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# My local bus company has changed the bus times and they are ridiculous. I won't rant about it here because it's boring, but suffice to say, nobody I know is happy about it.
# My sister in law took me to Accrington last week for a day out. It isn't particularly the most exciting place in the world, but I had never been, and all we were going for was mooching around the charity shops. So it did us fine for that, and we were home in time for my nephew coming home from school.
I got belated birthday cards, and also some money from them, which I was not expecting. I have finally bought Susan Briscoe's Boro book with some it, and I am maybe going to spend some of the rest on some more felting supplies*.
(*I had a bit of a breakthrough with that, yay! More below).
# So yeah, felting. I was feeling a bit like I'd wasted my money on the kit I bought because I did a bit and then didn't use it any more. But it was partly because I didn't really know what I was doing. Then I watched a video by Sarah Homfrey, where she was talking about slow stitching spirals, and I was like, "I like circles, let's just make loads of felt circles until I feel like I have the hang of this some more!" And so that is what I've been doing!
Granted, I haven't been doing many, because I got distracted by slow stitching some spirals, and also a pattern on a bigger piece of cloth, but I did some and that's what counts!
# I also did some more sorting in the front bedroom, and found an absolute stash of variegated threads (47 skeins!) that I didn't know existed. I felt bad separating them from the embroidery they were with, but I am never going to do it, and at least they'll get used this way. (Also the needle in with them was extremely rusted, so it's safe to say they'd been sitting there for at least twenty years, heh).
And I found three eight inch hoops, one of which was on the aforementioned embroidery, so that was good/a nice surprise.
# I did a bunch of scanning that has been piling up since November last year (oops), so there will be some sketchblog updates soon! Some of it is embroideries I have done, and I am thinking about making prints from some of them. I don't know if anyone will be interested in that, but given it's over a year since I put anything in my shop, at least it's something to update there with?
# I think this is all I have to say for now, so I shall leave this entry here and go and do something else instead!
# My sister in law took me to Accrington last week for a day out. It isn't particularly the most exciting place in the world, but I had never been, and all we were going for was mooching around the charity shops. So it did us fine for that, and we were home in time for my nephew coming home from school.
I got belated birthday cards, and also some money from them, which I was not expecting. I have finally bought Susan Briscoe's Boro book with some it, and I am maybe going to spend some of the rest on some more felting supplies*.
(*I had a bit of a breakthrough with that, yay! More below).
# So yeah, felting. I was feeling a bit like I'd wasted my money on the kit I bought because I did a bit and then didn't use it any more. But it was partly because I didn't really know what I was doing. Then I watched a video by Sarah Homfrey, where she was talking about slow stitching spirals, and I was like, "I like circles, let's just make loads of felt circles until I feel like I have the hang of this some more!" And so that is what I've been doing!
Granted, I haven't been doing many, because I got distracted by slow stitching some spirals, and also a pattern on a bigger piece of cloth, but I did some and that's what counts!
# I also did some more sorting in the front bedroom, and found an absolute stash of variegated threads (47 skeins!) that I didn't know existed. I felt bad separating them from the embroidery they were with, but I am never going to do it, and at least they'll get used this way. (Also the needle in with them was extremely rusted, so it's safe to say they'd been sitting there for at least twenty years, heh).
And I found three eight inch hoops, one of which was on the aforementioned embroidery, so that was good/a nice surprise.
# I did a bunch of scanning that has been piling up since November last year (oops), so there will be some sketchblog updates soon! Some of it is embroideries I have done, and I am thinking about making prints from some of them. I don't know if anyone will be interested in that, but given it's over a year since I put anything in my shop, at least it's something to update there with?
# I think this is all I have to say for now, so I shall leave this entry here and go and do something else instead!
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