I have a lot of crafting supplies, and one of my goals is to use up what I have. (This has worked so well for the fawncho, my latest knitting project, that I've not only used up the one hefty skein and various odd balls of this particular yarn in my stash, I've used exactly all of this remaining yarn. To the point that I'm running out of yarn for the final 1/3 of the bind off, and will have to steal most the fairly long tail I have from the cast on edge in order to finish the bind off).
Lately i've been thinking about embroidery. Not only did I collect various embroidery floss (flosses?) some time ago, I also inherited my grandmother's embroidery materials. I've kept them housed in their vintage Knott's Berry Farm box. My grandmother kept her materials all nicely organized, of course. Going through the collection now, I see that many of the plastic bags housing different colour families of floss are actually what appear to be milk bags, cut in half. That's thrifty and practical repurposing for you. You can see below which are my collection of floss added to the collection in the tangled mess on the left. I'm straightening them up now so I no longer need to feel ashamed.
Lately i've been thinking about embroidery. Not only did I collect various embroidery floss (flosses?) some time ago, I also inherited my grandmother's embroidery materials. I've kept them housed in their vintage Knott's Berry Farm box. My grandmother kept her materials all nicely organized, of course. Going through the collection now, I see that many of the plastic bags housing different colour families of floss are actually what appear to be milk bags, cut in half. That's thrifty and practical repurposing for you. You can see below which are my collection of floss added to the collection in the tangled mess on the left. I'm straightening them up now so I no longer need to feel ashamed.
Having embroidery on the brain has made me think of that great Olivia de Havilland movie from 1949, The Heiress, in which the shy protagonist protests to her father that she can't go out to a fancy evening party because she has some embroidery she must finish. We've all been there.
In looking up embroidery inspiration online, I came across this, which blew my mind.
Otherwise, my modest summer goals of attracting Neko Atsume cats, reading on the deck, and grilling vegetables continue. We've been eatng corn on the cob as much as we can and there have been several cobs scoring an 8 or higher (I come from a family that loves corn on the cob, and grew up with an expectation that when you eat corn on the cob, you rate your cob). There has been a slight flurry of dishcloth knitting, and we ended up rather enjoying a documentary series on Netflix on great British castles, despite the presenter's odd and slightly forceful cadence. I became both repelled by and drawn to oubliettes.
The plan for August will be more of the same, and at this rate, a hike.
In looking up embroidery inspiration online, I came across this, which blew my mind.
Otherwise, my modest summer goals of attracting Neko Atsume cats, reading on the deck, and grilling vegetables continue. We've been eatng corn on the cob as much as we can and there have been several cobs scoring an 8 or higher (I come from a family that loves corn on the cob, and grew up with an expectation that when you eat corn on the cob, you rate your cob). There has been a slight flurry of dishcloth knitting, and we ended up rather enjoying a documentary series on Netflix on great British castles, despite the presenter's odd and slightly forceful cadence. I became both repelled by and drawn to oubliettes.
The plan for August will be more of the same, and at this rate, a hike.
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