# Knittery and Stitchery and Stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [11 October 2019 09:57 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291 "2019-10-11T09:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2021 17:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/261 "2021-01-16T17:10:29Z")
Well my next project is a tapestry hedgepig kit That will be fun! ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2021 17:42 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/262 "2021-01-16T17:42:05Z")
What about the peacock that you spent so long getting the stuff for? I am waiting for my shin beef, as my hands haven’t been up to dealing with it, so am having chicken thighs instead! Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2021 20:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/263 "2021-01-16T20:35:40Z")
The peacock is waiting The hedgehog is a kit to practice using my new frame on something that l need not have daylight to work on ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2021 20:46 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/264 "2021-01-16T20:46:14Z")
> [@3Wells](#): > > something that l need not have daylight to work on A _luminous_ hedgehog: be this a natteral thing? ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2021 20:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/265 "2021-01-16T20:53:11Z")
Hedgehogs have been known to drink battery acid apparently without harm. I wouldn’t put it past 'em to drink doped strontium aluminate with a happy burp. ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 10:00 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/266 "2021-01-17T10:00:17Z")
Technical question Do tapestries go from middle to outside or vice versa? ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 11:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/267 "2021-01-17T11:10:41Z")
Top to bottom Chinese-wise is the way I have seen it done as a rule. My sister -in-law and my aunt both spent a lot of time making tapestry – not the real, woven sort, embroidered ones – and that was how they did them. ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 11:39 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/268 "2021-01-17T11:39:34Z")
Thank you Fishy ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 13:42 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/269 "2021-01-17T13:42:55Z")
A project which has been going since (gulp) **13th September** has finally reached an end and been cast off (with a bit over 2 metres of dark blue cotton yarn left over). ![IMG_20210117_132942](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/3/327a8908a3b22e7fd3ca8af77422d13fc966120f.jpeg) ![IMG_20210117_133153](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/3/30332c98b6cc0520ff5d59f884edaa414bf24d4c.jpeg) ![IMG_20210117_133206](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/1/10e6fe066eddd1053bb1924e16aca0470ac46455.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 13:48 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/270 "2021-01-17T13:48:59Z")
That is stunning I have started the hedgehog and am only able to do a bit as it’s very hard on my eyes so it will progress slowly Now to play with my sewing machine… ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 14:03 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/271 "2021-01-17T14:03:40Z")
Coo! That is very fine. Well done, wor persevering Fish. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 14:07 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/272 "2021-01-17T14:07:54Z")
The round of the re-knitting of the jumper ought to be at 370sts divided 72, 113, 72, 113 It is actually at 374, divided 72, 114, 73, 115 I think I may simply cheat and decrease one in the front panel, one in one sleeve, and two in the back. Not that it matters, since I can’t start to get the replacement wool needed for the yoke until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 14:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/273 "2021-01-17T14:53:55Z")
Wow! I love the way it hangs, & the ‘dip dye’ /ombre effect looks fabulous. I couldn’t really see the blue until it was on the model, azzitwere. The tiny bit left over is like playing Bobbin Roulette with the sewing machine- one either cheers, or curses! Are you going to put the front edges together, & gently roll it in paper, to store it on a flat surface? I remember an Elderly Rellie who used to store important (corsets) & beautiful (fabric) between the mattress & the bed base. This was also the storage place for curtains, & they got pressed as well! Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 15:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/274 "2021-01-17T15:06:45Z")
It is too big to block properly, though I suppose I could do it in sections. I was thinking of rolling with tissue paper between the layers, and storing it as a long sausage at the front of a wide drawer. With mothballs, because it is pure cotton. I cheated for the bobbin roulette, and got someone to work out the number of stitches I had left in the weight of yarn I had left, then adjusted the final border to fit them – but it was still ever-so-slightly nail-biting. The total number of stitches involved is 19,632, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 15:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/275 "2021-01-17T15:41:35Z")
Yes to acid-free tissue paper No to mothballs, as the smell is vile, & never quite disperses There are modern equivalents which smell much better, including cedar wood balls, which you can sand occasionally to refresh Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 15:58 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/276 "2021-01-17T15:58:50Z")
Or just bits of wood from a cedar of Lebanon which was grown from the one on Shelley’s grave and used to stand in a garden in Usk until it got honey-fungus and had to be cut down. I grabbed several of the smaller logs from that and carved boxes out of them, and still have the off-cuts and shavings somewhere, probably in the garage in a large old Huntley and Palmers biscuit tin. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 16:17 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/277 "2021-01-17T16:17:02Z")
Offcuts would be perfect, Fishy Shavings are rather more fragile, & could disintegrate into the lovely work. Scratches shoulder in anticipation… 😉 Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 16:21 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/278 "2021-01-17T16:21:52Z")
Anything to protect that beautiful cape Acid free tissue and a plastic bag would be my suggestion Fishy With cedar and a spray of indorex… ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 16:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/279 "2021-01-17T16:50:29Z")
I wouldn’t use a plastic bag myself, as they can make things sweat, & attract dirt. There are 2 wooden blanket boxes at Carinthia Towers. The older one was made by the 1st Mrs C’s father, & is used to store blankets. The much newer one was assembled by me, & is used to store cotton bath mats & the like. Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2021 16:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/280 "2021-01-17T16:53:10Z")
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