The creative redhead who blogs at Handcrafted with Altitude asks whether I will share the draft I used for the crinkly merino/silk scarf in huck lace. The answer is yes, certainly. I planned a threading on eight shafts — and threaded what I planned — but after sampling I ended up using a very simple…
I have become completely addicted to this 30/2 Nm silk. The colour is called “gunmetal” and it goes with everything. I used it in the previous crinkly scarf and then again in this — another — crinkly scarf. The first was mainly blue, the second mainly red, but both are enhanced by the gunmetal grey….
Here is the merino-silk combination straight off the loom and looking rather stunned, as they often do. I treated it the same way as the sample. First I washed it ever so gently in the sink, using Ecover’s “Delicate” as I usually do. Then I rinsed it and squeezed out the excess water. And then…
As you can tell, we’ve finally been getting out and about. Fortunately there are some lovely walks in the area where the paths are wide and flat enough for me and my purple walking stick! “reflections and ice” was posted by Cally on 4 Jan 2011 at http://callybooker.co.uk
I love this week. It’s my favourite of the year and Stuart’s as well. Even the people who love us the most have had more than enough of our company over Christmas so we can indulge our preference for doing nothing, going nowhere and seeing nobody. I should perhaps say — in case you are…
Well, new books. Books are Serious so really shouldn’t be denoted toys no matter how many you have, right? I have just had the pleasure of adding these to my LibraryThing collection: That’s volume 2 of Peggy Osterkamp’s New Guide to Weaving and Marg Coe’s new book Fit 2 Be Tied. I’m especially excited about…
And may you find citrus fruit in your stocking tomorrow! “Merry Christmas” was posted by Cally on 24 Dec 2010 at http://callybooker.co.uk
Second Bee (see First Bee here): when I did go from being a belt and braces person to being a belt, braces and everything-but-the-kitchen-sink person? I started wondering about this last Wednesday afternoon. I had packed up my wares to take to Petite Noel and I was assembling a kit of Useful Things: pair of…
Now that I’ve let that First Bee out of my bonnet it is a lot quieter in there and I can concentrate on telling you about some of the lovely things which people round here are making – people whose wares I was able to enjoy at Petite Noel. For a complete list of participants,…
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