New stitching to happen

I wrote two posts yesterday, and there still seems to be a lot of material to write about, so here's the interim, before Tuesday Knitting Group and Textiles and Tea. It's all go.

Here's the stitched fabric book idea, which I think will improve the former wall hanging, and the complicated schema for the pages. 

It's a slot and tab design -- tab pages slide through slot pages, very clever. 

Ann Wood is to be credited here.This will be a Kawandi experiment, too, quilting spontaneously done. Like many beautiful textile arts, it has a sad history, and I am adapting and using ideas with humility, honoring the Siddi people of India 

What this quotation doesn't mention is that the Siddi were enslaved, forcibly brought to India. This art is theirs. I'm only trying it as a beginner, with gratitude. It's exactly what I like to do, and they've made it a high art.

And there will be embroidered pages with favorite stitches, just walking around with thread.

Here are my starting pages 

Yes I cut it up from the back. Destruction precedes creation.

It's good to have a bit of stitching to pick up when I feel like a bit of stitching. Stitchers know that need.

And this week, birthdays of Shakespeare, Hitler and my Auntie Kitty. She could have handled Hitler, no problem. Not sure about Shakespeare, though she could quote him. Left school at 12, people did then, never stopped learning.

Throughout all, there's the best dinosaur of all 

And, now and then, I post chalked street images made by David Zinn. Here's him at work

Happy day, everyone, enjoy whatever you're making or watching or reading or working on. It's all good.

Spring, and plying

 Signs of spring

Sage in bloom

Roses planted by birds budding up

Thai basil reseeding itself

What I come down to in the morning

Today I woke up thinking about plying, so I thought I'd do some.

I found the heavier spindle I use to ply, then set up a way to keep the threads from tangling. You can get quite elaborate setups for this purpose, but this works fine

I spun these singles clockwise, so I plied counterclockwise, as in z then s. This is how you get plied yarn.

Chunky, as you see. I need to do quite a bit more spinning and plying before I start knitting skirt panels. 

Tomorrow I think I'll set up the warp for the next woven panel. First I find wherever I carefully put the yarn, so as to wind it into balls. 

This afternoon is the knitting group, so that's when I'll get on with that final sock for the current package. After that's gone I'll get into figuring out the knitted skirt panels and even maybe knitting them, who knows.

Life's a banquet!

Enjoy your day, everyone, Nadine invites you to feast on.