And I am stalled with kniiting.
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But dear Chatelaine you are such a superb seamstress that you scare me - by which I mean I am scared to show my efforts with warts and all on view
Similarly the Fishâs beautiful work scares me from showing off my knitting
Anyway I have fun trying both crafts and I feel vaguely useful
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Fecksake Twellsy
You get nothing but support from all ovvus, & you can do things that we canât
Carinthia.xx
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Tell you what though: after having spent a while doing ever-increasing rounds ending with several that were 1,504 stitches long, doing ones a mere 363 which are going gradually to decrease feels really easy! Even if they are stranded which means I have to keep an eye on them all the time; after all, the previous one had a pattern every so often.
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Dear one I know you lot are kind and generous beyond anything when helping me with my projects
I just feel inadequate when I look at your beautiful works
Like I was back in primary school having my sock golliwog puppet marked by teacher as tries hard but without any improvement
Yes I have no confidence so am a daft old bat!
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You make good stuff, though.
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Thank you
I am now stopping for a while as my eyes do not like working with a deep burgundy almost bitter chocolate colour yarn
Over half way up the rib though!
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Oh, that is fine!
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Isnât her work stunning?
She sort of made the pattern up as she knows I am usually roasted in a jumper so it is a cardi/jacket with short sleeves hand knit and designed by her
I am thrilled and delighted with itâŠ
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[stunned]
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Thank you, dere.
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Update:
The Knitted Map of Ambridge, as mentioned upthread is finished, & looks really good, to my unknitterly eye. Canât do it myself, but I can always appreciate the skill involved.
With the names added on, it makes a 50" square.
Even better news is that, after 'phonecalls were made, the BBC want to use it as part of the 70th Anniversary celebrations
Carinthia.xx
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Well, now ittiz being appreciated elsewhere I feel less of a puppy-kicker for calling it a pointless artefact of no aesthetic merit and a waste of yarn to boot.
< next puppy >
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I know exactly what you mean, Gus. I may hate the garment/thing/wotevva but I do appreciate the work that was involved*
This really does look like a proper âthingâ now itâs finished, & I am pleased that all the work, & wool, will not go to waste.
Carinthia.xx
I reserve judgement on Macrame though⊠
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I saw a macrame swing for a young girlâs room designed by Angela Strawbridge on Escape to the Chateau make do and mend
I was a magical thing for a 12 year old - whimsical and almost grown up
Especially as the child did her own knots under parental supervisionâŠ
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[raisity of a cynical and jaded eyebrow]
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It was lovely - Think of those egg chairs suspended from a frame except her frame was Dad made and he supervised her making the strings that went through a bit of wood he had cut to a chair seat shape
Much better for a wee lassie to do that in lockdown than complain of boredom
And her taste is personal to her so if she likes swings and pink furry lights then good luck to her
I just thought it lovely for a child to be so creative
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I made macramé pull-cords for our bathroom light-switches in Bristol.
Slowly and inexorably over the years the macramé moved downwards, until there were four parallel bits of string at the top and a lump of string at the bottom above the huge glass bead I had used as the base.
It was a bit melancholy.
The lanyards for hanging a house-key round the neck on a dog-walk were a great success, though.
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