Dying Dilemma 2025 Part 7

After last weeks long blog this week a shorter one.

Belly Hip Scarf

Along with the other two Hip Scarves I have already mentioned I have this one. To be honest I am not really sure what the colour is. The nearest Shade I can think of is Mauve.

Unpick Coins

Whatever the Shade I am going to scrap it. I am going to Unpick the Coins and Reuse them elsewhere.

String of Coins

I have now Unpicked one String of Coins. I am trying to keep them the way they were on the Scarf. I hope to be able to Replicate the Pattern.

Section Unpicked

This is one complete Section of Unpicked Coins. I still have another 2 to do. However it is going to have to wait for now.

 Carnival Calamity 2025 Part 7

On to the final part. I was getting concerned because I was running out of time. This is day before the Carnival and needs to be ready.

Terrible Geometry

I always have trouble with Geometry. I’m fine with ordinary 2D Shapes but goes all to pot when I need Depth. I did them best I could but I have run out of Time so am drawing by eye rather than measuring. I am supposed to have Two Cubes but they have turned out a bit rough.

I will Trim them up a little when I Cut them Out. I will also add Dots because they are supposed to be Dice.

Backgammon in Play

I glued the Dice in place either side of the Centre of the Backgammon Board. Now to put down the Counters.

I could have done the easy thing and gone for the Starting Position with the Counters. However I thought that would be a bit boring. Therefore I have gone with a more organic feel. I have the Counters in Play including one that is sitting out in the Centre waiting to rejoin the Game.

Too Hot

Arggh it is Too Hot! This is not good. The glue is melting. I am having to reapply it and stick down the points.

Snakes and Ladders

It is the morning of the Carnival and my boyfriend is decked out with the Snakes and Ladders Board. It is Pinned to his T Shirt using gold Safety Pins. I have put one in each of the corners. Hopefully it wont get too windy.

Backgammon Ready

My Backgammon Board looks great against this Blue T Shirt. This has been a very cheap way to dress up and add to the fun of going to the Carnival. 

P.S.

I took some spare Pins with me just in case we lost any. We didn’t and everybody loved our outfits. What is more I only need to remove the Counters and use real dice to be able to play.

A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 7

 A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 7

Finally getting to the End of this Section.

Double Increase

I need to Increase it even more. I decided to do a Double Increase in the White. I should have around 320 Stitches

Double Check

I didn’t Increase anymore in the Grey. I have now changed to my last colour which is the Multi I knitted one Row and then Double Checked the Count. 

It is 321 so I am going to have to Decrease by 1 by Knitting 2 together. Otherwise I will have the wrong amount of Stitches to start the Rib.

Cast Off Rib

I have made the Rib roughly half the size of the other Stripes. I then Cast Off then removed any spare bits of Yarn and Sewed in any tails.

Stripey Bag

By now you must all be curious as to what the hell this is supposed to be. The reason I hadn’t said is because it is a Birthday Surprise for my Boyfriend.

This Stripey Bag is the top half of a Mermaid or should I say Merman Blanket. He is six foot two hence the length. Next is the Fin part of the Tail.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Continuing with my Star Project

Fill White

Taking some White Clay I fill in the Depression.

Black Balls

I Roll some Black Balls

Eye Eye

I pop the Balls on to make the Eyes for the Starfish.

Add Smile

I have Rolled a little piece of Orange to make a Smile as I want a happy Starfish

Dash of White

Again I am adding White Highlights to the Eyes.

Sort Red

Now I am going to Sort that pesky Red Mark. This was a bit tricky to remove without making a Mess. So I hit upon the idea of accentuating the Arms by Scouring them with a Knife.

Mini Pudding Puzzle 2024 Part 7

 Mini Pudding Puzzle 2024 Part 7

The next Section of the Pattern calls for Ladder or Invisible Stitching. I have never done this before so I had to look it up. I will try to explain as I go along. You might want to read this a couple of times. Or do what I did and google it.

Knot

I am going to show you it along the White part so it can be seen better. First make a Knot. Then put your Needle through the White material.

Stitch Along

In the above photograph it is Showing you the White Section. In fact this the second time I have done this .( I did the knot. Then came across and put Needle through the Brown then returned across to the White)

Push the Needle Along the White Material a short way. Then Crossover and put the Needle through the Brown.

Forming Ladder

I kept repeating the process and as you can see the Thread is forming what looks like the Rungs of a Ladder. I did this until the End.

Difference Between

In the photograph above you can see the Difference Between my normal Blanket Stitch and the Invisible Ladder Stitch. I repeated this process for the other three Seams.

Remove Tacking

With all the Stitching done I could now Remove all the Tacking Stitches. I trimmed any threads that were awkward and wouldn’t come back out.

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Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 7

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 7

It should be simple but it is getting rather complicated.

Third Stitch Holder

 

Unbelievably I still cannot get the Stitches off and have to add a Third Stitch Holder. This is towards the Front End of the Stitches that I need to remove.

I slide the Forward Stitches onto the Third (Gold) Stitch Holder. Then I can pull the Needle and First (Grey) Stitch Holder back and leave half the Stitches on the Second (Blue) Holder. Finally I can slip the Stitches from the Third Holder to the Second.

15 Stitches

 

If you could follow all that I now have 15 Stitches on the Blue Stitch Holder. That is half the battle done. At this point I Cut the Wool leaving a long Tail.

Lift off Stitches

 

I now move onto the second part of Stitches at the other side of the Wool Marker. This is going to be much easier. This is because the Stitches will be the right way for Knitting.

I push the Stitch Holder through the 15 Stitches. I then lift them off with a Needle.

30 Stitches

 

I have now put the Stitches back on to the Blue Stitch Holder. You can see the End of the Tail in between the two lots of 15 Stitches. This makes 30 Stitches in Total.

After doing all that I need a break before I move onto the next part.

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 7

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 7

Then next couple of Blogs are continuing with the Ivy

Trimming Ivy

 

Before I can do anything I need to Trim the Ivy. I measure them against the Template.

Ivy Main Stalk

 

Now I can start Embroidering. I decided to start with the Ivy’s Main Stalk

Back Stitch

 

The Stitch that I am using is the Back Stitch. This means that I am going to have to keep the Back very tidy and keep Cutting the Ends of the Thread off.

Start Bottom Ivy

 

Speaking of the Thread I am using a Green 0266 Anchor that I have in my collection. I start Sewing from the Bottom of the Main Stalk. Then I Sew Upwards then Corner Downwards.

Double Bottom

 

 

I repeat the process with the other side.

Set of Ivy

 

I continue through the Leaves until I have all the Ivy Veins done. The Upper parts were Embroidered using the same technique but slopping upwards.

Too Thick

 

I start to Embroider the Contrasting Yellow. This is Anchor 0293. As soon as I have done half a dozen Stitches I know that this isn’t going to work. Time for a think.

All Steam Ahead 2021 – Mad Hatter Preparations Part 7

 All Steam Ahead 2021 – Mad Hatter Preparations Part 7

This is the Final blog on this Project.

Adding Feathers

 

The Final touch was to add the Feathers. I tucked them in a little behind the Badge.

 

Badge Side

 

I wondered how best to Display the Final Result. With no Mannequin handy a Stool had to suffice. In this photograph you can see the Badge and Feathers.

 

Rear Vail

 

In this photograph you can see the Full expanse of the Rear Veil. You can also see how I have wound the Chain back on itself rather than continuing on to the Badge side.

Chain Side

 

This photograph gives a great view of how the Chain dangles down and then comes back up on itself.

Veil Over

 

One thing that I didn’t mention about the Front Veil is that it is Long and Wide enough to Fold over Diagonally so you can see, eat and drink.

Spot the Badge

Finally the whole collection. The Hat, Mask, Earrings, Belt and if you look very carefully the Badge that I made is Pinned to my Coat.

A splendid Outfit for going to the Theatre.

P.S.

I couldn’t resist adding to the overall Ensemble by leaving my glasses at home and watching the performance with a pair of Opera Glasses.

Cooper Concoctions 2021 Part 7

 Cooper Concoctions 2021 Part 7 

We are now on to the last Legs of this project if you will forgive the pun.

Leg Material

 

I have a great deal of Material left from the Legs.

Leg Material Inverted

 

The above photograph shows the other Leg. I felt that it was easier to do this Upside Down hence the inverted look. (Please note that sometimes I reverse the order to make it more intelligible so photographs may show some discrepancies).

Pin Sides

 

To make life easier Pin the Sides of the Material together along the Length. Then you can get a more accurate cut across the Bottom.

This saves you from mucking about with part Sewing like I did.

Secure Fold

 

I turned the Material back to back and Secured the Fold at the Top of the Hem. Remember that I have inverted this so we are in fact working from the Bottom Hem of the Cooper Jeans.

Blanket Stitch

 

Once the Fold is Secured I can Blanket Stitch nearly to the Bottom on both sides. I left a couple of Inches Unsewn.

Pin Bottom Hem

I can now Pin the Bottom Hem ready for Sewing.

Dionne’s Draught Excluder 2019 - Part 7

Dionne’s Draught Excluder 2019 - Part 7

I am now moving onto the Tail End part of the Draught Excluder.

Hemmed Tail End

Taking one of the black cut out Circles I Hemmed it with a simple Tacking Stitch

Attach to Top

 

I began by making a few Tacking Stitches to hold the Circle in place. This will stop it moving around whilst I do the next piece.

Part Sewn End

From where I attached it I Blanket Stitched the Circle to the Excluder. I Sewed 90 degrees in both directions. Thus leaving half of it still Unsewn

Double Thread

Taking the Pom-Pom I had made I Threaded the needle with both Threads of Wool. I then proceeded to Sew the Pom-Pom to the middle of the Circle. I also Sewed through the Pom-Pom as well as the material in order to give it extra strength.

Gathered Excess Material

Now the Pom-Pom is Sewn in place I can continue to finish Blanket Stitching the Circle to the Excluder. I found that I have Excess material. Therefore I have to gather the material prior to Sewing.

I do this by putting the needle through the Excluder as usual. However each time I make a Stitch I take a little Extra material from the Circle part.

Tail Added

I have finished Sewing all the way around. By using the Double Thread and Sewing through the Pom-Pom it has stayed in the Centre of the Circle rather than dropping.

I can now begin to Stuff the Body.