Menonday Art Vibe; Dressups
There are many children who would have great fun dressing up like this in today's kindergartens. The life of the two kids here, though, would not be one they would wish to live, I feel.
Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches
A lot of words last week - and thank you for all the engaging comments in response! This week, less words with a few piccies... current WIPs... having hauled out all that stash yarn, stuff has to happen!
There are quite a few skeins that require proper winding before use. In the yarn stash that was inherited from mum, I still have a precious little batch of award-winning spin, a blend of pure Shetland wool and raw silk. I need to find the right project for it, but after so many years (the yarn itself is now over 20 years old!), winding it might bring me a few steps closer to working it.
I love that wheaten marl look. There was no indication on the wee hand-written tag as to the meterage... but I am hoping there is at least a shawl's worth of length here. It is a two-ply fingering weight (2 category), so something a little lacy...
Anyway, there was a huge hank of blue and one of pink, both acrylic, in amongst the heritage pile. Must have been for a specific project, for, as mentioned before, synthetic yarns were not much used by mother. I wound them up and matched them with some variegated yarn from my stash, and I've started a scarf with them. One of the infamous, make-it-up-as-I-go projects.
That pic was taken under my work lamp, so poor colouration. The peach tone here is actually a pure sweetheart pink... and the blue is actually slightly lavender... not that it matters. You get the idea.
There is a bag of absolute oddments from mum's homespun, too. A lot of it was just a piece two- or three-metre hanked and tagged, so that she had a physical reference for different spins: cord, double cord, flecked, slubbed... One or two were remains from a larger amount. With only a couple of exceptions, nothing of any length to even make a decent granny square. What to do in order to preserve this treasure yarn?
Last, but not least, there is the ongoing chore of reducing my stock of never-ending ends. Combining all the 'too much to trash, not enough to bash' from the heritage and personal stash, there should be a few good scarves and or hats! Or at last some more wristlets/mitts. When not doing those, why not a few 'coasters'... enough of those and there might even be a blanket in them...
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