I keep thinking I’ll get knitting on some big project or other… but I seem to keep spinning instead. Alpaca dyed with eucalyptus keeps happening…
There has been some random polwarth spinning from batts I prepared some time ago (and full of nepps they are too!) Love that maidenhair fern, a gift from my mother that is really thriving at present.
There has been dull mending that doesn’t warrant a picture, but I seem to have had a small release from my usual functional approach. This extremely utilitarian apron must date back almost 20 years… it is that long since I made my living baking and kitchen-handing. I think I bought it second hand. It had been discarded because one of the tapes was missing. I long ago replaced it with some bias binding sewed in half, which I assume was on hand at the time. It certainly isn’t a match for the other tape! And the apron itself has had a hole for a very long time.
Not any more. I now use it for spinning–to catch all the random fibres and dirt and little bits of dried plant that drop from any fleece I have prepared myself, no matter how many rinses. I also mended this wool knit on the train one morning, beginning as I waited at the station. Just a little hole up by the neckline.
I bought this garment years ago from Soewn Earth. It has faded quite a bit, but I am still enjoying it… and considering whether it might be time for a re-bundle. First–across (with eucalyptus dyed silk thread)…
Then in the other direction…
Maybe later some embroidery for sheer decoration? And finally, some socks for a friend with several new jobs and rather small feet. She hasn’t had a pair from me in ages. I put these in the mail to be a surprise parcel. Sorry about the office desk pictures on an overcast day. Once I finish a gift I get impatient to have it meet its intended recipient.
They succeeded in being a surprise and she sounded delighted. It’s midwinter here and they arrived in the week prior to the longest night of the year. Perfect for chilly nights.
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