I know, I've mentioned this a few times, but it is - at last - done! Completely done! I've sewn the two sides together around a custom-cut foam cushion, then sewn some white cord all the way around the join to make it neater. So... we have the green side (a couple of greenish shades of Rowan Fine Tweed roughly alternating):- And we have the red/brown side, also comprising a few shades of Rowan Fine Tweed thrown together. This side is supposed to coordinate with the curtains, but I Continue Reading
46 000 tiny stitches finished! Yay!
46 000 tiny little stranded stitches on 3mm needles finished! Wheeeeeeee! Ten balls of 4-ply yarn (Rowan Fine Nordic Tweed, ordered from Deramores). This is the second side of the cushion I'm making for our Victorian box settle:- I love the bracken design - it'll make me think of the wilds as we set off on our walks. Not that there's any bracken round here. So I knitted the triumphant last row. And I sewed my steek stitches to reinforce them before cutting:- Before I blocked Continue Reading
Plant life
Sometimes a girl just needs to knit some ferns. This is the story of a late Victorian box settle. I give you exhibit A:- 'Tis a popular piece of furniture in our house. The twinnage pats the carved lions' heads and practise roaring. Mr TwistedYarn dumps his legal files on it to a depth of three feet. And I sit on it and contemplate things. It needs a cushion though, doesn't it? So I'm knitting. I found a lovely design on Ravelry: Continue Reading