNjgBRmYflGKhXC4iBib8tKLwgn74fgg6DY9LYRWk0D-Q/s4032/IMG_3794.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNNWybWeOoJs_wx55lcGAlXFF635nJa-tpQTqFzQlpGl7h0TRimJJLv8k-HFD9NNPBk3Is2TlmZ_tyQlSdLMlg8QcWe5xpTl07xn7e9FugOx499ZQjT4q5Bwj7DeaG-e_ummzZcKPpSYKGaNjgBRmYflGKhXC4iBib8tKLwgn74fgg6DY9LYRWk0D-Q/s320/IMG_3794.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0OrIK68ZPbKYzCFuoGzNa3r0e4rRC5Lc29Yd3y7uVgj9aGime2D4c2SIZGuFz4VMVGOZCiHgUtix9eZt3SbCLmHTTs0rQ5FIfkPqxm9KJL9xc3q4DJ3xwjWsGOUK1cwfLAFwb41MHUXU-O4gcsVHypGxvvMRldB1ANX2lrqRuH0Qx5Ig2ZLRUMMeUw/s4032/IMG_3785.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0OrIK68ZPbKYzCFuoGzNa3r0e4rRC5Lc29Yd3y7uVgj9aGime2D4c2SIZGuFz4VMVGOZCiHgUtix9eZt3SbCLmHTTs0rQ5FIfkPqxm9KJL9xc3q4DJ3xwjWsGOUK1cwfLAFwb41MHUXU-O4gcsVHypGxvvMRldB1ANX2lrqRuH0Qx5Ig2ZLRUMMeUw/s320/IMG_3785.HEIC" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdOUVyCUDXmXZ5tLfsxT6NsGmpv5f3yH26402_UiOCyidJJ3cFemd99cNjWRuqjJxbvKaFr8pF4P4GLbp-PjNFnM_f1sXvGDp2PWE1yqoZxClffCP7JOc9SC1C8uqOQjCFSsYHLJtQzzgrbdXVD8rMQTHQHEq7cqZ12cgqpNEo_iePQ__BXNlASlXmQ/s4032/IMG_3776.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdOUVyCUDXmXZ5tLfsxT6NsGmpv5f3yH26402_UiOCyidJJ3cFemd99cNjWRuqjJxbvKaFr8pF4P4GLbp-PjNFnM_f1sXvGDp2PWE1yqoZxClffCP7JOc9SC1C8uqOQjCFSsYHLJtQzzgrbdXVD8rMQTHQHEq7cqZ12cgqpNEo_iePQ__BXNlASlXmQ/w150-h200/IMG_3776.HEIC" width="150" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Super behind with the times. I binge watched Parks and Recreation this fall and fell in love with one of Leslie Knope's hats, which was literally featured for five seconds in an episode about Jerry (Garry? Larry?)'s birthday. But it was blush pink and a little fuzzy (and it looked really nice) and I taught myself a new skill (knitting a hat top down!) by studying a paused still and hunting through lace patterns to get the right one. 10/10, would totally make it again in pink angora. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YyrLSA6GOU9LPgHIjdKdfFz3zbyNkcPJfDAx8-amKqu1e4IGnR9RmLZEve9ZfZH_VmrgPpSsLnztp-2TMcG2vRjcf2rmsS-PvXHa5byperOEejpE3SJeP5iwi1YGmhth4qNiZJyouCPrqdgr7G_LIBLiGDPNN-xSEcvi8Bhxw0uZNVibeI7OQ8T9HA/s4032/IMG_3668.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YyrLSA6GOU9LPgHIjdKdfFz3zbyNkcPJfDAx8-amKqu1e4IGnR9RmLZEve9ZfZH_VmrgPpSsLnztp-2TMcG2vRjcf2rmsS-PvXHa5byperOEejpE3SJeP5iwi1YGmhth4qNiZJyouCPrqdgr7G_LIBLiGDPNN-xSEcvi8Bhxw0uZNVibeI7OQ8T9HA/s320/IMG_3668.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZEDotCGEo6RbvGtvbLB31f2z2gH2td78X-UJTiCjVmdUJy0ipIYvcmvOF9BhtnTnd7-bthY78mLIdkg-uzNp9TccWlybTHzGUGBVVIy8Xdr1tXHHKeW8CXJYPkLN4XuYwks4bDEooJhIBTi-kA_9YPTSW_tCuU7DBY9ObKzDv3PyXqDoDhLZPHfZGQ/s4032/IMG_4015.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZEDotCGEo6RbvGtvbLB31f2z2gH2td78X-UJTiCjVmdUJy0ipIYvcmvOF9BhtnTnd7-bthY78mLIdkg-uzNp9TccWlybTHzGUGBVVIy8Xdr1tXHHKeW8CXJYPkLN4XuYwks4bDEooJhIBTi-kA_9YPTSW_tCuU7DBY9ObKzDv3PyXqDoDhLZPHfZGQ/s320/IMG_4015.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's not done yet but it's obviously a lot closer to being there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Row by Row 2015?<br /></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt3EmkvK1ZoohC5xEmRpI_VpST71VrImjVMQRgiAV7dyPQ559G-Pun4BCy_adqOhoz-z_EoCrZRkLCc3dL_jD6YSi3oPyFrPn40KSOYnQTcuPFvmNV8gDKOuNBffYerthsfYdwPd8CVIAy-v8Kq7Hful64sx39W_ELRqZTP_lH5d9w-4BlOc1PyLldQ/s4032/IMG_3626.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt3EmkvK1ZoohC5xEmRpI_VpST71VrImjVMQRgiAV7dyPQ559G-Pun4BCy_adqOhoz-z_EoCrZRkLCc3dL_jD6YSi3oPyFrPn40KSOYnQTcuPFvmNV8gDKOuNBffYerthsfYdwPd8CVIAy-v8Kq7Hful64sx39W_ELRqZTP_lH5d9w-4BlOc1PyLldQ/s320/IMG_3626.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Must have finished this over the summer?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvB1uRW8PJBdduTHBVCu4Xr4k13o3HDi1PTcFcIgK5Rs_uU8JwopkEeadKTQtbJnYMmmigoocfeKnUrWcVx_2IqBP4eLJaCPULPAxhw3c2DT2Yrh5gU07O-A3woKO1jI19q5Y4qftGufOm32RByhbhZcIIQrW7HD5cTZ9ZOhzBxyXIl_qmfoYK_OCVQ/s3088/IMG_3274.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvB1uRW8PJBdduTHBVCu4Xr4k13o3HDi1PTcFcIgK5Rs_uU8JwopkEeadKTQtbJnYMmmigoocfeKnUrWcVx_2IqBP4eLJaCPULPAxhw3c2DT2Yrh5gU07O-A3woKO1jI19q5Y4qftGufOm32RByhbhZcIIQrW7HD5cTZ9ZOhzBxyXIl_qmfoYK_OCVQ/s320/IMG_3274.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIRTlFn0i6M55idOGM1v-EQGr47g4Q-zaX0mqjqADZKHEoG0C7K3L5kpF11zzViShPi_pU87W3ZrEWUH9au1rle-J5WxCVP-wKE8bBYLljs4upADUoty3vtJJlNDJVLqW-fJYBQq6_nxRpPyaR7kDyBTDYmYgAtMZ2pSAW9Y7TSs4EVc7AMcNhtvH9Q/s4032/IMG_3275.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIRTlFn0i6M55idOGM1v-EQGr47g4Q-zaX0mqjqADZKHEoG0C7K3L5kpF11zzViShPi_pU87W3ZrEWUH9au1rle-J5WxCVP-wKE8bBYLljs4upADUoty3vtJJlNDJVLqW-fJYBQq6_nxRpPyaR7kDyBTDYmYgAtMZ2pSAW9Y7TSs4EVc7AMcNhtvH9Q/s320/IMG_3275.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">IDK when I finished this hat... was obviously staying in a hotel when I did... The mittens are a pain in the arse, so they're hibernating. Hat has a pompom now.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0NHQtp3qwos6451Mya5Wm_RoXRl1Z-zrCC4li3eIm24Jfail0PilRQXw_sb47oaJouSkjsdgSRRIvQXMXIViqNhu3uYMl9OY0BqAZQT2xN3XEjQgc8Hkmx40AGZ-HXvx9zA8kL6PVEDw35nYnhcId6bPLRqqqd553HdVClcnSYInMEw4DId9Wh3h6Q/s4032/IMG_2937.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0NHQtp3qwos6451Mya5Wm_RoXRl1Z-zrCC4li3eIm24Jfail0PilRQXw_sb47oaJouSkjsdgSRRIvQXMXIViqNhu3uYMl9OY0BqAZQT2xN3XEjQgc8Hkmx40AGZ-HXvx9zA8kL6PVEDw35nYnhcId6bPLRqqqd553HdVClcnSYInMEw4DId9Wh3h6Q/w200-h150/IMG_2937.HEIC" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT6clWueq5uHu8NQM6gf2jYsBtSIYxzqYvci8l5CqRBmk0wKTX2PEdv4UKZLNdW1Kwn8QYDB8DdYlACET4IrrzM1_taMTTAUv-dZAaHFQoSGno4MnSfHfGi6eYQSFlySvhcgXhEv-OxjOMuDAOyHlcIvHZ40sVuQy2WkoEk7mglC7U67NzCxWFDWBAg/s4032/IMG_2936.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT6clWueq5uHu8NQM6gf2jYsBtSIYxzqYvci8l5CqRBmk0wKTX2PEdv4UKZLNdW1Kwn8QYDB8DdYlACET4IrrzM1_taMTTAUv-dZAaHFQoSGno4MnSfHfGi6eYQSFlySvhcgXhEv-OxjOMuDAOyHlcIvHZ40sVuQy2WkoEk7mglC7U67NzCxWFDWBAg/w200-h150/IMG_2936.HEIC" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k1712GcGyHf5PBFEH42bJssGEmKAyWwFme7Gw-HUesifDFIMA0J8Vh51Odt3jQnGtGWd4BfDICBZR31DwJRzoC3jU_y--0wt7d8Ap_i8oUGCQcdv5y9rF3qofbgI9DOuRgrpvxBQVT21RBojyd26BC6X30IrqX-eT79AQ6cR07zBP0rz9M60f0GqJQ/s4032/IMG_2935.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k1712GcGyHf5PBFEH42bJssGEmKAyWwFme7Gw-HUesifDFIMA0J8Vh51Odt3jQnGtGWd4BfDICBZR31DwJRzoC3jU_y--0wt7d8Ap_i8oUGCQcdv5y9rF3qofbgI9DOuRgrpvxBQVT21RBojyd26BC6X30IrqX-eT79AQ6cR07zBP0rz9M60f0GqJQ/s320/IMG_2935.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoAcQfEbTUvsM3AhAB-ee0esX1ISPBev_-u_nhN1m9_I677zWpvrpobrUXzI0aEWgHbwwE3cO3KQp4tFvQ0yC55p3c5boJ3UCsUDDN-U371O56rdMONeXXwXty54rkVcyzNvT_GSVevewl-l9JZhJVtBhDIjcv1EBozWILYPoBGtz3CQJNiknlS6u9Q/s4032/IMG_2933.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoAcQfEbTUvsM3AhAB-ee0esX1ISPBev_-u_nhN1m9_I677zWpvrpobrUXzI0aEWgHbwwE3cO3KQp4tFvQ0yC55p3c5boJ3UCsUDDN-U371O56rdMONeXXwXty54rkVcyzNvT_GSVevewl-l9JZhJVtBhDIjcv1EBozWILYPoBGtz3CQJNiknlS6u9Q/s320/IMG_2933.HEIC" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tried my hand at making a ribbon cockade for Valentine's day. Would do it again but not make the petals as big for ribbon this skinny.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxfSppO_S9JhtZqY2kU_lQHWORxyKC4yLlqej3YHxz0Tobst1ridtZitkzmgX8Wim3-PFDpwUuFkTvhwIpmRLzBbaGUwmPkbzMEVaKozuGrZC2is-gsMw4WpqHf8lycsp1sMk-xxLA9J-0L7OZtgO0BWNmJJX-XXc1G9iQHpIFlNK1-dcxX4rDP5F6Q/s4032/IMG_2920.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxfSppO_S9JhtZqY2kU_lQHWORxyKC4yLlqej3YHxz0Tobst1ridtZitkzmgX8Wim3-PFDpwUuFkTvhwIpmRLzBbaGUwmPkbzMEVaKozuGrZC2is-gsMw4WpqHf8lycsp1sMk-xxLA9J-0L7OZtgO0BWNmJJX-XXc1G9iQHpIFlNK1-dcxX4rDP5F6Q/s320/IMG_2920.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-23Z2IXR39_6YpjPe9naKZQGsKMHqgE6htmDXRyAfE28LUD-Mux-suyqlS14eHDt1ME7QEwCPdKi2RiJKv3FYA0bcaQvzM3p8aroYUgTEg4PmmOpzaoAwD-M-3Lx4xElVFlGvbDaIxRICFkqwGAdE68qgi7veMlChkP2794oGpi5OZcGWSQo1eSZHA/s4032/IMG_2914.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-23Z2IXR39_6YpjPe9naKZQGsKMHqgE6htmDXRyAfE28LUD-Mux-suyqlS14eHDt1ME7QEwCPdKi2RiJKv3FYA0bcaQvzM3p8aroYUgTEg4PmmOpzaoAwD-M-3Lx4xElVFlGvbDaIxRICFkqwGAdE68qgi7veMlChkP2794oGpi5OZcGWSQo1eSZHA/s320/IMG_2914.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wjey1jN5pxa_-BpO406H2z7ztQE46bCAzLpvn_fFU6OzC2kNMJn0YTgAz64xWfucY6RXh03jxmrtPQ2oUAmmToNF3D2xBtFwk7mEaGfQLl15-Fh2ho9QxbLozdkGkbEKsnGtqwslh0HanDHfldY4iwj49mTItTlhEgdiDxrePlrcdDsO-yWPa5xrOQ/s4032/IMG_2915.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wjey1jN5pxa_-BpO406H2z7ztQE46bCAzLpvn_fFU6OzC2kNMJn0YTgAz64xWfucY6RXh03jxmrtPQ2oUAmmToNF3D2xBtFwk7mEaGfQLl15-Fh2ho9QxbLozdkGkbEKsnGtqwslh0HanDHfldY4iwj49mTItTlhEgdiDxrePlrcdDsO-yWPa5xrOQ/s320/IMG_2915.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I pulled this together by looking at pictures of wrap dresses, measuring the doll, and adjusting a free bloomers pattern. It's reversable!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirqikEmWYtcutrCEsxd1l_zDtmCCulbGvoSVFine8b0-b4iyw7wMd6Qf8iEOvYI91Nn13eKnB0wOCKHiKx-rw9OxHMzgTJZCUOpkMZakAoO7mA0eHJZRhcHYH3uNARQ2eCBOAqkdQiBD9zETbC7R7kS4vliSDOpbnApMStA2yYuvXAHIXSaHMZbHG_Q/s4032/IMG_2905.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirqikEmWYtcutrCEsxd1l_zDtmCCulbGvoSVFine8b0-b4iyw7wMd6Qf8iEOvYI91Nn13eKnB0wOCKHiKx-rw9OxHMzgTJZCUOpkMZakAoO7mA0eHJZRhcHYH3uNARQ2eCBOAqkdQiBD9zETbC7R7kS4vliSDOpbnApMStA2yYuvXAHIXSaHMZbHG_Q/s320/IMG_2905.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWasoU08ka-w4PURkoKT8l8H8PprodNJ_V_mTNUPmLsvHVsn6SZ1l-mvvCosKXWxTWGhZ0QKMqMcBtbB-1vgJqw0pllLz4LF0hRbd3ITgukm6zdcHhnAGsNndRknsfzXwvqnh8bgQLzb1Q5S7oKJyPGcTZjMsBSGzi3_nAaDp-h4UIEyl-N-HkC0XJYQ/s4032/IMG_2906.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWasoU08ka-w4PURkoKT8l8H8PprodNJ_V_mTNUPmLsvHVsn6SZ1l-mvvCosKXWxTWGhZ0QKMqMcBtbB-1vgJqw0pllLz4LF0hRbd3ITgukm6zdcHhnAGsNndRknsfzXwvqnh8bgQLzb1Q5S7oKJyPGcTZjMsBSGzi3_nAaDp-h4UIEyl-N-HkC0XJYQ/s320/IMG_2906.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was also a free pattern, and it was supposed to be put on the doll with the fastener in the front, but the kids all tried to put it on backwards. It's the first creeper I've ever tried to make, and the neck is a little funky.</span> </div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-18803164764135732502022-10-28T11:19:00.000-04:002022-12-30T11:19:56.867-05:00a manteau de lit<span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not really participating in the #fallforcostume challenge... or whatever it is. It just happened that I have a manteau de lit, or bed jacket (several, actually). I'm not overly fond of it. There just happened to be this beautiful celery green wool fabric, and it just happened to be two yards and 60" wide. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ4UUNBIYJ1L7DSCw99z2T9mVeeuvdBxDgeWkZiDdc5b44ge1uLEXxYFTOaPaKRtLN5LEuVYkbFjD41DgumQVpjYR0AJMjefiEwiOuzcdL2XY5k8n5J0E44OYd65BrRsXRZkzspOv3tekGO9-TlfaON5UkLbEqh5aMcuNkZFY_CQobatlWXjVEu7ehQ/s4032/IMG_3977.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ4UUNBIYJ1L7DSCw99z2T9mVeeuvdBxDgeWkZiDdc5b44ge1uLEXxYFTOaPaKRtLN5LEuVYkbFjD41DgumQVpjYR0AJMjefiEwiOuzcdL2XY5k8n5J0E44OYd65BrRsXRZkzspOv3tekGO9-TlfaON5UkLbEqh5aMcuNkZFY_CQobatlWXjVEu7ehQ/s320/IMG_3977.HEIC" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB9BzD6SD9evyZdL6rvWv5C8f-m0EL0FHqMDUoSdoB_2673MqpZ4JiyK4Sa1EigSuDUXQY96TnsU_JwL7fpmFQlzUUMOj2fzUq98XfQdDdoJQrRr3EvydAhU_pitpjEZhA1YQrwPL1tf3BmlNc8I0dMsXW1qsx2YAfDZMdIlW0Rei5wteteBc_BZ0sw/s4032/IMG_3974.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB9BzD6SD9evyZdL6rvWv5C8f-m0EL0FHqMDUoSdoB_2673MqpZ4JiyK4Sa1EigSuDUXQY96TnsU_JwL7fpmFQlzUUMOj2fzUq98XfQdDdoJQrRr3EvydAhU_pitpjEZhA1YQrwPL1tf3BmlNc8I0dMsXW1qsx2YAfDZMdIlW0Rei5wteteBc_BZ0sw/w150-h200/IMG_3974.HEIC" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKyrbpLRLJllYzKHBzqJQi4dnfa0cTSGMTQ8HH5FlF3_BmYCC4yFEVzlDNE0YZBmncl-KBFLgvbPSXnxASjULNKPCag-s7pD9jvEp1jzzW2ESPgjkEvl8oWTwgjyImK8aPt5eShoVLU3sf2Kr0tJHnUG1Ark8biXZ44YoM0DYnjrHOZMKKSg6VyHdSg/s4032/IMG_3975.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKyrbpLRLJllYzKHBzqJQi4dnfa0cTSGMTQ8HH5FlF3_BmYCC4yFEVzlDNE0YZBmncl-KBFLgvbPSXnxASjULNKPCag-s7pD9jvEp1jzzW2ESPgjkEvl8oWTwgjyImK8aPt5eShoVLU3sf2Kr0tJHnUG1Ark8biXZ44YoM0DYnjrHOZMKKSg6VyHdSg/w150-h200/IMG_3975.HEIC" width="150" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And it just HAPPENED to pass the burn test.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">18th century bed jacket it is. Yes, I could have made the JP Ryan jacket or a short cloak from Nora Waugh's clothes. There's other wool in the stash for the cloak, and I'm hoping that either the purple or the green will be enough for the JP jacket. The last time I made this garment, it came out wrong. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Using the instruction's over at <a href="http://marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18mdelit.shtml" target="_blank">this fabulous website</a>, the name of which I *think* is Marquis? I did a little digging and I'm not clear on that. All their measurements are in centimeters, so I stuck with that when I drafted my own scale pattern with graph paper, and assumed that one square measured 5 cm. </span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oJfzcIJHlqiI3Y-2Y6_XQDJzipmbbrNk2lsyndXWLFemeryXRVGOdKRb0Hub4xw07ot6011EK229Od1I25T_aarvENhhCCqh9DP3cLfV5hs4lwEhxz-1DnGOat0wQDvSE9pcDSfeaaYKCXdIx9q6ETmLME2js5eQVTKSdXiKQod0fvbjT6mKCudGpg/s4032/IMG_4048.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oJfzcIJHlqiI3Y-2Y6_XQDJzipmbbrNk2lsyndXWLFemeryXRVGOdKRb0Hub4xw07ot6011EK229Od1I25T_aarvENhhCCqh9DP3cLfV5hs4lwEhxz-1DnGOat0wQDvSE9pcDSfeaaYKCXdIx9q6ETmLME2js5eQVTKSdXiKQod0fvbjT6mKCudGpg/s320/IMG_4048.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm5a6fL_1JsQ9YJ9xyjwHlczMbAHO8OYjxWkGYfaqy-zjCCDLuYT_iO8k7ZYt7_S1w-t3di8aHN-F17kN0YZe1RgWrkg6XlB9SxM_3ZzFiIKnFnbVUofKSJG8-pkvMdEB5Is9fGrACF0KrPGxsQHar2BSzCUqACoH-6SWuuVTD83I5HGwKyIki73Q5Q/s4032/IMG_4049.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjexsLQddJzyBdBMOIZ4ZXJKZp99Mxw-b9xAHBvmZqFRu-VZ2GKiE_V25qBfecu76Q17Ik1-g5lS6TBwgYaSJ0o2wVxADuurMklnL7rc_BJmfNRWY3AtdtTIwgyrzvheCD3555j0JPUBF7kI4xF2KEZVUWhjNmEUI2IpyNzkGRIBDynZqf00uwNVGp8A/s4032/IMG_4061.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjexsLQddJzyBdBMOIZ4ZXJKZp99Mxw-b9xAHBvmZqFRu-VZ2GKiE_V25qBfecu76Q17Ik1-g5lS6TBwgYaSJ0o2wVxADuurMklnL7rc_BJmfNRWY3AtdtTIwgyrzvheCD3555j0JPUBF7kI4xF2KEZVUWhjNmEUI2IpyNzkGRIBDynZqf00uwNVGp8A/s320/IMG_4061.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really needed to see this go together before I made it, and it helped confirm that the measurements I took were correct. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*I did not look at the instructions when putting together the shawl collar neck, and with the lining, it came out a little wonky. But it still fits. I did it backwards from how you're supposed to do it, that's all I can remember because again, not looking at the instructions!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfQlMYOeuOGMr4T4kWjdkVWJ8dSmNtBt4EDeptUjq0X0dwORSR40y781TdinMA1fdFyRG742ccFuYm7CBr6FG---ZgY1axO-9uf6cxuPky87r0tpLIMgXsa-d4YmK8PyzfX7L4YgfmQuqzvyUGsNJAvFgDuRQbFnEdMrJyX60jZQr6VFrONkIh_02wA/s4032/IMG_4271.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfQlMYOeuOGMr4T4kWjdkVWJ8dSmNtBt4EDeptUjq0X0dwORSR40y781TdinMA1fdFyRG742ccFuYm7CBr6FG---ZgY1axO-9uf6cxuPky87r0tpLIMgXsa-d4YmK8PyzfX7L4YgfmQuqzvyUGsNJAvFgDuRQbFnEdMrJyX60jZQr6VFrONkIh_02wA/s320/IMG_4271.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuacYY1z90zlZp62jmtlI_A-hkh9SveMSZFewaNocvjuGUIwiljMO0pzdDSImeNrYd90TCgAnpJjao-OS8DaewfYUEg1VbZL_o5KXMhCGO_vjHmoFsuuEwOljC5Pu7D_i6HEMSeaPw6l5VU88blyJZRzyaMhNMkQs8VnycxO3SYZuc3WXJdFIAXdgsg/s4032/IMG_4270.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuacYY1z90zlZp62jmtlI_A-hkh9SveMSZFewaNocvjuGUIwiljMO0pzdDSImeNrYd90TCgAnpJjao-OS8DaewfYUEg1VbZL_o5KXMhCGO_vjHmoFsuuEwOljC5Pu7D_i6HEMSeaPw6l5VU88blyJZRzyaMhNMkQs8VnycxO3SYZuc3WXJdFIAXdgsg/s320/IMG_4270.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />It's easier to see on the right side of the garment what the seams are doing. I'll probably pick the stitches out and hand stitch that spot. </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-72537686697904928132022-10-27T12:45:00.003-04:002022-10-27T12:45:48.106-04:00new outfits for old dolls<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My mom got me this doll as a 'congratulations, you've left your [toxic] job!' present in July. Girl needs a little love - she came with an outfit, but not noted in the eBay listing was the small detail that she was coming from the home of a smoker. And she reeked. Badly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I aired her outside in a protected environment with minimal direct sun exposure. (The wig I left outside, in direct sun, for about three straight days, and it still smelled off. Blech.) The original outfit was stiff when I took it off her and it reeked of cigarette smoke as well. I'm pretty sure that the soak I gave it made the nicotine and/or tar clump up in the hem, and the wash water was the color of sun tea. Immensely disgusting. The original dress wasn't original, probably made in the 1970's or 80's, so new outfit in order. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrldBXkmkAlkK9bjSBnRtFs19oFlHUn2g6RDat93qUrv8jiapljVHoGbfPViDEI03zo2WK4RNyOcUu7-oRa9IU_d6rqasCUldO9zxPQTr-LGSpclPSeqrrkDmfKyYzaABhr-1OCuSctY7DVIWkMz7F6z1wl0qcGEigNsn1vRsytu-8odBCcsXHNS-8A/s4032/IMG_3605.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrldBXkmkAlkK9bjSBnRtFs19oFlHUn2g6RDat93qUrv8jiapljVHoGbfPViDEI03zo2WK4RNyOcUu7-oRa9IU_d6rqasCUldO9zxPQTr-LGSpclPSeqrrkDmfKyYzaABhr-1OCuSctY7DVIWkMz7F6z1wl0qcGEigNsn1vRsytu-8odBCcsXHNS-8A/s320/IMG_3605.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I looked at advertisements of outfits for little girls spanning 1900 - 1920ish and made something up. I'm thinking maybe it needs a pinafore? She also needs socks or stockings and I'm not sure where to find those. I may take a stab at doll shoe making. </span><br /> <p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-16955826782555322892022-07-23T21:57:00.004-04:002022-07-23T21:57:49.747-04:00Mandala panel quilt<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Apparently, I finished this one sometime in March of 2021? I don't recall having the time to machine quilt anything, but I must have because this and two other small projects were finished at some point, and the blog has a record of when I did them, so...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If the time stamps on the pictures are any indication, I started this project in 2016- which meant I had that panel for at least two years before doing anything with it; I purchased it at a quilt show when I was living in Pittsburgh. I can't remember this sweet kitty's name, but I was house sitting and she loved this project. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6clmbDHFzFUS4lCXTZ0KwR1U--pcXBCCbsGQd6UrMsSV-Tgzul9bv31uvI2_OJfQSI89Erdwv2obmnbfBbD9Avs3SVuGhhaix7P9QylxHqcxAwhowEkks1bFd0yZSVqIPzVVpdUV4eyyDbDLuxre6lS9BQ1Ql27hLFGHi5PfMitMBuowaXVkYW6h5w/s3264/IMG_3489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6clmbDHFzFUS4lCXTZ0KwR1U--pcXBCCbsGQd6UrMsSV-Tgzul9bv31uvI2_OJfQSI89Erdwv2obmnbfBbD9Avs3SVuGhhaix7P9QylxHqcxAwhowEkks1bFd0yZSVqIPzVVpdUV4eyyDbDLuxre6lS9BQ1Ql27hLFGHi5PfMitMBuowaXVkYW6h5w/s320/IMG_3489.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I wasn't exactly pleased with the aqua green border fabric I had purchased, but it was what I could find at the local quilt shop. The back, which is bluer than the pictures make out, was a wide back from JoAnn fabric. I bound it with a plum purple and white polka dot binding. It had a bamboo batting which I haven't been able to locate the like of since. It had excellent drape; I would say that was the one regret I have from ripping this project apart is that I can't find batting equal to what was in it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZXE0ZjhltNpnPet-MxcnFtjCdNicbgvTNA-lUH1zKGF56vvaE8nNtETBiDvSEsbcjc-Rxk4UFjW2jSRKoepHDBl0j3sQtnDDreMn53X6Tigm-G9zzMBKXhCMjP4ZVpkSfAFw3m229sSU4b93hqNXlTpbezwGYV8Qk1OBGtTcC-MkR8WVMK9EBi02vA/s3264/IMG_4910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZXE0ZjhltNpnPet-MxcnFtjCdNicbgvTNA-lUH1zKGF56vvaE8nNtETBiDvSEsbcjc-Rxk4UFjW2jSRKoepHDBl0j3sQtnDDreMn53X6Tigm-G9zzMBKXhCMjP4ZVpkSfAFw3m229sSU4b93hqNXlTpbezwGYV8Qk1OBGtTcC-MkR8WVMK9EBi02vA/s320/IMG_4910.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">July 22, 2020 - what came first, the new fabric or the desire to rip it apart? I'm not sure. I was house sitting, again, different house. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjNrO3nmjRD6lNbbymlGCtzyisZs5PrnP0CSI5FMSBaEFAmpiuqVE_vVY4D6iqz6e7_jYQ5jrgdh_U21n6F2YXv6W3-RdRH_jexxLsKedWwoIKrrhqrpi9LuJ4MSPmAj4rejPE_gcOtC4P1dDPKCUWrAAgEJFldPgO_PaPORWDbaYIhpEThTeP-p2PQ/s4032/IMG_9432.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjNrO3nmjRD6lNbbymlGCtzyisZs5PrnP0CSI5FMSBaEFAmpiuqVE_vVY4D6iqz6e7_jYQ5jrgdh_U21n6F2YXv6W3-RdRH_jexxLsKedWwoIKrrhqrpi9LuJ4MSPmAj4rejPE_gcOtC4P1dDPKCUWrAAgEJFldPgO_PaPORWDbaYIhpEThTeP-p2PQ/s320/IMG_9432.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUNFbwHs8t5hPG4IOaKqaXSzR63WP2Xfl6XTQiU-4Wa7VQyIGvUhQjynJOrnYdDG6yt2JIdyiqj4oSb4uHFEs0AQpn4zg7vOmmgMB6-sQXC6uacr0pfHfnwHqMcsLpk9AwuzM96c-acNqtgX3K2ePbFABbs7OwsgLbgjtiINwtKBZ7SU266FVu2C5zA/s4032/IMG_9434.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUNFbwHs8t5hPG4IOaKqaXSzR63WP2Xfl6XTQiU-4Wa7VQyIGvUhQjynJOrnYdDG6yt2JIdyiqj4oSb4uHFEs0AQpn4zg7vOmmgMB6-sQXC6uacr0pfHfnwHqMcsLpk9AwuzM96c-acNqtgX3K2ePbFABbs7OwsgLbgjtiINwtKBZ7SU266FVu2C5zA/s320/IMG_9434.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">March 13, 2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Quilt day, obviously. The studio had the backing fabric, a shot cotton in a scorched lime color, and another (different) local quilt shop had the olive and blue blender fabric. So much happier. This other shop also had better lighting that the one I got the original sashing fabric at. Never underestimate the power of natural lighting. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyrAmp_WxXwyxaY0SUDrywI19pS5ZEIwOD00Ifa318FZnXFY1qFBBD0DiMNXxV8cDanZr7tpHft1_d7V6IlwMAN785fL1Esge_7XLlSaQsX80gwngJqvc67BF2Kbxilb9fbcATY2xaaDQE2x6kTLnzfMBHKUBkf_raMl510Hp2I1-stp-NWwcD34Y5Q/s4032/IMG_0653.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyrAmp_WxXwyxaY0SUDrywI19pS5ZEIwOD00Ifa318FZnXFY1qFBBD0DiMNXxV8cDanZr7tpHft1_d7V6IlwMAN785fL1Esge_7XLlSaQsX80gwngJqvc67BF2Kbxilb9fbcATY2xaaDQE2x6kTLnzfMBHKUBkf_raMl510Hp2I1-stp-NWwcD34Y5Q/s320/IMG_0653.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8rhctjUmUBXc6ZO6qR9BioL_JduVvVYdXVomO4c098gNWNyMPAhRmj9kU_DhNpxNfcyxUFaSeYnrikPh0aLpHbJXGHxgV6yKHm-WawrXwWnBW8vUvPvVsvdEDVug74Iv8QMC72VVBSkJf_Q0ays0zKT18HwD9TlOIEonpjZ7yTfllZGuw8Nk3LBsMQ/s4032/IMG_0654.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8rhctjUmUBXc6ZO6qR9BioL_JduVvVYdXVomO4c098gNWNyMPAhRmj9kU_DhNpxNfcyxUFaSeYnrikPh0aLpHbJXGHxgV6yKHm-WawrXwWnBW8vUvPvVsvdEDVug74Iv8QMC72VVBSkJf_Q0ays0zKT18HwD9TlOIEonpjZ7yTfllZGuw8Nk3LBsMQ/s320/IMG_0654.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN1jj1Aud5lJ7VXcC9-XpsULofbkoSkNh5lwoxe2vb4ozqoVWjFTdC2hWtM-JWy-GrQsXycJvgH2cXU657JLQ5uimd1ACb33WcXGA8DUApWkAW6AD5gOpU6IThCuXN84BgEJEx5nu9oOzZP_GcFhUBR70qJHs7vhHqkjM5uKaermi4gaQpfP-fG8ICg/s4032/IMG_0664.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN1jj1Aud5lJ7VXcC9-XpsULofbkoSkNh5lwoxe2vb4ozqoVWjFTdC2hWtM-JWy-GrQsXycJvgH2cXU657JLQ5uimd1ACb33WcXGA8DUApWkAW6AD5gOpU6IThCuXN84BgEJEx5nu9oOzZP_GcFhUBR70qJHs7vhHqkjM5uKaermi4gaQpfP-fG8ICg/s320/IMG_0664.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkInKLN1eTFuZw7sks7Ewyl8UXCHYvwZjlW0CpXsb9ZLMVitsxN4qto2iewh5IW54gQ_7NRTtOZQuZe2ASgDfSsj6ZaZEudwj8yvUTOu0lPC5wce5dqh0X7dpN_ocHI7BJhmhDDry0ZKKN3eYBA-REceMq6MoIqkEENLcDOwkEciaOof6dgRMrluLWpg/s4032/IMG_0656.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkInKLN1eTFuZw7sks7Ewyl8UXCHYvwZjlW0CpXsb9ZLMVitsxN4qto2iewh5IW54gQ_7NRTtOZQuZe2ASgDfSsj6ZaZEudwj8yvUTOu0lPC5wce5dqh0X7dpN_ocHI7BJhmhDDry0ZKKN3eYBA-REceMq6MoIqkEENLcDOwkEciaOof6dgRMrluLWpg/s320/IMG_0656.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The cats love this (of course they love it) but they also puked on it about three times before I got the binding put on, so rather than risk fraying the edges I waited until it was bound before I washed it. I did not quilt the centers of the medallions, and now that it's been washed I *might* go back and hand stitch the centers a little bit, just the center motifs of the small ones and maybe another ring in the larger ones to tack everything down. I thought I'd like them without quilting, but now that it's been washed, I think that little bit of stitching would go a long way. </span><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-22543801093289952542022-07-16T20:15:00.003-04:002022-12-30T15:52:18.553-05:002022. Not the best year, either<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Wow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Didn't realize that it's been at least six months since I sat down with this little crafting accountability blog. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was going to cut to the chase and eliminate this section, but someday I'm going to question what was going on, and I'm sure this will help jog my memory. I think I appropriately used a jump break?? I hope so. <span></span></span></p><a href="http://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2022/07/2022-not-best-year-either.html#more">Read more »</a>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-15114930707760194812021-12-26T18:16:00.001-05:002022-10-28T18:37:34.651-04:002021 in review<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Good grief, where did 2021 go? One minute I'm care-free with plenty of free time to devote to projects, the next I get promoted and we're so short-staffed I start working 47-50 hours a week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last year I put together a list of 10 projects I wanted to complete - I didn't even make it all the way to ten. This is more or less a review of what I finished last year from the list, and a few things I wasn't planning on that also were completed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The first three projects from 2021 were left over from 2020's project list and include</span></p><ol><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-larkin-and-smith-english-gowns.html">worsted wool gown</a> - <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Finish the 18th-century worsted wool gown </span><br />January 2022 - The only thing stopping this from being done is the sleeves. <br />I was an idiot and did not take the five minutes to track down some linen and line the sleeves the way you're supposed to, because I was more interested in getting the sleeves set than having them done properly. So I brought some wool twill tape to stitch to the raw edge of the sleeve and turn it under because - SURPRISE! - I lost the pattern for the gown, and the only sleeves I have that I could make a copy from are too small for my arms. Except I've lost both the pattern AND the wool twill tape. So the dress is completely done except for raw edges at the ends of the sleeves. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Finish hand quilting a utility quilt - the orange marmalade one </span><br />January 2022 - Yeah, nope. But I do know where it is. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Bind two matching green quilts - the binding is at least cut.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">January 2022- One of these got done; was finally gifted to its intended giftee. </span></li><li><a href="https://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2020/10/yoke-cardigan.html" style="font-family: helvetica;">Garter Yoke sweater</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">saw a picture of a finished one, but the pattern was outrageously expensive, so I'm kind of making it up as I go.</span></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><strike style="font-family: helvetica;">One of the sleeves is done.</strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> It has both sleeves, and part of the body. </span><strike style="font-family: helvetica;">Right now it's hiber</strike></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strike><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">nating. </span><br /></strike>January 2022 - I'm still plugging away at knitting this. I should have done steeks, it would have gone a heckovalot faster than knitting stockinet. Another typical me, I thought I had enough yarn to finish this. Turns out that the navy blues I have are from different dye lots. Whatever. It will be striped.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">An 18th century silk gown - there's no post for this, but it was started</span><br />Like many things this got lost, and then it's constituent pieces also got lost. It's all together again. I need to find the pattern for the other gown so I can cut sleeves out and finish this gown...</span></li><li><strike style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: helvetica;"> </strike><strike style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: helvetica;">Quilt a panel quilt - I ripped the old border off and put on a new one </strike><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"> <br />3/13/2021</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>This project was completed (except for the border) along with two others I didn't intend to work on but was able to get done. I used a bamboo blend for the batting and it has the best drape of any of the quilts I have done on a machine. </span></li></ol><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYERZvztQqrT7UO1DOorD9SXA5D19saoLWLDH_4YJUam3unYxGng-VdjHPjhLAUYIDen43ukliWAnhxguoZACFutbFj36jP64rAAe-ZQlauT-JC0_eWn-Pu2HfeZWGcQmdJ9U1r887lco/s4032/IMG_9432.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYERZvztQqrT7UO1DOorD9SXA5D19saoLWLDH_4YJUam3unYxGng-VdjHPjhLAUYIDen43ukliWAnhxguoZACFutbFj36jP64rAAe-ZQlauT-JC0_eWn-Pu2HfeZWGcQmdJ9U1r887lco/s320/IMG_9432.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I completely redid this! It deserves <a href="https://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2022/07/mandala-panel-quilt.html" target="_blank">its own blog post</a>! It needs to be bound, but I just bought some fabric to do that. </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">7. Quilt an Americana quilt - it's in one piece now</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfks9QcD0JNY4j-IFrS6uNQZG7FpHSpNAH0FYTBahxPbZXfCiR9M1pWExKpe4s235F9hUcYtBuc8Gc10SKYqAUcA-E4qeIyB4fGfwLWxPkH9Qyfl31l58r7qKYy2eUDH_Z9VlpK80crpP/s4032/IMG_0342.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfks9QcD0JNY4j-IFrS6uNQZG7FpHSpNAH0FYTBahxPbZXfCiR9M1pWExKpe4s235F9hUcYtBuc8Gc10SKYqAUcA-E4qeIyB4fGfwLWxPkH9Qyfl31l58r7qKYy2eUDH_Z9VlpK80crpP/w150-h200/IMG_0342.JPG" width="150" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">January 2022- this is another nope. Was not a good year for quilting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: helvetica;">9. Complete a wool capelet - I don't think I need the wool for this, but I may need silk...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">January 2022- ... does it count if you don't even start the project? Asking for a friend...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">10. (I don't actually have a 10th project!) - this was probably for the best😆</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Basically, everything I set out to accomplish wasn't accomplished. </span></div>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-19764100358500571062021-06-06T22:08:00.001-04:002022-07-23T22:08:58.497-04:00spinning!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Someone gifted me with a spinning wheel!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's a Leclerc. 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But it gets better!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDPfv5WzUY9g5Aa4ft5ed5E0m9gjsgZ-Zfi2d71BDjqiq75iq6Miu2skyVIj7MCfMP0niSQ0y02xIraciCibeYFofUGCeozisliS6CLuyiHbemJaJK7L9Ir0zUduO-xvV743Z9I_K22zNCp63MKFDXNNjaVncYDOHGcb4zSumT7FZV-C4htnclLlfUQ/s4032/IMG_0538.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDPfv5WzUY9g5Aa4ft5ed5E0m9gjsgZ-Zfi2d71BDjqiq75iq6Miu2skyVIj7MCfMP0niSQ0y02xIraciCibeYFofUGCeozisliS6CLuyiHbemJaJK7L9Ir0zUduO-xvV743Z9I_K22zNCp63MKFDXNNjaVncYDOHGcb4zSumT7FZV-C4htnclLlfUQ/s320/IMG_0538.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsXiAQLQ49N2Rg9zIRHLAhBiPjx1-TTLzLHWZ-4xeCD-f69d9Cp6BXmP0tyqesrCXqzKWOKg439AsRTBFHxt4Cvh-KZPf13sXyWQOBfCgNMBrm_OIF-gMdsKfYp5gkoN8Q18BZaBFAE0nqlVY1D2EVOkOfL1_QBODsgO_XOUcB3AlxM2SknBoWPx1wA/s4032/IMG_0520.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsXiAQLQ49N2Rg9zIRHLAhBiPjx1-TTLzLHWZ-4xeCD-f69d9Cp6BXmP0tyqesrCXqzKWOKg439AsRTBFHxt4Cvh-KZPf13sXyWQOBfCgNMBrm_OIF-gMdsKfYp5gkoN8Q18BZaBFAE0nqlVY1D2EVOkOfL1_QBODsgO_XOUcB3AlxM2SknBoWPx1wA/s320/IMG_0520.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio93kJdfasG_-oqClKyVfdDdkrfBACTj3J9q0zBZkepDLU0QQ_53PhXPArK2wvuEdXNJ-893hpUH1BNRufFCMhwCIfpk4udyrdsItBUNDSifx4ispQOcPXMIUsuZNxEmUsxEjXDzCYIE6WnQMcqOE-Mz0YtnQdJd_WSC40z4VqFkC7_JAJPJPL7VTM4A/s4032/IMG_0522.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio93kJdfasG_-oqClKyVfdDdkrfBACTj3J9q0zBZkepDLU0QQ_53PhXPArK2wvuEdXNJ-893hpUH1BNRufFCMhwCIfpk4udyrdsItBUNDSifx4ispQOcPXMIUsuZNxEmUsxEjXDzCYIE6WnQMcqOE-Mz0YtnQdJd_WSC40z4VqFkC7_JAJPJPL7VTM4A/s320/IMG_0522.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIRarExwuJiCrJxzwE9kt-vpNRv03YwgBwhLX2oNRPO9-YRNZNkaOYltgqkJos-4kIP9hxrq2UEpB1vHZXqhMZ_Q2ESm8BsYcIFYbMwJ6c52u7KpAKGS4akFBy6tZ3YvmdJOLWKmJ0ao5OG0Uv-blQiRineR30JiaXcS91MnZFjz_tvdfmALYfvTncA/s4032/IMG_0524.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIRarExwuJiCrJxzwE9kt-vpNRv03YwgBwhLX2oNRPO9-YRNZNkaOYltgqkJos-4kIP9hxrq2UEpB1vHZXqhMZ_Q2ESm8BsYcIFYbMwJ6c52u7KpAKGS4akFBy6tZ3YvmdJOLWKmJ0ao5OG0Uv-blQiRineR30JiaXcS91MnZFjz_tvdfmALYfvTncA/s320/IMG_0524.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>This was a giant pain - I only have two bobbins. In order to do a double ply, I used a commercial single ply mohair blend in center pull hanks. 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I only have two bobbins, so I discovered Navajo plying, which is a technique that works when you only have two bobbins and creates a triple ply from one single ply. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Smee thinks the wheel is absolutely the best thing in the world. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyP8XRcg-l5RP4XyEkjrTnJ6MfCpLuneMiQ35OwFnEcVWGov2k8YVaAJUntkLZiCBcVU4LtuEfHJbmkhOhn4vEAQbljcxp2O3KQse4goKRVdLB8Mj713y6JH9fBo8XIFIWB58Ejna5TxV172kzdPunSVjGu19BrBOJJwUN02sobT0fMDJE17bnLr60A/s4032/IMG_0584.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyP8XRcg-l5RP4XyEkjrTnJ6MfCpLuneMiQ35OwFnEcVWGov2k8YVaAJUntkLZiCBcVU4LtuEfHJbmkhOhn4vEAQbljcxp2O3KQse4goKRVdLB8Mj713y6JH9fBo8XIFIWB58Ejna5TxV172kzdPunSVjGu19BrBOJJwUN02sobT0fMDJE17bnLr60A/s320/IMG_0584.HEIC" width="240" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We took in some local sites, had some good food, and enjoyed each other's company. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9lr19MDTfcmBXzt-viQDQtNQC6LGlaP9QaOjKRxGaQGTQngUg_Gil8bzpceITjC4Jc3S1SaMQb7OTr1npuX0eCV-0OjVujmygo_XE_YHufdtiEYcoxihHPWGxEBV7uEqjtzJfk1E0-7n/s4032/IMG_1036.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9lr19MDTfcmBXzt-viQDQtNQC6LGlaP9QaOjKRxGaQGTQngUg_Gil8bzpceITjC4Jc3S1SaMQb7OTr1npuX0eCV-0OjVujmygo_XE_YHufdtiEYcoxihHPWGxEBV7uEqjtzJfk1E0-7n/w240-h320/IMG_1036.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxgHoTTDJnGs-GW3VzP265vufb2YTdB7wFprbSL9zMI2xSjdXMpVV3x46ZNx1ogJwkrPazkeShzxKVOcjmyoEV44z7T4XWdeS7MMIz3HsMey-KkCuLgbo-_aPNqKvrAbCuWvV5H3gep51/s4032/IMG_1034.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also finally finished this 18th century shift, which I may or may not have started during the pandemic, and also made the mistake of not recording the measurements of before I sewed the pieces together. The last one I made was a complete disaster - I was following the instructions from a reputable tutorial. Despite my measurements being the same as the person leading the tutorial, it did not fit. At all. This one, which a friend helped me measure out, actually fits my body appropriately. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee4-XQXK9xkHP79K-06mZMaEsT7byMozBrVRYhI4JAzl_tALxQ5FnhJA66siVlsfEziQBDhQ9kciLRAuoRjujzWHEmsrWfa0BXHzF5fP7H4_7o0n1hyKkw5D5hirUS24RTOQE3siDgBLqOV81Uu16as3lrIOgz66r9DtmRdhEhYdusSsUCqB0zNKI-g/s4032/IMG_1059.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee4-XQXK9xkHP79K-06mZMaEsT7byMozBrVRYhI4JAzl_tALxQ5FnhJA66siVlsfEziQBDhQ9kciLRAuoRjujzWHEmsrWfa0BXHzF5fP7H4_7o0n1hyKkw5D5hirUS24RTOQE3siDgBLqOV81Uu16as3lrIOgz66r9DtmRdhEhYdusSsUCqB0zNKI-g/s320/IMG_1059.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBBoa4N3D1w1dicy74VSKOWfbm21iDN-Uj_Ss7xqdjtV17bvLqfm2f31vAPcyK4LdDSd3c8rZZM2n3hVwo0nj9YzWtmYT3TVSf-qu6BPPkVIlxOZ_4aTCJX2qapV6-IG0W5PY2891FU7e_Dx4XPwEVracKaf9g6PqBHYxGCFfnozDfayIpG41MPUVrA/s4032/IMG_1060.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBBoa4N3D1w1dicy74VSKOWfbm21iDN-Uj_Ss7xqdjtV17bvLqfm2f31vAPcyK4LdDSd3c8rZZM2n3hVwo0nj9YzWtmYT3TVSf-qu6BPPkVIlxOZ_4aTCJX2qapV6-IG0W5PY2891FU7e_Dx4XPwEVracKaf9g6PqBHYxGCFfnozDfayIpG41MPUVrA/s320/IMG_1060.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></span></div>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-744828713240886882021-03-29T07:42:00.003-04:002021-03-29T07:42:32.623-04:00Visible mending<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I had no intentions of joining the visible mending club... until I bought a superfine merino wool sweater at Goodwill, and took it out of the delicate cycle with what seemed like a million holes. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecXFVyVG9HYCt0se0ISR9wBipXQa-nZuO-Xs2Y5a5Rm5YUK6Cyaky9Ru0VcmF8_of0_CCbf1TocrZBK-ymoLzZvemSL5JbNNZRdde3HzkKwFdvnRXQlNkKZlI2xnUwWOUlrbZ1frGshyphenhyphenA/s3088/IMG_0758.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggssTWvntctws3orYkbrh-6zi3LXCIesduFLvUV0XIX9yMPSNMN4lljwfdEhYviQdLLVlicIcrz8ntSeKPHNL_KTRr-_wZaFBchInuHNGa7vfXIe9oln1sVrTZOabn3_oZsxbOwNsyTHEE/s320/IMG_0735.HEIC" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZsflsJ-VJC0ZV4JS3Mz9WAIZCTNpWBXszx4gf3hnTUF56qSxu8Aaj66vj9-9h0XBu_HVIpBKxeERh0rXdGd5ob1WrEBzyxUAJwJ7CTvXkRKJesBd58vp0OXidOfjNd7r-qTCK473Oba-/s320/IMG_0739.HEIC" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">L'aine St. Pierre darning wool from Brooklyn Haberdashery, and the offending sweater</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO5Hb38sjkKIGp2E63DlbCpRprVjY5VgQSd2HBS4VIifA_Q4F9cyr_16B-l4Pt_y6LJ9toi9ozGeXh4OtRA1wjVNKML36cEkrlh1E-6GdS2E47Pu18vAHhU9Ln67nnstHAvj0kPIBznuv/s4032/IMG_0740.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO5Hb38sjkKIGp2E63DlbCpRprVjY5VgQSd2HBS4VIifA_Q4F9cyr_16B-l4Pt_y6LJ9toi9ozGeXh4OtRA1wjVNKML36cEkrlh1E-6GdS2E47Pu18vAHhU9Ln67nnstHAvj0kPIBznuv/s320/IMG_0740.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Oddly, the holes are just on the front of the sweater, and the sleeves. I'm not sure if you're supposed to use an embroidery hoop when darning like this, but it seemed the best choice for such a fine knit, and helped me see what I was doing. This isn't quite like darning a sock where you put something rounded under the hole. I used a mixture of techniques including an embroidery star stich, weaving, and mix of Scottish and Finnish darning. It took me a while poking on the internet to figure out how to darn, as the people currently teaching it aren't in my country and are charging for their expertise as teachers. I get it, I've paid for my share of classes when I want to learn something new, but I'm also the person who will try to figure it out for herself. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecXFVyVG9HYCt0se0ISR9wBipXQa-nZuO-Xs2Y5a5Rm5YUK6Cyaky9Ru0VcmF8_of0_CCbf1TocrZBK-ymoLzZvemSL5JbNNZRdde3HzkKwFdvnRXQlNkKZlI2xnUwWOUlrbZ1frGshyphenhyphenA/s320/IMG_0758.HEIC" style="text-align: left;" /><br /><br /></div>I had to special order the darning wool from Brooklyn Haberdashery in New York - the LYS doesn't carry darning wool, and the Amish general store doesn't have such bold colors. The sweater also presented the challenge of being super fine weight - great for spring, but not so great as the weight matches nothing in my yarn stash. The L'aine St. Pierre is more like a cotton darning thread, which is not plied into one yarn or string but wound onto the card or spool as 4 separate threads together - perfect for this project as I was able to split the strands apart like embroidery floss to more closely match the yarn gauge of the sweater. The fiber content of the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">L'aine St. Pierre</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> is similar to Regia darning wool, except Regia is a 2 ply thread. I used the Regia to darn fine gauge wool socks when I didn't have sock yarn. </span></div><p></p></div>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-30646863742487341962021-03-27T08:24:00.002-04:002021-03-27T08:24:16.427-04:00Saturday afternoon quilts<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvVcWXifCBOLwDdCUmMybxnwPndUPA0qENfD4XRLE9lfn_SBaUI_Mu91cANuZWnVSd7zA1V4PdFF4hLKz1_GUSwKczfSqL5CrRUUYFSSiOE-sP62lx8i5HYJgvD81eZ5K17BMK3Of1Nkz/s4032/IMG_0661.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvVcWXifCBOLwDdCUmMybxnwPndUPA0qENfD4XRLE9lfn_SBaUI_Mu91cANuZWnVSd7zA1V4PdFF4hLKz1_GUSwKczfSqL5CrRUUYFSSiOE-sP62lx8i5HYJgvD81eZ5K17BMK3Of1Nkz/s320/IMG_0661.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1RPaAq5P-mhA1Q4_CfDY0MrE-D0oxNEaapnVwLVoxIMS1ezVf97BTterdjh1dTR6MKDR362MjhyphenhyphenoY9dYeCkVbli1GttedGOsmNxZqhIyhRU-xgF-F0z32Sf2R91LddhptXMMxHusb1T1/s4032/IMG_0662.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1RPaAq5P-mhA1Q4_CfDY0MrE-D0oxNEaapnVwLVoxIMS1ezVf97BTterdjh1dTR6MKDR362MjhyphenhyphenoY9dYeCkVbli1GttedGOsmNxZqhIyhRU-xgF-F0z32Sf2R91LddhptXMMxHusb1T1/s320/IMG_0662.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTk4Wr4AEwBpwFfWRBngAESlWVOiNRMVAuqebPVwDok4da09ERMOsGYhMW_H2K8DOOet0fxYL7A_FqKYNoPcYE9VystM6Zn-VxeWvJZ99uXCa72FBdsgvg8l2HX4ZTlC-AdPdRUVyNAcV/s4032/IMG_0660.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTk4Wr4AEwBpwFfWRBngAESlWVOiNRMVAuqebPVwDok4da09ERMOsGYhMW_H2K8DOOet0fxYL7A_FqKYNoPcYE9VystM6Zn-VxeWvJZ99uXCa72FBdsgvg8l2HX4ZTlC-AdPdRUVyNAcV/s320/IMG_0660.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTHAlb8RrPDUtAo4ly5j2iZQsgqnEu8NJ7qKpGIJ10Gu-KkVEEIBFyXXo1KsfrK9NNFbMkcKaiokm79M_nnS84B749n-CWLkVAQtrcnIqLqziyno5D52Cu6RHKQhs-UdoU-4rQKV0fkt4/s4032/IMG_0659.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTHAlb8RrPDUtAo4ly5j2iZQsgqnEu8NJ7qKpGIJ10Gu-KkVEEIBFyXXo1KsfrK9NNFbMkcKaiokm79M_nnS84B749n-CWLkVAQtrcnIqLqziyno5D52Cu6RHKQhs-UdoU-4rQKV0fkt4/s320/IMG_0659.HEIC" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These were done together on the same piece of backing and batting. The one of the top was left over fabric from an I Spy quilt, and the one on the bottom I can't remember what I was thinking when I bought that fabric, except that the prints mostly went together an I liked them. </span></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KkpQQNXF-6epq27zGUQoDpc5kGBbocAMfF1r6xDjGbILdcpHUJ73Oeup4oMIZNlQzrSzxNbx1pYTS8qUoEoQP4uYwiUSPlniA_csuCuozWy5u5xcsUmjBKvOOfVmtI7ARQu1DiHAo_GB/s4032/IMG_0653.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KkpQQNXF-6epq27zGUQoDpc5kGBbocAMfF1r6xDjGbILdcpHUJ73Oeup4oMIZNlQzrSzxNbx1pYTS8qUoEoQP4uYwiUSPlniA_csuCuozWy5u5xcsUmjBKvOOfVmtI7ARQu1DiHAo_GB/s320/IMG_0653.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIN6u3-9cBaUXEB0NtJjHMfqjmboVryhmh9dUtxNEVgusuiuqDEsefSJIDht8uhhr7nDK5XKGNWlNUVWGS1xTKhqTYney_s5u8AzCmoif6koSF0knLQ3Nd_Gu7oiCs6lUGhCY9ctKw4BXW/s4032/IMG_0656.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIN6u3-9cBaUXEB0NtJjHMfqjmboVryhmh9dUtxNEVgusuiuqDEsefSJIDht8uhhr7nDK5XKGNWlNUVWGS1xTKhqTYney_s5u8AzCmoif6koSF0knLQ3Nd_Gu7oiCs6lUGhCY9ctKw4BXW/s320/IMG_0656.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0hhJzSd_55-Kf8_i63iD7pjxMRBcOudi7UIdeIdY4597MmAqpVQr3XNMarDiVLKqMxm5VnFiw92f-MqGbt43iFGjay1C8_M0Xedhyrdadl9RQw2c2ibUp2K6CWN99qWGXxIzkwDzMHBq/s4032/IMG_0654.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0hhJzSd_55-Kf8_i63iD7pjxMRBcOudi7UIdeIdY4597MmAqpVQr3XNMarDiVLKqMxm5VnFiw92f-MqGbt43iFGjay1C8_M0Xedhyrdadl9RQw2c2ibUp2K6CWN99qWGXxIzkwDzMHBq/s320/IMG_0654.HEIC" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is the quilt I tore the border off of and started fresh with. I like it so much better now with the olive green and navy blue than the teal I had on there. The quilting thread is sort of a mauve/ plum purple, and the back is a shot cotton. I wanted wool batting for it, but there wasn't any to be had at the studio. When I said I had bamboo in it originally, the owner suggested a bamboo blend (Quilter's Dream Orient I think). This one easily has the best drape of any quilt I've done on a machine. Now I just need to bind it!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2GaB9eAu3keTpYBHk4dqivqkLraQGMKs_4B0FjdqDOwFM4mOZ5e0DzKiG3WoS8vjA9KhHwwdciY6Co0EnJXp-JHM_eyXNmAE_n2A11nC6ZkrFTsg-FmKewHXWBKC_d_NqJM0QzaEe6V5/s4032/IMG_0664.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2GaB9eAu3keTpYBHk4dqivqkLraQGMKs_4B0FjdqDOwFM4mOZ5e0DzKiG3WoS8vjA9KhHwwdciY6Co0EnJXp-JHM_eyXNmAE_n2A11nC6ZkrFTsg-FmKewHXWBKC_d_NqJM0QzaEe6V5/s320/IMG_0664.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY31J-qKZ_lOqq8-ipbAB6io5AjBSZK6RkH1WKIOBzP72lnWWwPgTfrCBWh5Vjg4Jul1gpRcFPN9r9ylaCqQAydUw0k6P9QIre5iyOZGJGntW2p3RbOCza2qrnzM2WT8ALJmbA89SEQWiL/s4032/IMG_0657.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY31J-qKZ_lOqq8-ipbAB6io5AjBSZK6RkH1WKIOBzP72lnWWwPgTfrCBWh5Vjg4Jul1gpRcFPN9r9ylaCqQAydUw0k6P9QIre5iyOZGJGntW2p3RbOCza2qrnzM2WT8ALJmbA89SEQWiL/s320/IMG_0657.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">ObliGATOry cat and quilt photos</span></div><br /></div><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-69574023009099754032021-02-14T08:11:00.000-05:002021-02-14T08:11:04.746-05:00biscornu<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I had grand plans last year to hand make a bunch of Christmas presents, and like most other years it just didn't happen. So I'm trying to get a jump on it this year, focusing on a craft that will also help develop my needlework skills. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Why biscornu? I have no idea. They just sort of popped up in my Pinterest feed and I was enamored, though I can honestly say after having stitched the top of one I'm not sure if I want to cross stitch twelve of them. I have a yard of white linen and no idea what I'm doing trying to cross stitch on it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This one is small, about 3" square when I started, and I'm looking at it now wondering if it wouldn't make a great pattern weight if I put some washers in it as well. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGksFFeO5dFtH4OI82eOeCKjxXSrROJkxAgUgQjk8u1DJY3QDfaqxCUe5LFMqamCAVolBEZgyWksbQCPmuLjtnYMjVUGyJVsuEyoTnbnxjfFuR-sjwi5mdotevcK_ZdkJOy4cd1VFffIx/s4032/IMG_0482.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGksFFeO5dFtH4OI82eOeCKjxXSrROJkxAgUgQjk8u1DJY3QDfaqxCUe5LFMqamCAVolBEZgyWksbQCPmuLjtnYMjVUGyJVsuEyoTnbnxjfFuR-sjwi5mdotevcK_ZdkJOy4cd1VFffIx/w150-h200/IMG_0482.HEIC" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySDGu4RFcDLVqngH1066ahDlpbSZvAgX2SaKom_X1BxjGwf42Zr74fkdX2n6vp6BFDut__an4VXVZWd0n2hEqiups3FjKDFouxeexxrrQEuDLaBcy1Mtafe8FFqnyIudhE-NrjJNvefWU/s4032/IMG_0483.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySDGu4RFcDLVqngH1066ahDlpbSZvAgX2SaKom_X1BxjGwf42Zr74fkdX2n6vp6BFDut__an4VXVZWd0n2hEqiups3FjKDFouxeexxrrQEuDLaBcy1Mtafe8FFqnyIudhE-NrjJNvefWU/w150-h200/IMG_0483.HEIC" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEBEHnbJyV23w0GuoflcTTnGE_gGYNSGuTqwdSDZC_NhZhgU51OJYLhnUYZHvjDCOOXPGMl2U9wKijEOPtxygzb0wX-QE7fR1G9ZkfeJbva8zqXLwM0hMW8m0U_ixo_6sne-pNJBmVfu_/s4032/IMG_0545.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEBEHnbJyV23w0GuoflcTTnGE_gGYNSGuTqwdSDZC_NhZhgU51OJYLhnUYZHvjDCOOXPGMl2U9wKijEOPtxygzb0wX-QE7fR1G9ZkfeJbva8zqXLwM0hMW8m0U_ixo_6sne-pNJBmVfu_/w150-h200/IMG_0545.HEIC" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I did end up purchasing some crushed walnut shells and lavender buds to fill it with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-75648165234851613832021-02-06T19:39:00.003-05:002021-02-14T09:49:21.463-05:00Leclerc Saxony Wheel<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I came home from work yesterday to this cryptic text that wasn't on my phone by my mother's - would I like a spinning wheel?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">YES.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It took a little investigating to figure out whom the text was from, and it turns out this same person had already gifted me with a demonstration kit consisting of a drop spindle, carding combs, and small amounts of wool fleece in various stages from raw to ready to spin. Saturday morning I ran over to her place and picked up the wheel, eager to play with my new toy. In the before times, I probably would have left immediately for the yarn shop, but with the social distancing and occupancy regulations, I had to call the shop first and make an appointment. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My dad really hasn't left the house since this whole quarantine thing started, but he had reached his limit for sitting around the house so we went on a</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> mini adventure - he stayed in the car while I bought fleece to spin, and I stayed in the car while he bought and traded some coins at the coin shop, and we both sat in the car and ate fast food in the restaurant parking lot because COVID (these are some seriously strange times we're living in; I'm sure anyone who has lived through something historically significant was also shaking their head, to say the least). </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyu6_UpbZX_YIW9b1O0o5V6r-nvibeZtDqj2-vekccC2aEVSAku-wgsxNfJlDkAqIMtNXa9uD6HkY9V5gJlmJ5cJNS1intu8VE3-BC29a3MH4AAlJbjRo3iDcOjDbqnk5KQwqQ6xgpHFk/s4032/IMG_0547.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyu6_UpbZX_YIW9b1O0o5V6r-nvibeZtDqj2-vekccC2aEVSAku-wgsxNfJlDkAqIMtNXa9uD6HkY9V5gJlmJ5cJNS1intu8VE3-BC29a3MH4AAlJbjRo3iDcOjDbqnk5KQwqQ6xgpHFk/s320/IMG_0547.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JvqQNUUY89RFzpNBozE4BoYqvgc5nRfOA1fIMfpNjw724EOsng5xN2_I9SoTvsv8fo7xcdP-KWPaNiTgmGXeJOGZsIrsmmR9fDtu4EZJtWLPA2XFz_ZJvE8db9A4T7ghUW-TuWGCnc95/s4032/IMG_0509.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JvqQNUUY89RFzpNBozE4BoYqvgc5nRfOA1fIMfpNjw724EOsng5xN2_I9SoTvsv8fo7xcdP-KWPaNiTgmGXeJOGZsIrsmmR9fDtu4EZJtWLPA2XFz_ZJvE8db9A4T7ghUW-TuWGCnc95/s320/IMG_0509.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG0BTIYuRHC-T_C08xqX4wvC3xZ1-SfDnrDNPt3KTgdugsJoogkTxQm5LK9lTZYh7ulwtjrQWW1GG9VTziibiwyjnx_2UUpGsRBREKPyVpPBDEyE7HXS9akm2Rc-R_GYS6nLypIfPKCvY/s1921/7E381E04-2B55-442C-8124-AA049CB04567.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG0BTIYuRHC-T_C08xqX4wvC3xZ1-SfDnrDNPt3KTgdugsJoogkTxQm5LK9lTZYh7ulwtjrQWW1GG9VTziibiwyjnx_2UUpGsRBREKPyVpPBDEyE7HXS9akm2Rc-R_GYS6nLypIfPKCvY/s320/7E381E04-2B55-442C-8124-AA049CB04567.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I should have bought more fleece to spin, but I didn't think I was going to be this taken with it. If you don't know anything about spinning, the wool fiber has a bunch of different names depending on what shape and state it's in; I'm going to refer to this a roving. It had to be drafted, or pulled apart out of the hank, before it could be spun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH3kOdyXhqfF1UYDOetN0SL-XcHNanx9UEw43vxspwbJci3s31sRjhhq1yCzLIihq4xpuaKZ4R-Zl8fnXhbQJd2cJJ_kZG2ykplbuTIGcV2oR07l2It1Qwxvh9-aR1PSNkfbXG0wSHwRi/s4032/IMG_0516.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH3kOdyXhqfF1UYDOetN0SL-XcHNanx9UEw43vxspwbJci3s31sRjhhq1yCzLIihq4xpuaKZ4R-Zl8fnXhbQJd2cJJ_kZG2ykplbuTIGcV2oR07l2It1Qwxvh9-aR1PSNkfbXG0wSHwRi/s320/IMG_0516.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5cOiiSMKIsCZZ4G9EpDBgIP98j45cGWhTMCJmhvqXhE4YHfptOybfIvJuk-v3S9d94C6JiqZ4OQBM1baA74V_aNkQl6SPrMCCax5Nsu98xxg7tueMey6Ic8AOSyMTdQaDFjp-wsWF4Vr/s4032/IMG_0517.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5cOiiSMKIsCZZ4G9EpDBgIP98j45cGWhTMCJmhvqXhE4YHfptOybfIvJuk-v3S9d94C6JiqZ4OQBM1baA74V_aNkQl6SPrMCCax5Nsu98xxg7tueMey6Ic8AOSyMTdQaDFjp-wsWF4Vr/s320/IMG_0517.HEIC" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nothing comes out perfect on the first go - I need more practice to get a consistent twist in the fiber as well as yarn size. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRThgKwfToAHh-2TkKvwQE0yMlaGA9RbcHQndlE_vIpM0uBKgC69NBjFIGWuIprqVV0ApKdZxIykbMTJhe0zJTxjW4rCwrtDiIguW2xSgSW9KnfTsAIxkNwbLNr6OWCTsLZFiUFFRsbr-/s4032/IMG_0522.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRThgKwfToAHh-2TkKvwQE0yMlaGA9RbcHQndlE_vIpM0uBKgC69NBjFIGWuIprqVV0ApKdZxIykbMTJhe0zJTxjW4rCwrtDiIguW2xSgSW9KnfTsAIxkNwbLNr6OWCTsLZFiUFFRsbr-/s320/IMG_0522.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotQSdUtpFnBhyXmT_dMbbRdnJosn4njjldxTl7oHY3rURRtfMoAplkiFqsDRu79vkWP7MEgs6XWsd6hT3vlpEF-LqVeTkZuxycTi68maXur9na42NYopem0pwWIIIQptA9gzKlh9jPSWg/s4032/IMG_0523.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotQSdUtpFnBhyXmT_dMbbRdnJosn4njjldxTl7oHY3rURRtfMoAplkiFqsDRu79vkWP7MEgs6XWsd6hT3vlpEF-LqVeTkZuxycTi68maXur9na42NYopem0pwWIIIQptA9gzKlh9jPSWg/s320/IMG_0523.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Smee is entranced by the wheel. He won't leave it alone when I've got it out. </span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgAdicMJJGs8rsXBZKXH6TzAK7CcYnXzOYvU7R8UyhZqq0hTt4B9_GcbVQRu_UxPuDkCVbeU0_vbgms0WYZaep7A9ySfJ5pT877CmFMYMvfZkEBZ18RBtYXdk7RJwxF-WLtSHwvQ_czMd/s4032/IMG_0524.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Double ply Lamb's Pride and malabrigo Nube" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgAdicMJJGs8rsXBZKXH6TzAK7CcYnXzOYvU7R8UyhZqq0hTt4B9_GcbVQRu_UxPuDkCVbeU0_vbgms0WYZaep7A9ySfJ5pT877CmFMYMvfZkEBZ18RBtYXdk7RJwxF-WLtSHwvQ_czMd/w240-h320/IMG_0524.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRX0EEXPWG0kBn5tIvT164hOePGf5TC8MEY9-sM69_-wvAHVHDFte329zGxxclT7nOFu1_GOKveY38W6T6FWcv6c-464JbZUkimqnlDb2svl7tDrSMLnpi-LmYaH_11zxL6XYQWmw-8Cw/s4032/IMG_0538.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="malabrigo Nube, 100% Peruvian merino, colorway Piedras" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRX0EEXPWG0kBn5tIvT164hOePGf5TC8MEY9-sM69_-wvAHVHDFte329zGxxclT7nOFu1_GOKveY38W6T6FWcv6c-464JbZUkimqnlDb2svl7tDrSMLnpi-LmYaH_11zxL6XYQWmw-8Cw/w240-h320/IMG_0538.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />Update: Some finished product! On the left is a double ply (1 single ply plus 1 single ply = 2 ply) of the first bits of spun roving and a hank of Lamb's Pride Worsted in Brown Patina (apparently it's wool <i>and </i>mohair, I had no idea until I looked at the label for the color name). On the left is a chain ply, which creates a 3 ply yarn. If you're not already confused, plying this together on the wheel looks a bit like a combination of spinning and crochet. <br /></span><p><br /></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-83420074087388737962021-01-09T16:22:00.003-05:002021-03-27T08:03:39.659-04:00the 2021 project finish list<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last year I pulled together a list of 10 projects I wanted to complete, and this list is the 2021 edition</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The first three projects are left over from last year's project list and include</span></p><ol><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-larkin-and-smith-english-gowns.html">worsted wool gown</a> - Finish the 18th-century worsted wool gown</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finish hand quilting a utility quilt - the orange marmalade one </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bind two matching green quilts - the binding is at least cut. </span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The remaining 7 projects are </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4. <a href="https://silverthimble.blogspot.com/2020/10/yoke-cardigan.html">Garter Yoke sweater</a> - saw a picture of a finished one, but the pattern was outrageously expensive, so I'm kind of making it up as I go. <strike>One of the sleeves is done.</strike> It has both sleeves, and part of the body. Right now it's hibernating.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">5. An 18th century silk gown - there's no post for this, but it was started</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">6.</span><strike style="background-color: #fcff01;"> Quilt a panel quilt - I ripped the old border off and put on a new one </strike><span style="background-color: white;"> 3/13/2021</span><br />This project was completed (except for the border) along with two others I didn't intend to work on but was able to get done. I used a bamboo blend for the batting and it has the best drape of any of the quilts I have done on a machine. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYERZvztQqrT7UO1DOorD9SXA5D19saoLWLDH_4YJUam3unYxGng-VdjHPjhLAUYIDen43ukliWAnhxguoZACFutbFj36jP64rAAe-ZQlauT-JC0_eWn-Pu2HfeZWGcQmdJ9U1r887lco/s4032/IMG_9432.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYERZvztQqrT7UO1DOorD9SXA5D19saoLWLDH_4YJUam3unYxGng-VdjHPjhLAUYIDen43ukliWAnhxguoZACFutbFj36jP64rAAe-ZQlauT-JC0_eWn-Pu2HfeZWGcQmdJ9U1r887lco/s320/IMG_9432.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">7. Quilt an Americana quilt - its in one piece now</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfks9QcD0JNY4j-IFrS6uNQZG7FpHSpNAH0FYTBahxPbZXfCiR9M1pWExKpe4s235F9hUcYtBuc8Gc10SKYqAUcA-E4qeIyB4fGfwLWxPkH9Qyfl31l58r7qKYy2eUDH_Z9VlpK80crpP/s4032/IMG_0342.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfks9QcD0JNY4j-IFrS6uNQZG7FpHSpNAH0FYTBahxPbZXfCiR9M1pWExKpe4s235F9hUcYtBuc8Gc10SKYqAUcA-E4qeIyB4fGfwLWxPkH9Qyfl31l58r7qKYy2eUDH_Z9VlpK80crpP/w150-h200/IMG_0342.JPG" width="150" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></strike></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><strike>8. finish knitting a wool cowl with handspun yarn</strike> </span>2/13/2021 <br />This was gifted to someone, and I forgot to take a picture<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">9. Complete a wool capelet - I don't think I need the wool for this, but I may need silk...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">10. (I don't actually have a 10th project!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-52821633794210075072020-10-31T09:05:00.003-04:002021-02-14T07:38:10.966-05:00yoke cardigan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDZyx0p1e2-OZUbxd2J1-uZavpnj15z0lggmf65CP9jRgzEB9RbA6UJC3pjWSUbIdrgq-zZ63GbWxxMreROiivD-Lc4C-j-t0mvj7OhW41aV2MMfaCtmsjOMwh4GweTEf0nX66y7l2L0o/s4032/IMG_9966.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDZyx0p1e2-OZUbxd2J1-uZavpnj15z0lggmf65CP9jRgzEB9RbA6UJC3pjWSUbIdrgq-zZ63GbWxxMreROiivD-Lc4C-j-t0mvj7OhW41aV2MMfaCtmsjOMwh4GweTEf0nX66y7l2L0o/w240-h320/IMG_9966.HEIC" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsvckW5_F92AYVQG-UZ8xJSxwgFmAl0aW3tMZQgFN9yxZaYf_tNVkzlut2DLI_rapmYntk-h4_aLOs74QCvhVFvdsL5ILuY-WlMY3A-4sm9kyDA8I08vvBxeGrHJMLE8gxYIU44PGBzQj/s4032/IMG_9945.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsvckW5_F92AYVQG-UZ8xJSxwgFmAl0aW3tMZQgFN9yxZaYf_tNVkzlut2DLI_rapmYntk-h4_aLOs74QCvhVFvdsL5ILuY-WlMY3A-4sm9kyDA8I08vvBxeGrHJMLE8gxYIU44PGBzQj/w240-h320/IMG_9945.HEIC" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've never tried a cardigan before, let alone a top down yoke style, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm sort of following a pattern, sort of 'making this up as I go', since what I wanted was to feature the colored yarn without any Fair isle, lace, or stranded color work. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The yoke of the sweater is the left overs from the<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7800838099057469799/2126960956875679625" target="_blank"> mitered square project</a>, the colored section of the sweater beginning with the full size skein of yarn I created out of the bits of malabrigo's sample nuggets of Rasta (a single stranded yarn for those of you not in the know), purchased from Jimmy Bean's wool, and then moving onto the less fuzzy, multi-stranded (plied) yarns from malabrigo (Rios?), Wonderland yarns, Patton's, and others I don't know the brand for. I'm still actually collecting bits and pieces for that blanket project, so this sweater may be stalled for a bit, or at least until I get the yoke to the correct size. The body of the sweater is going to be a Patton's worsted wool in navy blue, and it's possible I might include little bands of color around the bottom edge of the cuffs and hem, depending. Depending on a lot of things. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My last adult sized sweater was a disaster, and I can't say the baby pullover I made was much better. Baby cardigans are the way to go, people. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">2/14/2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">This project has actually been less onerous than the last sweater I made. The problem I have run into has nothing to do with the sweater, rather the yarn. I bought several balls of the navy blue on sale and thought I had enough for the project until I got to the last ball of yarn and realized I was going to have a cropped sweater. I wasn't concerned initially because I knew I had another ball of navy yarn; it was a different brand but surely this wouldn't be a problem. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's a problem. They're not actually the same color. I wouldn't even call brand B navy, I'd call it 18th century French Marine, as it isn't dark enough to be what I've always thought of as navy. When I thought I would solve the problem by ordering another ball of the original Brand A yarn I have been using on line... turns out that is a problem, too. Brand A has changed the packaging as well as the dye lot; their new navy isn't as dark as the original either. The color shift shown is from the combination of the original yarn and Brand B, and is difficult to notice unless viewed in bright lighting. It is enough of a change that I'm not sure how I want to proceed at this point. Kool-aid dying might be in my future. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhZUrsU8K8BFaYD2vvykqQWAEAODsuJYj9J_v0KxzN56AAF1FGDSKTu0nvNxhalJmVkK2qJhtWbBeHDEyCvIHE5uCQkh_VjAYiebVm-PS58vlKbJnncD03sDc3TNFbmcfABwhaq-hC7EZ/s4032/IMG_0427.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhZUrsU8K8BFaYD2vvykqQWAEAODsuJYj9J_v0KxzN56AAF1FGDSKTu0nvNxhalJmVkK2qJhtWbBeHDEyCvIHE5uCQkh_VjAYiebVm-PS58vlKbJnncD03sDc3TNFbmcfABwhaq-hC7EZ/s320/IMG_0427.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivqi39g-4iE2rUVhMivDMwlhENSg3B3ORiJ2ddyhJp39BvkT93P6aHsVedR370_4LSFYVHZRlhVTiwhIlpeGztVkWHjlswfrsTM4SRnaA0M3URt_gcTALGoXj23Rd8U0Pe2JxIVIS79IX/s4032/IMG_0428.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivqi39g-4iE2rUVhMivDMwlhENSg3B3ORiJ2ddyhJp39BvkT93P6aHsVedR370_4LSFYVHZRlhVTiwhIlpeGztVkWHjlswfrsTM4SRnaA0M3URt_gcTALGoXj23Rd8U0Pe2JxIVIS79IX/s320/IMG_0428.HEIC" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><p></p>Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-72154856319812143072020-10-17T16:05:00.003-04:002021-03-27T08:11:23.776-04:00The Larkin and Smith English gown(s)<p> I started these bad boys back in 2018 when I was nannying for a friend, who still has an amazing fabric stash for projects. (I'm more the person who says, ooo, I want that fabric for this specific project. She, on the other hand, just buys the fabric, and worries about the project later). </p><p>Part of my remuneration for watching her kids was yardage and yardage and yardage of a beautiful yellow and mauve linen stripe and a mauve worsted wool. I never knew wool could feel like this. It's not scratchy. It's wonderfully smooth. I've been watching Burnley and Trowbridge for another worsted, and I think I may need to purchase the Aurora lightweight stuffs - it's like the color of peach skin. </p><p></p>Anyway. I've been bungling my way through these gowns for the last two years. I got busy with work, with grad school, and then COVID happened, and suddenly I found myself with a lot more time on my hands than I anticipated. It didn't hurt that I was able to meet up with friends for a sewing weekend and ask questions about construction that frankly, I couldn't figure out from reading the instructions. <p></p><p>They're mixed parts of hand and machine sewn - I did blind hems on the linen gown and petticoat so I could have one of the gowns for sure ready for the coming weekend. </p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wiAI_9MtVZaxX9LXv1NIehTus1mLYYNZbVzcaKt7fZTJAWbU4fksZeecP2XOFsSZpvmaMQvxRUB4dEdN_qUFrpnPovoE-5EFiX58Kdu5eVBOnVEIX4e8oVTweHkF1Hf8c-cbcCF7IZyN/s4032/IMG_9943.HEIC" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wiAI_9MtVZaxX9LXv1NIehTus1mLYYNZbVzcaKt7fZTJAWbU4fksZeecP2XOFsSZpvmaMQvxRUB4dEdN_qUFrpnPovoE-5EFiX58Kdu5eVBOnVEIX4e8oVTweHkF1Hf8c-cbcCF7IZyN/s320/IMG_9943.HEIC" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwf2Lrp3klDGe8JK3Kek-90qv6TDWW_QZo5gRT5ggvbNAJlvL2sSHZsd2brFCDOfr89x0MiDoTr4DvK7Ik2CFyuxcHvJQCKfr-hAYlfUYzQYk-2MO5DqaKpEldV5jr1Daef3q5ZGxJz95/s4032/IMG_9904.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwf2Lrp3klDGe8JK3Kek-90qv6TDWW_QZo5gRT5ggvbNAJlvL2sSHZsd2brFCDOfr89x0MiDoTr4DvK7Ik2CFyuxcHvJQCKfr-hAYlfUYzQYk-2MO5DqaKpEldV5jr1Daef3q5ZGxJz95/s320/IMG_9904.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImz7BmTAyX7u3ZsKGnkf-zPo1fTeGqn4tEngL2WJDwJrGRZtFPRwj8ECmGvZCICMKjQVfG4GEuNFZujapNoupXwWqIA55P4niWNWfM8nlO2q2V4VFI5Lda_qggqS_kisS6A___ZkpB4AE/s4032/IMG_9459.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImz7BmTAyX7u3ZsKGnkf-zPo1fTeGqn4tEngL2WJDwJrGRZtFPRwj8ECmGvZCICMKjQVfG4GEuNFZujapNoupXwWqIA55P4niWNWfM8nlO2q2V4VFI5Lda_qggqS_kisS6A___ZkpB4AE/s320/IMG_9459.HEIC" /></a><br /></div><br />Update: It's the end of January, and I'm almost done sewing the wool worsted! It looks like I made a mistake with the sleeves, which I have to go back and fix, but it's not a big deal. What is unfortunate is that I have these two finished gowns and no events to wear them to, thanks to COVID!<div><br /></div><div>March 27 - I was a fool and didn't line the sleeves, and am having a devil of a time finishing off the sleeve hems. I don't want to have to take the sleeves off and construct them in the period manner and put them back on, but it's looking like that's the best solution. Why didn't I in the first place? I was on a weekend sewing retreat when I cut the sleeves, pressed for time, it was Sunday, there wasn't linen to make linings... I could go on. I should have waited. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXuXknDggxge_gUW1t5zSNTHbc6KLwtQBhyLtaQ4OpzbwATI7c32OmPmNG5KSVvensfYiLsVku0DEbRO5DnW7BSXA2WpEBgLzKQqbvZFnuMoPF_z3UPc2m3ClgTrI9ILf6kbIlOMEmFYx/s3088/IMG_0617.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXuXknDggxge_gUW1t5zSNTHbc6KLwtQBhyLtaQ4OpzbwATI7c32OmPmNG5KSVvensfYiLsVku0DEbRO5DnW7BSXA2WpEBgLzKQqbvZFnuMoPF_z3UPc2m3ClgTrI9ILf6kbIlOMEmFYx/s320/IMG_0617.HEIC" /></a></div>I did actually get to wear the linen gown during Read Across America week, it was "Different Decade Thursday" so I freaked the kids out and went with a different century entirely. A few of the parents thought I was Amish. <br /><br /><p></p></div><br />Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-50123906400836216352020-08-29T19:22:00.006-04:002020-08-29T19:22:49.850-04:00Weather at work<p> I started a new job on Monday and we had this storm roll through on August 27th. 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These are some photographs, in reverse order, of some of the sights of the COVID quarantine of 2020 in Northwest Pennsylvania. </div>
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So imagine my surprise when I discovered that this is nothing new under the sun, and actually, someone had improved upon it? I wasn't really surprised, more like, oh how cleaver. Wish I'd thought of that sooner. </div>
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I read two tutorials about how to make these, but the clearest by far was from <a href="http://asmallsnippet.blogspot.com/2011/09/wanna-make-dress.html" target="_blank">A Small Snippet</a>'s blog about making just the dress I'd had as a child. Of course, for a child, you end up not needing nearly as much yardage for the skirt, and the skirt on my dresses was short because I was playing in them. Come to think of it, I'm not sure how my mother made the dress so that the waistband wasn't restrictive. I tried making another teeshirt dress with a shirt and an attached skirt, but it just didn't work. I wanted something breezy and non-binding for a midsummer surgery, and I really wanted these to work. </div>
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I used my Singer Precision to sew two of these dresses, and I was able to wind the elastic thread on my bobin using the machine bobin winder just like regular thread, no problems. The problem was I now have umpteen bazillion yards of elastic thread because a cone of the stuff was all I could manage to find. Pandemic problems, much? Unless you're planning to make several for yourself, your kids, the nieces, the neighbor's kids, the little Dritz package of elastic thread will suffice. Unless you've got another use for elastic thread in which case, go nuts, buy the big one. </div>
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So, I've convinced you, you want to make one. Excellent. I'm not going to rewrite the tutorial here, but I will add these notes from my making experience that may make your life easier.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I mashed up two patterns to do this; the instructions and pattern from a pair of shorts designed by<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"> <a href="https://www.sewyourtv.com/free_shorts_pattern/" target="_blank">Tara Miller and published in the Stitch Magazine originally</a></span> and the measurement instructions for these <a href="https://makezine.com/2013/02/25/flashback-how-to-make-a-custom-pair-of-tap-pants/" target="_blank">Tap Pants </a>[which I also have made]. I made the tap pants first, and then adjusted the tap pants pattern so that it had the lines I wanted for the gym shorts [tulip shorts, boudoir shorts, seriously, these things go by many names]. The Miller design wants you to cut out out the front fold over bit as two pieces, so that there is a side seam. If you follow the original, you can add pockets. Don't get me wrong, I love me some pockets. At this juncutre, I didn't want a side seam, especiallynot when I planned to use a solid for the back and sides where the seam would be obvious. The blue rose print would hide a side seam better. </span><br />
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My mother loves that first blanket but I'm not such a fan. Mom always wanted it to have a "more finished edge", but with it being a rag quilt, I wasn't sure what to tell her. It's not like you are supposed to bind the edges of them. I mean, I guess we could...<br />
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Fast forward to today. Or, rather, a few months ago... maybe longer. While trawling Pinterest, I saw another version of a denim rag quilt. This one was labeled a mock Cathedral Windows [and to be honest, I can't even find the pin now].<br />
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Eureka, I've figured out what I'm doing with the rest of the denim.<br />
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Now, if you know anything about me, you know that I also lost it [all of it, fabric, batting, the works - I even forgot I owned that rotary cutter, come to think] and found it again [except the rotary cutter]. And it wasn't even part of my 2020 Find-it-and-Gitter-Done Top 10 challenge to myself! There were no instructions, just pictures. So I had to wing it, and you get to reap the benefits. </div>
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- A CD or Mom's Corelle. It's the one that's about 6 inches across. A CD or DVD, or one of the plastic CD size pieces that sits at the top of a spindle of blank CD's work as well, they're about the same size. </div>
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- Fabric of your choice, cut 4 1/2 inches square. You don't need batting, but I had some cotton bat kicking around, and I wanted to use it up, and it gives the quilting a little puff. It is a pain to cut with a rotary cutter, so you may want to skip it.</div>
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- Denim, cut into circles</div>
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Figure out what size you want the finished project to be - I'm a wing-it kind of person myself, which often means I buy too much or not enough fabric to finish a project. I was going for a throw size, roughly 40 inches by 60 inches. </div>
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-I think I had the equivalent of 8 fat quarters of paisley fabric, maybe 10. I can't remember now. As for denim, I think I had 8 - 10 pants? </div>
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<li>Pay attention to your denim - as a twill, it has an obvious right/wrong side. With wrong sides facing, lay a fabric square on top of denim circle so that the corners of the square touch edges of the circle on all sides. If you're using batting squares, sandwich the batting square between the denim and the pretty fabric. Pin if you wish, and stitch down from corner to corner of the pretty fabric to keep things from shifting. </li>
<li>Choose your own adventure - finish sewing all of the circles and squares in this manner, or begin to stitch the prepared patches together as you go. I don't recommend this if you choose to wing it, because then you may end up with a concentration of one kind of fabric in one section of the quilt, and it just looks awkward.</li>
<li>Sewing the patches together -<br />Take two prepared circles, and lay them so that the right sides of the denim are together, lining up the straight edges of the squares. Make sure your quilting lines are going the direction you want them to, or don't. Pin if you wish. </li>
<li>Using the straight edge of the square as a guide, stitch along the edge of the square as close as you can without sewing the square down. Now, there should be two half-moon looking flaps of denim flopping around between the two squares.</li>
<li>Fold the denim flaps down towards the pretty fabric so that they lay flat, press or pin, your choice. I used a zigzag stitch to sew down the flaps, as close to the edge of the denim as I could get. </li>
<li>Repeat steps 5 -6, sewing together prepared circles and stitching down flaps. Eventually, you're going to get to the point where you have long seams and you're stitching down a lot of flaps at once - if you plan ahead, you can turn the project so that the flaps are sewn all at once. </li>
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Just a quick look at some of the projects I've been working on through quarantine. The three finished quilts have been half done for several years now and I finally found all the pieces and stitched them together July 4th weekend. I finished the green cat rug evening watching TV over about two weeks, and now it's beside my bed; it's locker hook. The denim paisley and the blue bunnies are actually further along, but this is the only picture I have of them on my phone. The three finished quilts may all get one more border on them, I'm not sure yet. </div>
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<br />Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-27944870855067279742020-03-22T09:23:00.001-04:002020-03-22T09:23:56.581-04:00Quarantine, day 8? According to my friend who is quarantined in Arlington, VA, it's been over a week now that we've sequestered ourselves in our dwellings and began hoarding toilet paper. Everyone except my family, because we needed to shop on Friday like normal, so we put buying TP off until then, and couldn't find any for a week. My Arlington friend is definitely more extroverted than I am; the only change to my routine is that I don't have to go to work at my GA job; I'm focused on what were already online classes.<br />
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Fine people, some of you are not in education. Some of you take vacations this time of year because 'rates are lower', or in the fall after tourist season, or whenever you bloody well please because your vacay time doesn't have to occur within a mandatory window of June, July, and August. With the exception of the one time I went to England in 2008, have not been captain of my own destiny enough to afford to go on a vacation anywhere other than my parent's house. Or the yearly encampments at Old Fort Niagara and Cook's Forest. Not exactly exotic, and always when I already have time off from school. This whole staycation taking place not over a holiday and not in the middle of summer is a revelation.<br />
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Holiday vacation is not a vacation. At least if you're the person partly responsible for making holiday festivities happen. It's a time and a half job. Holiday vacations aren't nice. This? Holy cow. THIS IS SO NICE. I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NO ONE TO MEET HOLIDAY EXPECTATIONS.<br />
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I sort of actually like being outdoors this time of year. Keep your sunscreen, beaches, relative humidity of 99%, and skin cancer. Right now, the outside temperatures are all over the place, 60 and sunny one day, 26 with a wind chill of 15 the next. Welcome to spring in my neck of the woods. But the world is coming alive out there. Our crocuses poked their heads up and have been nodding in the brisk breeze. Buds are preparing to burst on branches; the quince, the sassafras, the flowering almond, those weird bushes on the side of the house that we've never been able to properly identify. On alternate route home from picking up flea medication for the pets, my mother and I saw pussy willows. There's been nothing to stop anyone currently from sitting outside in their yard except the wind chill, which I fully plan to do, with a roaring fire in the brazier. I bought the thing, I may as well get some use out of it if events are going to continue to be canceled. <br />
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While I do have to stay on top of coursework, I have no intention of keeping myself parked in front of a computer terminal just so everything can be turned in ahead of time (though this isn't a terrible idea...) Because of the nature of my GA, I haven't had a proper break, even over Christmas, because we have to come in and work a high vigilance job anyway. And now we don't. Frankly, it's a relief. I don't feel like I'm vibrating or mentally numb anymore. When this whole thing was beginning to blow up, we were told that face-to-face classes would resume April 6th. Now face to face University and ecumenical activities have been canceled indefinitely. I'm okay with this.<br />
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<br />Miss Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14656675101239679982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800838099057469799.post-26073540797468337972020-02-13T18:59:00.000-05:002020-07-12T18:42:24.277-04:00A Little Gothic Revival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I found this little Gothic Revival slot-and-tab construction dollhouse at Goodwill in February for $10 in an obvious state of pre-loved. As I examined it later, I suspected there were some elements missing from it, so I did a quick search of the company I suspect produced it, Greenleaf. Unfortunately, there isn't a photo gallery of discontinued houses accessible to the general public - you have to create an account and log onto their discussion boards to find it - so I have no idea if this is one of theirs or not. The closest house Greenleaf makes currently that matches this is the Buttercup. As far as I can tell, none of the current Greenleaf houses have basements or the illusion of a basement, as you can see from the front of the house where there are two basement windows. </div>
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My first steps are to shore up the front porch. I can't find a picture of the house for construction purposes, so I have no idea if the porch is missing a support pillar or not, but the right-hand side of the roof took some damage, and something broke off the porch railings. </div>
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