Ladies Hacking Jackets

I need a couple of Ladies tweed hacking Jackets for a customer in Spain , please girls ??

Remember this??

Well some months later I have finally finished my tubular knitted rug. To be fair I usually only do it at The Spinners meetings .
It all started with knitted bag handles and this magic formular of knitting five stitches on double ended needles and sliding the work along , carrying the wool across the back and knitting from the other end! Got it??? well maybe not , but you end up with a tube like French knitting which when boiled felts into a perfect bag handle for knitted bags.
If you keep going and use all your odd bits of wool and sew them together like a plaited rag rug this is what you get.
I have used really hairy wools like jacob and hardwick so this rug should last ages and felt down nicely with lots of use'
The edging is another story ! Thank you Mildred x I am amazed I retained the pattern from my quick" show and tell" at our Christmas Lunch!!

Dates for your Diary !

Feb. 20th The Bridport Rag Market St Mary's Hall
March 24th Ilminster Talent for Textiles at The Old Meeting House

June 2nd Wed. Talent for Textiles at Poundbury Dorchester

On the drawing board

I find it helps to take a picture to get a good look at a design layout. Things that cause " visual tension " love that phrase ! can be rectified . Once these are sewn together there is no going back.
I keep thinking I might end up with one with a fault before I run out of sweaters but up to now they have all found good homes.
Interestingly I am also more aware of prominent colours when I look at them on screen.

Fair Isle, the Latest

I have been beavering away and have all but finished the latest throw, just needs a press and perhaps a button to anchor the center.
I love it when I get that last edge bound! This is all hand sewn except the overlocked seams on the back.
No 11 is on the drawing board I just about have time before Shepton Mallet is upon us .

Friend from the far North

We have had lots of visitors this Christmas and I think Marilyn is definitely from the furthest away. She has driven down from Shetland to visit her son in Yorkshire and then on to spend a few days with me. I have just waved her off into the snowy north. It was great to catch up and it has made me feel another visit to the Islands is overdue.
It is a lovely place full of lovely people and an abundance of wildlife and especially the birds.
Lerwick is a great place and there is a strong connection with Norway.
Look on the Shetland web site and be tempted ! Marilyn runs a great b&b looking down the " voe " to the sea.
As you see I took her to a Dorset favourite ..Lyme Regis which was a great hit.

Work in progress A studio visit

I have had a delightful afternoon surrounded by lovely things, quite inspiring.
I have been to visit Lizzie today and she was in the midst of her journal quilts to reach her end of year deadline.
I was fascinated with the many techniques and processes she uses to build up her work resulting in some wonderful textures but more than that, real depth.
I know she will show you the finished results before they go on tour or whatever they are destined for.
Her chief "timewaster " Archie is a charmer and stole my heart! he had to help of course