tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18791222435554246882024-03-13T02:36:31.716+00:00Musings in the momentElselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-42373622060820585042013-11-17T12:22:00.000+00:002013-11-17T12:44:18.459+00:00Dark and Stormy Ikat Weaving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
One of my weaving peers wove a hand-dyed warp at the beginning of the year. it inspired me to try it. I had no intension of exploring Ikat but as I researched online I became fascinated and discovered that there is not a great deal of instruction about the technique. I found an old book in a second-hand bookstore and followed the instructions.</div>
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At school, I studied textile design at the art school I attended. I had great fun dyeing fabric but have done very little since. It was definitely worth the effort and all the days of work that were required for this piece.</div>
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I used perle cotton I found on the guild sales table. I wound samples to test the <a href="http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/sampler-kits/662-landscape-dyes-destinations.html">Landscape Dye</a> colours, chosen for its ease of use and bright colour palette.</div>
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They were wrapped in cling film and steamed.<br />
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Soon I had a wonderful colour selection drying under the gazebo.</div>
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Over the next weeks I wound a warp in the small increments that my design required. I cut plastic bags into half inch strips for the tying of the warp design.</div>
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To tie up the warp design, I stretched the warp out between G-clamps over two tables. These are the centre three pieces of the dark stripes that have a lighter 1"ish design that travels diagonally across the warp.</div>
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Only the dark pieces were tied off. I prepared the entire warp for dyeing by soaking it in water with a little vinegar. It is in the orange basin on the table.<br />
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I spread a long plastic sheet over a wallpaper pasting table and wet the plastic sheet slightly, placing cling film onto it underneath where the warp would be secured on either side with on g-clamps. I did this with the inner dark columns and then later with the blue colour wash columns when I was ready to dye these.<br />
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Once the dye was applied to the warp it was wrapped in the cling film and rolled up to fit into the streamer.<br />
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The plan for the two outside dark columns was for one side of the warp to be light and the other to be dark so the light side was completely tied up and I dipped the other side into the dye to keep the two colours separate. The steaming process, however, allowed the dye to penetrate the light side even though it was tightly tied. Next time, I will place each side separately in its own piece of cling film.<br />
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Each part of the warp was steamed for 20 - 30 minutes as it was completed.<br />
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It was hung out to dry under the gazebo and left out until the following evening.<br />
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I removed the plastic ties and assembled it in the order it was to be woven and again left it over night to make sure it was completely dry before I worked with it. At this stage I was disappointed by the way the dye had seeped through under the plastic and that I did not have fully defined light and dark pieces.<br />
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I decided to dressed my loom anyway and tied up the warp.<br />
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On the loom the disappointment turned to joy as I experienced the fun of the colour changes and the design developed as I wove. I realised that if the undyed areas had not had dye seepage, the piece would probably have been too stark with the strong back and white contrast.<br />
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Once it was complete and hanging on that the wall, to me, it looked like a dark and stormy sky behind the colour columns and I love it!<br />
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I learnt a great deal during this project and I will repeat it again in the future. Dyeing one's warp gives such wonderfully individual results.<br />
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I do apologise for the poor quality of the photograph of the finished piece but I have found it exceedingly difficult to photograph it sharply and get the colour changes. It at least gives one an idea of what it looks like.Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-56600908593502084122013-10-06T10:38:00.000+01:002013-10-06T10:38:59.694+01:00Yarndale - a colourful riotYorkshire is gorgeous with hills of dry stone wall fields full of sheep. This year, Yarndale promised to make it much more attractive for fibrey folk.<br />
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The entrance to the hall was a riot of crocheted bunting and the crowd was already writhing at roughly 10 am.<br />
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The knitted picnic was great<br />
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and creativity of the tea cosy challenge made me smile.<br />
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Moving was already challenging and we fled to the back of the hall passed these two from <a href="http://www.countyalpacas.co.uk/">County Alpacas</a> who were happily nibbling on their breakfast<br />
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The vendors were wonderful. I enjoyed meeting and talking to a number of them.<br />
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At <a href="http://www.griffithsmill.com/">Griffiths Mill</a>, Karen stood working on a beautiful handmade woollen dress while we chatted about the mill and the fibre processing that the mill offers for individual fleeces.<br />
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I forgot to go back for some of this Castlemilk Moorit.</div>
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Jen from <a href="http://www.fyberspates.co.uk/">Fyberspates</a> was charming and helped me choose some wool for a hat I am planning</div>
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and I as whizzed passed <a href="http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/">Wingham Wool</a>, the gorgeous colours of their fibre display caught my eye making all kinds of ideas fly through my head.<br />
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At <a href="http://www.myfineweavingyarn.co.uk/">My Fine Weaving Yarn</a>, Helen showed me several weaving samples and I came home with a weaving kit which I am very excited about.<br />
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Sheep and fluff was everywhere. These occupied the floor next the spinning wheel in the Twisted Yarns stall<br />
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and this one stood proud at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Freyalyn">Freyalyn</a>'s fabulous fibre stall.<br />
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Hiding at the back though, this chap reflected how I was feeling!</div>
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I ventured into temptation... The shop was filled with delights and I enjoyed them so much that I forgot to take more photos. I liberated a little fibre over the weekend - enough to spin for yet another cardigan. </div>
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I love the hay bales even though they made the surface a tad uneven and my table partner's bright red dye ran away over the top and attempted a coup of my fibre. </div>
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The fibre is placed on cling wrap first. This is the first silk braid in the last photo.</div>
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Once the fibre is decorated to one's delight, it is wrapped in the cling wrap, ready for the dye to be set in the steaming process. This is a gradient that I dyed. It came out beautifully and my daughter has her eye on it.<br />
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After the streaming, the fibre is rinsed and left out to dry. The two blue bits are what I dyed the day before. The red is the one that attempted the coup. Isn't it gorgeous?<br />
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By late afternoon, there was a rainbow drying<br />
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We had sheep to share the conversation and in a rare moment of stillness, I caught Karen communing with her flock. She is so tender with her animals.</div>
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The Saturday afternoon drum carding workshop was run by <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/longdrawjames">Longdrawjames</a> and it was a joy to sit and spin listening the chatter and laughter that emerged from the Marquee. </div>
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On Sunday morning an impromptu spindle class happened while we were waiting for the next workshop to start. Karen was a great teacher in the dyeing workshop but she excelled herself teaching the ladies to spin.</div>
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I took the morning workshop about spinning luxury fibres with James who is a relaxed and patient teacher. He made me want to tackle that bothersome silk spinning project gain. Again I was so engrossed that photos were forgotten.</div>
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I left after lunch with a clutch of fibre that I had dyed and spread it out to dry when I got in.</div>
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The braids are as follows, the first 4 are from the 2nd workshop, and the last 4 from the first.</div>
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1 Silk - yes, it started off with yellow.</div>
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2 Blf/silk - the gradient from earlier</div>
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3 English wool - which I learned does not take dye very well - those colours were rust and dark blue!</div>
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4 Camel/silk - also did not take the depth of colour as the dye was deep purple</div>
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5 Bfl - blue is my favourite colour.</div>
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6 English wool - that was teals and turquoise</div>
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7 Bfl - my attempt at pastels which I love</div>
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8 Falkland - I love this one</div>
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Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-20028419943379220122013-08-26T15:52:00.000+01:002013-08-26T15:52:52.798+01:00Water GardensToday we played with our cameras in a beautiful water garden in Weymouth. It is inspired by Giverny and has Monet scenes in the water everywhere. Truly worth a visit if you are in the area in the summer.<br />
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Not much else to day other than enjoy!<br />
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This year, I chose to make a Leno pattern shawl based on the sample I wove last year. I bought a wild richly coloured skein of silk from the Handweavers Studio in London however I decided that warping it randomly would produce a fabric too chaotically colourful for the delicate Leno lace pattern.<br />
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After some thought, I decided to find the colour changes in the skein and match the colours. This involved matching and tying off each thread in the colour repeat and took a long time, about 6 hours. I managed to find a usable length of 3.8m which would be ample for my warp and give me little wastage.<br />
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After I removed this from the mill, I wound my warp adding a single of navy silk noil to each bright strand. It certainly tones the whole warp down.<br />
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After winding the warp on, this is the view from the back of the loom ready for threading.<br />
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I made doups, threaded up and tied up and I was ready to sample on the first piece of warp. Here my weaving is too loose and not a stable fabric but you can see blocks of plain weave and blocks of the twisted stitches in the Leno pattern.<br />
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I found the perfect pattern repeats for stability and settled in to enjoy the weaving and forgot about photographs. It took me 4 days to weave the shawl. After taking it off the loom, I twisted the fringe</div>
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and behind the books, this is what was lying there.<br />
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While it was on the loom, I suffered from many doubts about this project. One can only see small bits of the colour changes while one is weaving and some of them looked pretty awful. <br />
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Spread out on the lawn, even though the pattern is lost in the strong light, the full beauty can be appreciated. With the glint of the silk, it looks like iridescent dragonfly wings when it is worn. It made me smile and I had many wonderful comments from my classmates.<br />
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There were many other gorgeous projects on the looms too. With permission from their weavers, these are the only ones I managed to photograph during a busy week. They all have a special beauty of their own.<br />
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Cushion covers<br />
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A man's scarf.<br />
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A weft-faced sample.<br />
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I am so grateful to belong to an active guild and have the privilege of attending such an inspirational class with an amazing patient teacher who encourages everyone to follow their weaving passion of the moment and guides them gently through it.<br />
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It is a wonderful learning experience and one's head explodes with ideas for new projects. This is why I love summer school.Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-71166089741552539162013-07-28T11:24:00.001+01:002013-07-29T20:05:26.919+01:00Batty Fibre-East<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Friday eve, the Saint asked me what I would like to do over the weekend. I told him I had never been to Fibre-East. After a lovely breakfast at the deli, <a href="http://www.dishdelikitchen.co.uk/">Dish</a>, we found our way to one of the most enjoyable fibre experiences. For me, it was love at first sight.<br />
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At the entrance I bought my memento bag.<br />
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There were hand carders to play with too.<br />
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The festival was a celebration of all the wonderful Indie dyers that I love to support online and it is always wonderful to meet them in person. You will notice this blog has no yarn in it. Apparently knitting with handspun has cured my addiction.</div>
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These silks and cottons where on <a href="http://www.mulberrydyer.co.uk/">The Mulbery Dyer</a> stall and all all dyed with natural dyes. Such beautiful shades.<br />
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I always love seeing lots of spinning wheels together. It makes my heart sing.<br />
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The Saint bought me a beautifully Niddy Noddy at <a href="http://www.spinwise.co.uk/">Spinwise</a>.</div>
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Shetland Sheep had these beautiful sheepy bits <br />
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Walking into the next room there was this garment arrayed with locks made by <span id="goog_192263444"></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpinCityUK">SpinCityUK</a> <span id="goog_192263445"></span><br />
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and her stall was filled with delicious batts<br />
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One of her mermaid batts may have found its way home with me.<br />
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Beautiful baskets adorned a stall and were oh so tempting.<br />
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I spent a long time at Freyalyn's chatting to her, coveting her fibre and admiring the gorgeous quilts she made and uses as the backdrop to her stall. I love the sheep.<br />
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At <a href="http://folksy.com/shops/willofibre">Willo Fibres</a><br />
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I bought Corriedale.<br />
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It was a joy to see Katie from <a href="http://www.hilltopcloud.co.uk/">HilltopCloud</a> and chat to her again. If you look in the corner of the batt display there is a cream batt at the bottom that I stroked for a long time. It is has angora in it and it very nearly left her stall to join me.<br />
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Instead I fell for 50% angora and 50% silk and I have started spinning it already on my little Turkish Spindle from Ian at <a href="http://thewoodemporium.co.uk/">IST : The Wood Emporium</a>. It is simply delicious.<br />
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In the guild's tent, all the local guilds were present with fine displays of their member's work, these rag rugs caught my eye.<br />
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Back in the halls, I chatted to Sara from <a href="http://www.sarastexturecrafts.com/">Sara's Textured Craft</a><br />
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Lastly, at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Littleowlcrafts">Little Owl Crafts</a> I met Heather and<br />
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It was a fabulous day out, talking spinny / weavey / knitty things with lots of different folks. I wish I could have supported from everyone, all the great people that I have met who contribute to the fabulous fibre community that we have in this country.<br />
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I have enhanced my stash beautifully.Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-74101206936191513252013-07-14T16:11:00.000+01:002013-07-14T16:11:51.014+01:00Crazy Tour de Fleece ChallengeThis year I decided to set a simple TDF goal. For the last two I have spun up a sweater's worth of fibre and plied it as my goal.<br />
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The challenge this year is to spin yarn fine enough to make a Shetland shawl, to practise / spin for half an hour every day. I want to keep the goal realistic as life often has a way of interfering with my spinning.<br />
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I ordered fine tops from <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/Natural-Shetland-Combed-Tops">Jamieson and Smith</a> as I am not a 'fibre preparation' kind of girl. Every time I attempt this, it is either too much for the hip injury or it activates my allergies.<br />
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Gorgeousness arrived on my doorstep. I weighed it out into 10g bundles and could not wait to start.<br />
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Next, Grace, my Ashford Tradional was cleaned down and given a service so she would be ready and waiting at the starting post.<br />
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Day one arrived and I was off. I started by sampling some singles to see what kind of fineness I needed. That is turquoise sewing cotton in the middle with a 2ply above and the single below.<br />
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The first half hour and I thought I had it perfect ....<br />
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One of the ladies on the forum, Dawn, always posts the loveliest collages and inspired us all to play and create some for ourselves. I looked at this image on Day 13 and looking at it photographed I knew that this single was not right.<br />
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On Day 14 I did a happy dance around the room whooping with delight:) 41 wraps per inch for my 2 plied single which in means the single is 82 wpi and I am blown away by this.<br />
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I learnt that even though I had a sample and kept checking it against my single, they were both under tension and looked the same even when they weren't. Because I was aiming for so fine, I could not eyeball it and I only knew I had the weight I wanted once I wrapped it. I wish I had considered this sooner. This is where my spinning inexperience shows.<br />
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Left = 2 ply Shetland Supreme<br />
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The bobbin on the left is what I am currently spinning and the one on the right is the restart from earlier. What I am currently spinning is half the thickness of the other.<br />
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It has taken me 8 and a half hours to spin up my current bobbin and I have spun about 15g of fibre.<br />
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Regardless of the frustrations I have experienced with this project I have learnt so much. I love Tour de Fleece for the encouragement and the cheering along in the forums and I am grateful to be part of a lovely group of enthusiastic spinners. They all helped me to continue on when I really was thinking of retiring form the race.<br />
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Thanks y'all!Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-49455045256645077272013-06-30T16:24:00.000+01:002013-06-30T16:24:41.041+01:00Mottisfont Rose Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This lady looked so wonderful in her hat which was decorated with flowers. Don't they look so happy.</div>
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All too soon we were back at the entrance.Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-64593876547451716472013-06-23T17:03:00.000+01:002013-06-23T17:03:06.511+01:00Wonderful Willow Weaving WorkshopToday I visited the new art and crafts space, <a href="http://www.hampshireartandcraft.org/">Rum's Eg</a>, run by the Hampshire Art and Craft Community in Bell Street, Romsey to attend one of their summer workshops with Linda Mills.<br />
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I love baskets and have wanted to try willow weaving and this workshop offered the perfect easy setting and class. Here are examples of the platters we were going to weave.<br />
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The willow was lying on the floor dressed in towels to keep some of it damp. It is necessary to soak some of it for up to 5 days to improve its pliability.<br />
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We started with a ring,<br />
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Bit by bit my weaving grew<br />
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I highly recommend a visit to this lovely gallery if you have the time and I am keeping an eye out for their next workshop program as I will definitely be going to play some more.</div>
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For those of you in the area, on some Tuesday mornings there is a Threads and Yarn club where you can take your knitting, crochet, embroidery, (apparently anything you can carry in and do there) and enjoy some time with other crafty people. Check by telephone with them about the dates. Here is a link to their contact details on the website - <a href="http://www.hampshireartandcraft.org/contact.html">Hampshire Art and Craft Community</a>. </div>
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Their summer exhibition opens next week and I enjoyed the sneak peak I got today. </div>
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These are my favourite memories.<br />
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The clouds from above on the flight in were particularly beautiful.<br />
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Antonio met us and waited patiently for 45 minutes for us to arrive. We enjoyed a spectacular drive to the villa in Mollina. He quickly realised we loved the landscape and nature and allowed time for us to absorb the beautiful mountain scenery and the building thunder clouds. We arrived late and when the rain broke, Gary, the tour owner, arrived and took us to a local bodega for a delicious meal.<br />
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The next day, while the guides were busy collecting the rest of the tour party, we spent the day in Mijas, a beautiful white mountain village overlooking Malaga.<br />
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Walking through the village to climb the mountain behind it, this home left a big impression<br />
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Day 2 Alex, our gracious guide for the rest of the tour, took us to Seville. In the Plaza de Espana, I loved the boats on the water<br />
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On the roofs the tiles are multi-coloured in most of the town and cities we visited.<br />
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The Real Alcazar is astounding with stone carving and woodwork that words do little justice to<br />
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and beautiful tapestries adorn the walls too. This is a close-up of a small section of one.</div>
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Windows frame the garden and invite one out to enjoy is freshness</div>
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Day 3 we set off for Cordoba. The locals complete for the best decorated courtyard and the winning one has these old wash tubs.</div>
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On our walk through the old town, The Saint is hoping to acquire wisdom by rubbing the shoe of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides">Miamonides</a>.</div>
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From the walls of the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, I saw the water wheel on the river.</div>
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The Mezquita was a highlight and quite unforgettable with its never-ending jasper brick decorated arches.</div>
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Day 4 we visited El Torcal and Malaga. It was 3 degrees in the mountains and the boy is wearing shorts...</div>
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We toured the Alcazaba entering through these picturesque arches</div>
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Apparently, you have not been to Malaga if you have not visited El Pimpi and famous patrons are encouraged to sign and decorate the barrels. Do you recognise any of the names?</div>
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The evening found us in Antequera dining up on a hill with a view of the city roofs</div>
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Day 5 was a day of mountain walks and wild flowers - Teba Castle and Ronda.</div>
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The wall below the castle was festooned with poppies and other wild flowers.</div>
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The Saint and I travelled to a lovely sunny Wales for a delightful visit to Wonderwool.<br />
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Let the fun begin... some stall holders making the final tweaks to their wonderful displays<br />
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<a href="http://www.olwenveevers.co.uk/">Olwen's</a> felted banner is drew me in to her space immediately<br />
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and the<a href="http://www.thenaturaldyestudio.com/"> Natural Dye Studio's</a> stand is always a feast for the eyes. I want to buy all their kits just for the gorgeous colours.<br />
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I spent a great deal of time looking at the beautiful fibre in <span id="goog_1317028110"></span><span id="goog_2071804853"></span><a href="http://www.sarastexturecrafts.com/">Sara's Texture Crafts<span id="goog_2071804854"></span><span id="goog_1317028111"></span></a>.<br />
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One of my favourite stalls last year was <a href="http://www.ragartstudios.com/">Rag Art Studios</a>. The artist recycles all kinds of every day things to create amazing pieces of art.<br />
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A beautiful rag art chair<br />
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At <a href="http://www.fireandfibre.co.uk/">Fire and Fibre</a> I bought a lovely adaptable tapestry loom. It has 2 sizes, the largest is photographed. I am looking forward to playing.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.shearergirlyarns.co.uk/">Shearer Girl Yarns</a> I fell in love with these shawl pins. What's not to love about sheep and spinning wheels!<br />
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The <a href="http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/">The National Wool Museum</a> stand had this lovely lady weaving on an exquisite old loom.<br />
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Big knitting seems to be all the rage currently and here it displays pretty shawl pins at <a href="http://www.abergwenllan.co.uk/">Abergwenllan</a>'s stall.<br />
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I found a beautiful denim spinning apron and gorgeous knitting bags. The stall holder has a Folksy shop which is in the process of being set up.<br />
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At the <a href="http://www.woolyknit.com/">Woolyknit</a> stall there was plenty to examine and fondle<br />
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The lady on the left is responsible<br />
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I met Barbara of <a href="http://www.feltextravagant.com/">Felt Extravagant</a> who was dry felting this piece and she told me that she wet felts them too once they are complete. Her work is truly beautiful.<br />
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A board of textured crochet pieces that were at the <a href="http://www.threadoflife.co.uk/">Thread of Life</a> stall.<br />
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I love meeting all the people behind the online shops I support. I chatted at <a href="http://www.skeins.co.uk/">Skeins</a><br />
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At <a href="http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/">Artists Palette Yarns</a> I met this young lass who was fondling the fibre hanging between us. It is a merino/tencel blend and she enabled me into buying some as she does not spin and needed someone else to love it as much as she did. I really felt that I had to buy it, to help a fellow fibre lover. It was my good deed for the day.</div>
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Once again, no fibre festival is complete without sheep. This handsome pair promote the beautiful organic yarn at <a href="http://www.organicpurewool.co.uk/">Garthenor Organic Pure Wool.</a><br />
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On the way out I saw these sweet cheerful baby jumpers.<br />
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All too soon our time was up. We only had a morning but I had two bags full! Many beautiful stalls are unrecorded. There are just too many for the time I had.<br />
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For me the best part of any fibre experience is the wonderful interesting people I meet who are so kind and so passionate about their crafts and wares. It makes for a truly delightful day out.<br />
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Yesterday we walked across the cliffs to Swanage. It is a truly beautiful walk. We did little photography at the start but on the way back the sun was angled to light the gorgeous scenery. These are my favourite photos of the day.<br />
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The sun on the white cliffs at The Needles on the Isle of Wight.<br />
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Walking along the cliff edge towards Old Harry.</div>
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The view back over Poole harbour from the top of the hill.<br />
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Caves in the chalk cliffs, eroded by a millennia of water action.<br />
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On the journey I worked on the third clue from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-mysterious-shawl-kal">Romi's Mysterious Shawl KA</a>L. It is a knit that I am thoroughly enjoying. Her patterns are always a joy to knit as they are so professionally presented.</div>
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I finished Cat Bordhi's <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweet-coriolis-socks">Sweet Coriolis socks</a> a while ago and they are a comfy wear. I loved both the toe-up start and the sweet tomato heel, both are pure genius and I have cast on another pair of socks to use these techniques again.</div>
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Lastly, I am plying BFL/silk blend from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_190729313"></span>MandaCrafts <span id="goog_190729314"></span></a>with a Camel/silk blend from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FeltStudioUK?ref=search_shop_redirect">FeltStudio</a> and looking forward to a new spinning project.<br />
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<br />Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-50170316814090180522013-03-17T09:55:00.000+00:002013-03-17T10:20:20.432+00:00Woven Felted Bag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last year I had the idea to weave merino tops in the <a href="http://www.singingweaver.com/moorman.shtml">Theo Moorman Techinique</a> which I love. She was a contemporary of my weaving teacher who paid me a lovely complement when this was done and saying that Theo loved to see all the different ways that her technique could be used.</div>
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I started with samples which featured in this <a href="http://momentmusing.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-results=33">earlier blog</a>. In early January I wound the warp that grew up to be this spinning fibre bag.</div>
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I wove small amoungts of the merino tops in colour sequences.</div>
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In showing both the front and back you can see, the weaving at the back that holds the tops is very loosely woven to allow for the shrinkage. The warp is wool with fine cotton, sewing thread, to hold the tops.<br />
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I covered it entirely in an old sheet<br />
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rolling it up and securing it with circles of cut tights. (Thanks to Sue for all her help. She was a wonderful inspirations throughout this project. )<br />
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It went into the washing machine at 40 degrees for half and hour. Because it was over 2m of rolled up tops, it felted differently over the piece from outside to the centre to inner end. It pre-felted rather than felting completely.<br />
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The outside edge felted the most. You can see the differences in the next 3 photos<br />
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The middle is also quite nicely held together.<br />
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The inner edge felted just enough to hold it together and made a wonderfully soft fabric that has me dreaming of future waistcoats.....<br />
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I choose the more felted section of the cloth to cut 2 bases for my bag.<br />
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I used the softer less felted bits for the 'bag' part<br />
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Sewn together on the sewing machine, it formed a good soft sturdy bag.<br />
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While demonstrating at the exhibition in December, I made and inkle band in the same colours to use for the handles. I folded it around some rope before sewing it together and attaching it to the bag<br />
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I was delighted to find these lovely sheep buttons which I discovered were made in South Africa.<br />
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I blanked stitched the base of the bag to neaten the outside seam.<br />
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I love this bag. The colours are cheerful. It is light and a joy to use.</div>
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The Saint and I were watching Mondy Don on television. He was standing in front of the Monet Water Lily panels in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_l'Orangerie">Musée de l'Orangerie</a> when I sighed and commented that I would dearly love to see them. Two weeks later, we were racing across the countryside in the Eurostar en route to a cold and wintry Paris. (Now you know another reason why he is called The Saint:))</div>
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We started our adventure by climbing the tallest hill in Paris up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre">Montmartre</a> </div>
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and decided that a real 'French' experience would cheer us immensely. One of the things that I love about France is the beautiful paper placemats that adorn the tables.</div>
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We imbibed our delicious, if expensive, delights overlooking a traditional square of artists painting and drawing portraits for tourists.</div>
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Afterwards, we explored the streets where Picasso, Degas, Monet, Renoir and Cezanne, to name a few, spent time creating and changing our understanding of art. In the shop windows was the usual tourist tat.</div>
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These cups advertised a potter.<br />
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After walking for a couple of hours we found a delightful Italian place, decorated with the South African flag (in the corner next to the painting of the building) to while away a pleasant hour or two with red wine and good food.<br />
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The Louvre pyramid is impressive. The building that houses all those amazing art pieces is just as beautiful both inside and out, as the art it houses.<br />
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We beat the crowds to Mona Lisa and I was quite emotional standing before a number of these beautiful artworks. I never dreamed that I would see them when I studied Art History as a young girl in a faraway country.<br />
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I loved the ceilings in the Louvre and spent a great deal of time craning my neck looking at them.<br />
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The painting that stole my heart - The Young Martyr. I love the light on the water.<br />
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The bridges along the Seine are adorned with locks. People write their names and the names of their lovers on them then lock them onto the bridge and throw the keys into the water.<br />
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The buildings are fun, sometimes with decorated facades.<br />
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The following day we explored the islands of the Seine and visited Notre Dame.<br />
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We walked to Pont de Neuf bridge. The Louvre is beautifully framed by the arches.<br />
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There were quirky shops selling quirky things. I loved the Chocolatier - a real artisan business.</div>
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The Saint has his own blog and if you would like to see more photos and hear his story you can find it here - <a href="http://bear058.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ooh-la-la.html">Wild Man</a>. I know I am biased but he takes wonderful photographs:)Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-79287226476730658522013-02-10T16:36:00.000+00:002013-02-10T16:37:10.473+00:00Less is More - fun - Knittyspin card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
At exactly the wrong time (mail delivery restrictions) before Christmas I discovered Amy King's pattern <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw12/KSPATTlessismore.php">Less is More</a> in the current issue of Knittyspin. It is accompanied by a wonderful article on <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw12/KSFEATlessismore.php">blending colours </a> and after reading it I knew I REALLY wanted to play with this. </div>
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The pattern concept is to use different plaits of fibre that one has fallen in love with and bought randomly over time and blend them together, when knitting them, to make up a cardigan. </div>
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So I went stash diving and found an array of fibre that I could 'make do' with in the spirit of the pattern. None of them are perfect together but they are interesting with similar colours.</div>
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I spun up this Polworth fibre - Spin a Rainbow from - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YummyYarnsUK?ref=seller_info">YummyYarns UK</a> first.</div>
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I cast on a couple of weeks ago and as this has been my 'travel' knitting it has grown quite slowly as I have not been out and about much.</div>
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The Lendrun, yet to be named, spins like a dream and I am enjoying beautiful fibre Katie from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hilltopcloud?ref=pr_shop_more">Hilltopcloud</a> dyed up for me for a cardigan. More about that another time. The fibre in the photo is yet more Falkland from Mandacrafts which I spun up as a trial run. </div>
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In October last year <a href="http://peacefullyknitting.com/">Tina</a> and I decided to spin along together to make yarn for Kate Davies <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheep-heid">Sheep Heid</a>. </div>
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I started out sampling some yarn to see what I wanted to spin. I am decidedly a 3-ply girl. I love the roundness of the yarn as it is beautiful to knit with. Yes, I know that colour work is traditionally done in 2-ply but this is all for my pleasure.</div>
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I sampled with bright green Southdown which Katie from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hilltopcloud?ref=ss_profile">HilltopCloud</a> included as a gift with the 2 kits of British Sheep Breeds that I bought from her.</div>
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I divided it into three equal amounts, spun up the singles and plied them into my favourite 3ply and knitted a small sample that I can't lay my hands on to photograph.</div>
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Katie's fibre is delicious, beautifully prepared and a delight to spin. This has lead me to visit her Etsy shop often and partake in her fibrey loveliness. I have some gorgeous BFl/silk which she has dyed for me to spin up for a cardigan but more about that another time.<br />
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Then the spinning began in earnest with my choice being to spin up one colour a week for 9 weeks. The first fibre was brown BFL which spun up and plied beautifully.<br />
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This is the comparison between the sample and the Bfl.<br />
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I cast on on Christmas day and loved knitting this pattern. The initial ideas was to knit one of these for my mom-in-law for her birthday in June and one for me. However, the Saint saw the first one and fell deeply in love and as I can seldom deny him anything knitted as he is such a marvellous reciprocate and an avid supporter of my creative endeavours, he was given the first one which adorned his head immediately.<br />
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The weather in Cornwall at this time of year is delightful, made for log fires, coffee, whiskey and sitting indoors carving, spinning, knitting or reading.<br />
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We did however manage to tear ourselves away from the fire and walk every day, only getting soaked yesterday on our last walk before we left.<br />
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My favourite walk was along the coast. We drove to Padstow and explored the town<br />
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and then headed to Trevone Bay to walk along the Southwest Coast Path to headland at the entrance to the Camel River estruary. It was a very grey day but the views were stunning.</div>
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We walked over 5 miles along the cliff edges. That is Trevone Bay back in the distance.<br />
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I love the different layers in the cliffs where the birds find sanctuary.<br />
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Finally the Camel River came into view which was such a triumph for me. I have not walked like this for over 3 years. I promptly sat down to admire the view and rest the hip. </div>
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Today the Saint and I walked from Shawford to Winchester along the Itchen Navigation. It was a beautiful cold wintery day and we saw kingfishers and herons along the river.</div>
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Outside Winchester is St Catherine's mound which we climbed to admire the view.<br />
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The Cathedral is in the distance where the Christmas market is in full swing and we headed down towards it to meet friends and have some delicious snacks before returning home.<br />
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At the top of St Catherine's is a very ancient labyrinth which has been walked by pilgrims and others for many decades. It is one of my favourite places to visit.<br />
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We found a bench along the river on the way into town and I down to rest and to knitt on the front of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/pantoffels/maxfield-cardigan">Maxfield</a> with this view of St Catherine in front of me, basking in the knowledge that I have walked it for the first time in 4 years. I walked 6 miles today. It is a wonderful achievement for me.<br />
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The Maxfield had grown in leaps and bounds and the body and sleeves are complete. I have fallen more in love with this pattern as I have knitted it making the problems at the start a distant memory. I am even considering a second one...<br />
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It has grown as I have been knitting on the train to and from the <a href="http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/wdc/city-space.htm">The Hants Guild Exhibition</a> in the Winchester Discovery Centre where I have been involved with the exhibition.</div>
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Kismet and I had an adventure last Wednesday as I carried her through the town attracting lots of strange looks before she was placed here for me to spin on her.</div>
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I love the mini yurt which was in front of me because it was a community project that many of the guild ladies were involved in. It is completely handmade with traditional techniques. Everything is tied together with hand braids. It is about 6 foot high and has the same size foot print. It is truly a beautiful piece.</div>
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Mary's loom is quite dwarfed by the size of the room but from this angle it looks quite grand and attracts a great deal of interest. I love the felted bird pods which are hanging above it.<br />
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When I have been home, I have been stalking my Secret Santa partner on the Ravelry boards and found time to knit my only Christmas knitting this year, for her. It is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/petals-scarf">Petals Scarf by Jennifer Fleury</a> which is a wonderful little knit and I will be making one of these for myself too. The box is all packed up and ready to post on Monday.<br />
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My other spinning projects have also come along. The 'Burst into Bloom' colour way from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/yarnchef">Yarnchef</a> is complete at 880 yds of pretty pink lushness which may just grow up to be a shawl when life slows down a bit again</div>
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and the spin along with <a href="http://peacefullyknitting.com/">Tina</a> for the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheep-heid">Sheeps Heid</a> with fibre from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85787186/british-breed-spinning-fiber-sampler-9">Hilltopcloud</a> is still great fun. We encourage each other and share what we do and I have completed the grey Shetland now with 54 yards.</div>
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There are 6 little skeins, the 2 on the right are the Bfl and the other 4 are Shetland. There are 3 colours left to spin.<br />
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On my loom, I have been playing and sampling, weaving with merino tops to see if I can create a fabric I can use for various items that I would like to make. It has been great fun and I am indebted to Sue, our felting genius, from the guild who has shared her knowledge with me with such kindness and no hesitation. I have never INTENTIONALLY felted anything so this is new territory for me and I have had such fun playing with this, in-between all the other bits that I have going on at the moment.<br />
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I used the Theo Moorman technique again, as I did with the photos and this is how it turned out.<br />
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After 30 minutes in the washing machine at 40 degrees the first sample has truly felted but the fabric was very thick.</div>
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After a second attempt that was the same as above, the third one was much more successful as I was able to make a secure thinner fabric which was what I wanted to do.</div>
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It is softer and is more pliable.<br />
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Last weekend I attended Beth Smith's spinning class in Ringwood. It was pure joy. I was having so much fun that I did not take any photographs so what you see here is what I brought home with me.</div>
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On Friday evening, we explored 4 different drawing methods: short forward, short backward, supported long draw and long draw. These skeins represent my efforts at this. </div>
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On Saturday we spun American Breeds using flicking, combing and carding to make up different samples of each breed.</div>
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On Sunday the luxury fibres came out and we learned how to spin fine yarn. Here is the finest single I managed to spin. It is merino and is alongside a standard sewing pin. </div>
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My samples for the day are 2ply and 3ply of each fibre we were given and yes, that is Qiviut at the top of the left hand column. We spun cashmere and silk too, amongst many other gorgeous fibres. I had to spin mohair too which I really don't like!<br />
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The weekend left me with a lovely bag full of fibre to play with when I get the chance. In the week since the class, I have noticed so many little improvements in my spinning techniques which has been exceedingly pleasing. I loved the class and would definitely go again. She is a lovely teacher and creates a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere for one to learn in.</div>
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In other spinning news, there are now 4 little skeins of about 50 yards each for the Sheep Heid. They are, from the bottom, Brown Bfl, Oatmeal Bfl, Jabob and Black Sheltand. Moorit is next on the list but I have not got to it yet as I have spent the day finishing off various projects.</div>
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I just finished weaving another 2 photographs. In an earlier blog post this year, you can find how it is done if you are interested.</div>
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The first one is of the Barracks in Winchester. I took the photo on a still, icy morning. It was beautifully reflected in the pond in front of it.</div>
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The second was taken on our first walk in the Catskill Mountains in New York State last year and the fall colours were so beautiful.<br />
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I have finally hemmed the table runner which I finished weaving a couple of months ago. It is a surprise gift and I plan to mail it tomorrow.</div>
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While the Saint was working away on speaker phone with his boss today, I could not sew and finish up the above, so I managed to finally sew the buttons on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/acorns-3">Acorns</a> Cardigan and am looking forward to wearing it. </div>
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It is knit from the cashmere yarn I reclaimed from two grey/taupe charity shop jumpers I found and dyed the yarn with Koolaid. I am so happy and excited by the result. </div>
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I love the details in the pattern. It was a wonderful pattern to knit.<br />
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Lastly for this blog, I am knitting the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maxfield-cardigan">Maxfield</a> Cardigan. The yarn is <a href="http://www.theskyeshilasdairshop.co.uk/">Shilasdair</a> Luxury DK and the coloured one is my handspun, the autumn colour way from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MandaCrafts">MandaCrafts</a> which I bought at Glastonbury earlier this year. It was a joy to spin.<br />
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On the other hand, the pattern and I nearly parted ways when I started knitting it as some of the instructions for the middle size are incorrect and give instructions for the smaller sizes on the sleeves which I did not think to look at and knit in accordance with one of the larger sizes which is the correct way. Amy responded quickly to my queries which was a great help however the errors have not been corrected yet with an updated PDF.<br />
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I started out very disappointed with pattern and only persevered because I loved how the 2 yarns complimented each other. I am now falling deeply in love with this pattern and it is such fun to knit and the Shilasdair yarn is just gorgeous:) Sometimes it is really worth the effort of perseverance!<br />
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<br />Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-58448015836728975482012-10-21T10:14:00.001+01:002012-10-22T08:46:44.433+01:00Celebrating British Wool Week - 15 - 21October 2012 with new spinning adventures.<div>
British Wool Week began on Monday this week and I decided to participate by ordering 2 sample packs from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hilltopcloud?ref=shop_sugg">Hilltopcloud Spinning Fiber</a>. This complete, I headed over to read some blogs that I love and found that my friend, Tina, over at <a href="http://peacefullyknitting.com/2012/10/05/fiber-friday-fiber-packsa-great-way-to-learn-about-new-wools/">Peacefullyknitting</a> had just received her pack. We often do this sort of thing at the same time without knowing about it from each other.</div>
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I proposed a spin along and she agreed. It is such great fun to share a project, discuss issues and help each other find the ways to improve our spinning. We are spinning one fibre a week with the intention of knitting <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheep-heid">Sheep Heid by Kate Davies</a>.</div>
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On Sunday last weekend, I decided to sample the 10g coloured southdown that I received with my pack from HilltopCloud. I split it into two equal bits and spun up singles for a 2ply<br />
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As we had chosen Bluefaced Leicester as our first fibre and I had some previously purchased, I took 30g and divided it into 3 10g bits, spun up singles to make a 3 ply<br />
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These are the two yarn samples washed and finished. I was quite pleased with them as I have not spun yarn specifically for a pattern before. Even though colour work is traditionally knitted with Shetland 2 ply, I have decided that I want to spin 3ply yarn in fingering weight for the learning experience.<br />
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Monday dawned with the start of the real spinning - BFL which is one of my favourite fibres.<br />
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Three bobbins of fibre ready to ply.<br />
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In other spinning news, here is my beginner's yarn from yesterday. At the guild meeting, Bev kindly showed me how to do longdraw. </div>
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As I was committed to other work, I did not have my wheel with me and could only try it much later when I got home. This is what I had after 45 minutes before we went out for an evening walk. What you don't see is the pile of scraps lying on the table beside me! But it is such fun:)</div>
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While my two handed dishwasher, the Saint, did the dishes, I settled back at my wheel to play some more. With that and an hour this morning, I am finally coming up with something that looks a bit more like yarn but it still needs a lot of practise. I am still loving it though.</div>
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<br />Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-51810648890799802622012-10-08T11:29:00.000+01:002012-10-08T11:31:44.481+01:00La Boqueria - Barcelona's Food MarketWe spent an early morning in La Boqueria, Barcelona's Food Market, which is a feast for the eyes. The photos for this photoblog are taken on my Iphone. It really has an amazing little camera.<br />
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Enjoy a little wander in one of the the world's best markets.<br />
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With the sunshine today, after breakfast and the necessary grocery shopping, we set off to the woods near Farely Mount. It used to be one of our favourite walks before my hip issues and today it co-operated wonderfully as we re-explored old haunts.</div>
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At the top of the hill another road leads down to the valley below.<br />
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A gorgeously coloured dragonfly blessed us with his presence and graced me with the opportunity to photograph him in all his glory. I love how the bracken can be seen though the wings.<br />
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The paths on the way down were really wet after the rains last night<br />
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A wonderful walk enjoyed.Elselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846566722454655747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879122243555424688.post-17209664929958946182012-09-30T18:37:00.002+01:002012-09-30T19:57:40.530+01:00Sagrada Familia - Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I visited this inspiring building before in 2008 and after seeing some recent photographs online wanted to return. This is a building that takes my breath away with its beauty. It is a true joy. </div>
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The people standing give one an idea of the scale of the inside of the building. It is awe-inspiring in the deepest sense of the word.</div>
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The amazing man who was driven to achieve this work - Gaudi.</div>
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He envisioned a building and created a model upside down with wire, chains and miniature sandbag weights</div>
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which right side up is becoming a building of astonishing proportions that is not complete and may take decades to reach its full potential. The building is completely funded by the people who visit it to experience Gaudi's pure genius.</div>
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Some images of various Gaudi works.</div>
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Gaudi had a great mind for detail and was an avid observer of nature in all its glories. His deep fascination led him to create structures mimicking what he had seen. A tree bough with a bole is transformed into the top of a pillar</div>
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He emulated leaves in this way<br />
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and transformed all he saw into facets of a wonderful organic building that thrills the eyes wherever one looks.</div>
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On entering the side doors one's glance is swept upwards towards the heavens by the height and light.</div>
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When we were last here in 2008 this whole area was still under construction. You can see all the scaffolding.</div>
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Now the whole area has opened up into this glorious space. Light pours down through the ceiling illuminating the area below.</div>
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A close up of the pattern you can see at the top of the photo above.</div>
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The pillars sweep upward in a myriad of colours, shapes and sizes. Between them are tantalising glimpses of partially hidden beauties.</div>
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I love how the colours of the pillars in this section fade from dark to light.</div>
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The building has a number of spiral staircases. This one looks like it is based on the inside of a conical sea shell.<br />
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This one made me think of a corkscrew which made me smile. This did not detract from its gorgeous lines.<br />
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The windows are breath-taking. These are still awaiting their stained glass</div>
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The outside of the building holds many delights too, with amazing sculptures of biblical scenes</div>
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and the sheep came trotting along behaving themselves this year by not trespassing in any of the local stores, as they have done in years past. The Festival of Bristish Wool was declared open and people rushed off to the town hall to examine all the festival wears. The Saint and I retired to a lovely coffee shop first. We have our priorities straight.</div>
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I did, however, meet this wonderful character who was a member at the rural museum and he was very impressed that I knew what an inkle band was. When I told him that we teach the children at Hilliers to make the braids on cardboard, he informed me that cardboard would only be invented in 300 years time!!!</div>
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His outfit is true to a time when clothes where precious and one had to be able to adapted to whatever the weather threw one's way. Here you can see his detachable knitted sleeves ready to be donned as needed. I am grateful to live in modern times with all the modern facilities.<br />
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The photos are in no particular order.<br />
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Blog 1 - mostly knitting and handspun<br />
Blog 2 - mostly weaving<br />
Blog 3 - mostly tapestry<br />
Blog 4 - (July) The Rings<br />
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I know I have missed some work and accreditations so I apologise in advance if I have left any one out or have made any mistakes. It is completely my failing and no reflection on the beautiful work you produced.<br />
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I have included the typed accreditations where possible. They hang at different angles and are placed in some challenging places! Some photos are blurred and if you can enlarge them you will be able to make out what was written.<br />
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Taking photos in a crowded room comes with its own challenges. It is a vast undertaking to record and edit it however I want to share it as I was so in awe of the wonderful work exhibited.<br />
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Enjoy:)<br />
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Missed the 'before' box of tops here.<br />
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Here is my cardigan that was chosen for this exhibition. :)<br />
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