Hello! I hope you're enjoying this special time of year and it hasn't been too hectic where you are. I've been staying up far too late working on projects of various kinds, as i seem to have a strange sort of extra energy as the days get longer and warmer. I'm sure it will crash soon enough and I'm really looking forward to a holiday over the new year.
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Here are some of my recent projects. Most of these are gifts, but I have made a few other things for people who may or may not read this blog, so I haven't shown those.
+ + I've been saving our avocado stones to try some natural dyeing for a while and suddenly realised I should use them before we go away on holiday! I had lots of fun with this experiment and learned a fair bit. The skeins (from left to right are wool yarn, cotton/wool blend, bamboo/cotton blend and cotton embroidery thread. i love that dirty pink/peach colour in all its shades and am looking forward to experimenting with more natural dyeing next year.
= = I made these funny little bears for my youngest nieces. The blankie version is for baby M and the patchwork bears are for preschoolers I and P. They were such fun to make! I used a very soft cotton jersey to make them extra squishy.
+ + I knitted some washcloth/facecloths from cotton and linen-blend yarns, to wrap up with soap and give as small (hopefully useful) gifts to friends. I love using soft hand-knit facecloths myself and knitting them is quite relaxing too, in my opinion. I found a free pattern on Ravelry for the diagonal garter cloth: (it's this one), and for the blue ones I cast on 39 stitches and knitted a series of garter and seed-stitch sections.
= = I had the Ogden Cami top pattern downloaded and printed out for a while and finally found an evening to sew up a few. These are two new tops to wear this summer. The black one is sewn from linen and the other is my current favourite Liberty print lawn. It's a great pattern – I recommend!
+ + In other news, a small collection of project bags I embroidered for Loop London has arrived (just in time for some last-minute shopping…?!) You can see a little glimpse here.
I hope you are well and happy wherever you may be! Sending warm summer vibes your way.
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