Another tartan scarf ready to find a home. I wove using traditional methods on a floor loom. The thin worsted wool I use, which is the traditional way of making tartan, is only available at one store in all of North America, so I have to have it shipped in. This creates the light and…
Baby’s Fox Hat
Continuing my baby hats in the softest materials I can find, this is a handknit beanie featuring three cunning little foxes. The 100% worsted wool offers a silky feel so that it is not itchy for a delicate newborn’s head. Find it here.
Child’s Handknit Hat or Cloche
I’ve been stocking up my Etsy shop with new handknitted and handwoven items. I adore making hats and beanies and this is my latest one. Perfect for a child, featuring a baroque colorwork patterns that I created and is wholly unique. Lots and lots of counting, let me tell you! It is the only one…
Knitting Fever
I’ve recently gotten back into knitting. It’s been a while. Weaving and embroidery have taken up a lot of my time lately, and I haven’t had the opportunity to use my knitting needles until now. But I have a good reason to begin again. My sister is London, studying at the Royal Veterinary College to…
Tiny Embroidery
This tiny canvas just ached for a bit of florals. My own kind of cherry blossom, I suppose. The flowers were done with French knots while the branches are Mountmellick stitches. Here you have the needle for size reference.
Tartan Scarf
Another tartan scarf in the hands of its new owner. This one is also done in the traditional 2/16 wool, using the traditional ends per inch. The counting for this one was a bit loopy, since it had an odd number of green threads halfway down the pattern, which meant I had to pay attention…
Tartan
Tartans have always intrigued me. One of the main reasons for this is because of how intricate the designs are and how thin the wool required to get the right sett is. The toughest, and most expensive, part of weaving a tartan is buying the wool. Traditional tartan, the kind used to make kilts, is…
Walpurgisnacht #2
This is the second devil in my series. It’s amazing how much better it looks than the first one. The Diamant thread is a bit tougher to use in the padded satin stitch than I thought. What I realized using this thread is that, unlike other options, I have to pull it as tightly as…
Walpurgisnacht
My little Devil series, Walpurgisnacht, is in full swing. I’m planning to do four of these, all with the same woven fabric but with different Devils. The fabric was woven on my floor loom, in tencel threads that I’m not planning to use as warp ever again because they snapped so often I had to…
Wasp
The wasp is done, making it the second in my Delicate Grotesque series. This one is also embroidered in vintage fabric, a delicate doily that was the perfect size for the design. I still have to look for a frame that is complements it and hang it up along with the Goliath beetle. As I…
Off the Loom
I’ve worked on what was supposed to be a scarf made with tencel in cream and deep red. It was supposed to measure 13 inches in width, but that had to be scrapped rather quickly because I found that the threads snapped under the loom’s tension once I started weaving. Although it was disappointing, I…
Next in Line
I’ve chosen the next image for my Delicate Grotesque series and I’ve traced it onto another vintage doily. It’s traced with a fabric, water soluble pen, so it should come off without too much trouble when the design is done. Not too sure what the insect is. I’ll have to look up the scientific name…
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