How cool is this? I just checked my post box at lunch and I won a prize from the Sci Fi channel! An A Team/TV1 tote bag and a Heroes t-shirt. The back of the shirt has the Heroes and Sci Fi channel logo.
30 April 2008
28 April 2008
Pink Knitted Pillow @ 12 Hrs
I stuffed up at one point and had to undo several rows of stitches. I was a bit worried about this as I've never undone before. But it worked out OK. I managed to get all the stitches back on and work out what the problem was and fix it.
27 April 2008
One of Those Weeks
So I've got the car on the way to being sorted out. It's going into the panelbeaters tomorrow for repair. This morning I woke up to a shhhsshing sound. I thought to myself, "That can't be good." I got to the bath room to find the hot water service gushing water out through the power cable. Quick dash outside to turn off the electricity (thank the gods we got way more circuits than we needed when we had the house rewired - hot water service is on its own circuit so I can turn off the power without loosing the rest of the house) and water at the main. Then spent the next hour getting someone to come and fix it. Do you know how hard it is to get a plumber on a Sunday?
Anyway, finally tracked one down. He was very nice and a cat person. He really wanted to give Cleo a pat!! Just lucky I had the money out ready for the car or I would've been in trouble.
Anyway, finally tracked one down. He was very nice and a cat person. He really wanted to give Cleo a pat!! Just lucky I had the money out ready for the car or I would've been in trouble.
Pink Knitted Pillow @ 8 Hrs
The main reason I want to get better at knitting is so I can make myself a nice Aran jumper. I had one that my Nan made me when I was younger but it got washed incorrectly and ended up just being big enough for a small teddy bear.
So I found this pattern in a knitting magazine that I thought would make a nice practice piece. I've never followed a pattern before, so I thought I'd start with something that is more complicated than a scraf but not as difficult as a full jumper.
It's a cushion cover. I had to restart the damn thing 4 times until I realised that the pattern was wrong by two stitches on the caston and that's why it was going wonky!!
I'm using 100% wool that they have really cheap at my supermarket. Good enough for practicing with. This is about 8 hrs (I wasn't really keeping too much track of the time).
25 April 2008
Pattern Traced Onto Banner
On ANZAC Day, Leoba came over and we worked some more on the banner project. We managed to get 8 banners traced out ready for painting.
This is what the banners look like once we've traced the pattern onto them. Next we do painting.
Clare and Leoba came over last night to start the banner project with me. We are making a set of hanging to use at events to help add some colour. The first set will be based on the Manesse Codex, or Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, a 14th Century manuscript.
24 April 2008
Art of Knitting - Block 7
I quite like this pattern, again pretty fast to work up. I haven't blocked or pressed this one yet.
23 April 2008
Art of Knitting - Block 6
This one was a simple pattern, worked up fast. I am not going to do the simple filler blocks, only the ones that do a pattern I've not done before.
22 April 2008
Cleopatra Working Hard At Sleeping
All that attacking and helping is hard work. Here she is concentrating very hard on sleeping - the looking cute just comes naturally!
19 April 2008
Cleopatra Attacking The Embroidery
Cleo is blurry as she is attacking the edge of the fabric.
I worked on some heraldic banners to use at events. I also made some homemade tomato sauce. I'd run out of the last batch. It tastes pretty good.
17 April 2008
Cleopatra "Helping" with the Embroidery
I was putting the embroidery on the bed to get a photo. Cleopatra was helping.
I haven't got any embroidery going at the moment so I did a few half square triangles for my 1930's quilt. I also spent all of the today getting my car checked for a road worthy. And just for fun I found out that someone had racked up $1500 on my credit cards which means I now don't have them money to pay to register my car, which also needs to have rust fixed before I can get a pink slip. Fun!
15 April 2008
Comparison of Original and My Version
Here is a side by side comparison of the original slip and my version. I think mine turned out OK. Slight differences in the colours, but that is due to both age and my colour choices. My work isn't as fine on some of the details.
14 April 2008
Centre Roundal Complete
Well, all the embroidery is done. The acorns are a bit angular but that can't be helped sometimes. I introduced two new shades of green with the acorns, it needed something to break the rest of the green up. I think it worked. Now for the not so fun bit, sewing it to the ground fabric and starting the couching work.
13 April 2008
Centre Roundal - Ribbons Complete
All the coloured ribbons have been completed. I'm not a hundred percent sure on the pink, but I think once other pink elements are included on the hanging it will work.
12 April 2008
Centre Roundal - Leaves Complete
All the leaves are finished. Only the ribbons and acorny bits left to go. The roundal is working up much easier than I thought it would, I haven't had to force myself to work on it at all.
11 April 2008
Centre Roundal - One Section Green Left
Only one section of the leaves left to go. I think they are looking pretty good. Shading is not one of my better known skills.
10 April 2008
Centre Roundal - More Green
Two more sections of leaves finished. One quarter of the leaves left to go as well as two ribbons. I still have to work out the colours for the little green buds.
9 April 2008
Thanks For Comments - Middle Eastern Embroidery
I'd like to thank everyone who commented on the unidentified roundal posted below. I think we came up with some pretty solid ideas of where and when (well, as much as we could do just working with pictures). I've forwarded to the comments to the owner.
7 April 2008
Central Roundal - Black Outlining Complete
I finished doing all the black outlining. Now for the colours!
4 April 2008
Can You Identify The Origin of This Embroidery?
Someone has contacted me requesting help identifying the possible origin of this piece of embroidery and a possible date for its working. I have my theory but I'd like to see what other people think. Please leave comments with your theory, (with citations of possible sources to support your theory if you have them). If you know of similar pieces I'd love to hear about them!
The roundal is about 8 inches in diameter and appears to be some sort of pattern darning. You can see very good detail in the last two images if you click on them.
3 April 2008
Centre Roundal with Pink
A bit more of the green wreath done and the pink ribbon completed. I will use more of the pink in the butterflys and insects.
1 April 2008
Centre Roundal with Blue Ribbon
I managed to get some more black outlining on the wreath done and the blue ribbon completed before Bubba decided to use the hoop as a bed.