the ganbaru club

linen top finished. spent days piecing it and still have to tune it. the white is going as it is waste yarn used for holding the stitches. the style is  simple and effective  thanks to the design of  pamela cruse

it is also easy to knit therefore i'll be repeating it with some variations.

finally producing something that is wearable! think it will look good on this number.

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philosophy in less than 3 minutes

self help dept. for artists, artisans and humans in general.

have a good weekend

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blocking or the science of it

re blocked.one side too long,  joining to the other piece not possible.

i had delusional thoughts about working with linen and the k machine. weaving linen as a warp is aroyal pain, although some virtuous people manage to do it and produce wonderful textiles.

knitting goes better albeit the shedding, it sheds like a bobtail dog.

but blocking ,my friends is quite the science.linen is not elastic thus blocking to shape can be difficult, if one side is stretched more that the other it doesn't spring back no matter the coaxing.it needs to be plopped in water for about an hour or until it absorbs its weight in water.then squeezed until damo and blocked again. the good news is that this operation can be performed many times. kaizen.

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