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Embroidery Needle Painting20 August 201720 August 2017

Wrens in the making

I started stitching Trish Burr’s ‘For the Love of Wrens’ design nearly two weeks ago and so far I have stitched the branch, the tails and the eyes and I can truly say it is the most challenging kit I have stitched so far. As I mentioned in my post about starting this kit, I…

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Managed to get a bit more done on my RSN diploma blackwork this afternoon. Now I have stitched edge to edge on the monument the idea of shading is starting to make a bit more sense. However it definitely easier to do the shading in the lighter areas than in the darker as you have many more options. Hopefully I have a bit more time tomorrow to work on it. #rsndiploma
Working on my RSN diploma blackwork today. The stitches are easy to do but finding it very difficult to decide on the correct shading. Added some stitches in a section of the shaded part of the monument as per the tutor’s suggestions but can’t decide whether it is the right shade or whether I should leave those stitches out....don’t want to do the whole thing and find out it doesn’t look right. Just wish there was an exact pattern to follow! #rsndiploma
Made some dividers for the middle drawer of my little cabinet I bought from @thecollecterie last year. Originally only the top drawer had dividers and I used some plastic pen trays in the middle one to store my pens and pencils. However when I bought some nice wooden storages for my washi tapes from @meerleuks.nl last week to fit in the bottom drawer I thought the middle one looked really out of place with the plastic showing trough the glass fronts. I made some new dividers and after some woodstain and paint they do resemble the ones in the top drawer and you can hardly tell they are not original. The 2nd picture shows the new dividers and the 3rd picture the top drawer with original dividers. Really love my little cabinet as it keeps my desk really neat, tidy and looking great! #craftroomorganization
Had a very inspiring day at the Knitting History Symposium today which was organised by the @textileresearchcentre and the #knittinghistoryforum. The day was centred around the archaeological finds of silk stockings in a 17th century ship, which had sunk near the dutch island of Texel. Citizen science was used to recreate the stockings which meant the researchers were able to learn about historic knitting techniques. Also a woolen version was created in the process (picture 1). There were also lectures about other examples of silk stockings, other citizen science projects and historic dyes. One of the attendees (stockingframeofmind.com) had brought part of her own collection of stockings along to exhibit with lovely embroidery on it (pictures 2 and 3). So inspiration today and I can’t wait to look in more detail at archaeological and historical embroidery and combine my two passions into one! #archaeologicalembroidery
My RSN Certificate wall is complete! Picked up my goldwork from the framers today: @inlijstenjandartbreda did a fantastic job as always! Will need to find a new wall now though for my diploma pieces! #rsncertificate
Italics was a bit camera shy today and didn’t feel like having his picture taken for #blackcatday. Instead he was happily snoozing and snoring away in my slate frame bag.
I thought that yesterday I was done posting about my beautiful purchases but when I arrived home today there was a notification from the postie that he had tried to deliver my parcel from @jennyadinchristie (which I only ordered last week) and that it was waiting for me at the Post Office! So I immediately jumped back into my car and was able to pick up my parcel 5 minutes before closing time! I have really loved stitching Jenny’s kits and I was therefore delighted she has opened her own webshop. From the 1st of November she will sell her kits on it but the webshop is already open filled to the rafters with beautiful (often handmade) tools, frames and boxes and embroidery materials. I ended up buying an engraved mellor (with my initials so I will always know which one is mine), an inlaid thread waxer, and some wooden bobbins (as well as some caps for my frame pins and pearl reamers not pictured). I have also put quite a few items on my Christmas list so hopefully Santa is one of my followers on Social Media! If you have not had a look at Jenny Adin-Christie’s new website do, as there are so many nice things you won’t find anywhere else and also have a look after November 1st when her kits will go live! #embroiderytools
One more purchase of the @theknittingandstitchingshows to share: I bought the wooden tool caddy from @beyond_measure_uk and I love it 😍😍😍 It is handmade from birch ply and solid walnut. It has two big compartments (picture 2) but there are four different types of trays (picture 4) to fit in side and in picture 3 you can see the ones I have picked. Can’t wait to start filling my caddy with my embroidery tools. I will of course share pictures of it in use, as I am sure it will be an item I will treasure for years to come! #toolcaddy
Loving my new @toft_uk goodies I got at the @theknittingandstitchingshows on Thursday (pictured with the leg gauge, centraliser and standard leg pattern tool I already had). Love the style, which is just perfect for my craftroom. Also really love Toft’s collaboration with @katrinkles_knitting_jewelry for the lovely wooden tools! Wish all tools could be like this, instead of plastic. In case you are wondering the toolbag and notions purse are made of cork. It has a really nice feel and texture to it and I love the natural pattern the cork creates. #edsanimals

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