Spring

Three days it was like that

and now look at the carpet

In Karen Ruane's class I made this - a sample on English broderie

part of my daughters baptism dress - Long ago those times, 50 years 

A piece of machine embroidered lace

BEFORE:

and AFTER - I didn't like the coloured buttonhole stitches

so I changed it completely - two fillings by hand

And for the next cold season - hopefully very, very far away

I am knitting a vest/waistcoat

It is so thick - that I don't touch it these days - I have to join the seams - that's all.

For the moment I lost interest because weather is so lovely.

Working small

Paperball wraped with gimp -

In fact like a five legged embroidered three-dimensional spider 

I ordered gimp here: http://www.stef-francis.co.uk/ - 

it is a viscose wrapped thick cotton cord

The first one was not a great success - I did it twice

The second has a nice knot in the middle and is bedded in a silk cup 

Karen Ruane at http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/

calls it a little cabbage 

We learned how to stitch on silkpaper -

I embellished with French knots and added a piece of vintage lace

What I will do with those creations? I don't know - they willl probably be

in a kind of stitch diary - a book for reference - to look at and to enjoy.