finito

took this to aix and stitched on the trips when i could not see the scenery any longer. yesterday i gave it the finishing touches and voila finito!

the base is distressed lutradur with a brass patina.then comes the linen knit ,as it was a sample to see how this particular linen would knit it came out already distressed. but i added some more distress.on with the stitching  here i had some hard thinking on what stitch to use as the base stitch because of the knit structure.

finally chose upright crosses in linen because i found it to be complementary to the knit. the seed stitch was a no brainer!  what can you add to give it unity and a good pop? 

then the focal point(s) distressed kunin felt with brass patina and puff paint dots with a yarn tail and some copper wire to force the metallic concept and make it visible.

i feel rather virtuous using all the knitted samples making stuff with them    ^_^ 

the awful news is that the ancient laptop which runs the loom gave me the dreaded black screen yesterday.

with husband- san being out of commission  it will have to wait a while. good thing i have old faithful aka 12 shaft table loom.

neki desu

feeling slightly smug

 

managed to finish the nettle warp amid  heaps of domestic BS.  it is going to be used as pages for some books i have in mind. now let's see if i can scrape off time. and i'm not counting the holiday preps which look like sci-fi this year.

i had never worked with nettle before and it gave me pleasure to learn how a new to me yarn works. it sheds a bit, but it is quite strong and there's nothing that a good rub with beexwax can't solve.

it takes paints very well and the next  test will be that of dyeing.

 although it has been used in the himalayas forever it is apparently  the new it yarn for us.

thank you blandina♥♥♥

neki desu

lovely things

great stuff going around on the internet. let's be thankful for that !

• interesting thought provoking read on crafts, craft practitioners  and craftsmanship.
• new earth friendly high tech (the three in the same sentence, yes) developments  using linen fibers.
• those on the japan trip will appreciate this color vocab list :) pay attention to the hex numbers, now you can use those colors in your graphics!
•  shifu for those who want to use it, but don't want/know how to make it: maybe you shifusers are familiar with this page. i just found it.

have a lovely thanksgiving those of you in the u.s. 

 don't get lured by the calls of black friday and cyber monday and please buy handmade!

neki desu