I should have known I'd get involved with yet another fiberart skill. This one's finger loop braiding, great way to create lacing and bands for various uses. You pass long loops back and forward, cat's cradle style, to create strips.
I found it on Sally Pointer, but she was doing a braid of multiple loops, bowes as they called them in medieval times, way above my pay grade. So I searched for a beginner one, five loops, and found good old Morgan Donner had made a video.
This one has a tutorial from a medieval manuscript. And you see a team of friends making a fairly advanced version.
But before I start making loops and attaching my loops to a doorknob for tension while I learn how to braid, I thought I would get that upcycled denim vest done.
Still attaching the lining, here to an armhole
The combo of soft old denim and silk is great to stitch, making stitches vanish into the weave. It's working nicely. One more armhole, and the hem, and it will finally be done. Also I need to clear the decks for sock yarn incoming from Joanne, on its way.
Meanwhile the Misfits butternut squash is now soup. Along with a homemade stock, carrots and red lentils, chickpeas added at the end. I now have choices of soups in the freezer, for when I just can't be bothered to cook.
Sprig of flowering thyme, half a wholewheat pita.
Butternut Boy, even as I was ladling this out, was already on the deck making short work of the seeds and rinds.
Happy day everyone, knit on, braid on, cook on, read on, stay cool if that applies, here it does.
