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Due to my being attacked by some sort of spider or bug more than 20 times over on my torso, and the subsequent feeling of being turned into an arachnid's juice box, I am going to submit a photo from last weekend for my Self Portrait Thursday offering today. (Doctor prescribed antibiotic...so hopefully I'll be on the mend soon!)
Here I am knitting at the mall. (FYI: My daughter and I are in an apartment now! Thanks for all the well-wishes!)
This is my self portrait for Thursday, June 18, 2009.
Staying in a hotel with my daughter.
Going through a break-up and end to my 10 year marriage.
Fighting for the protection of the innocent.
Feeling more free by the hour.
We are persecuted, but not forsaken.
We are cast down, but not destroyed.
My trip to the hospital for pre-testing was rewarded with a hospital rummage sale in the atrium! I happily picked up this nice Nine West hat for a dollar and...
65 spools of Gutterman and Meltler brands (high-quality) sewing thread for just $13.00, thank you VERY much! Each spool is a different, glorious color! In case you don't know, the thread is worth at least $130.00, new. Only a few of them have been used at all. SCORE!
Window light today.
The photo shoot went well!
It's been a while since I've done a Self Portrait Thursday shot, but I'm back! Picked up this dress...so fabulous that I almost cried...for $3.00 at Goodwill's half-price sale!
It's vintage Sears. Mint condition. Fits me like a glove! I have my friend coming over later today to do a photo shoot of me in it. :-) But, I couldn't wait to even fix my hair or makeup, so I snapped a photo for the SPT group.
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Free spinning demo, knitting and crochet clinic to be given by FiberTherapy.org at the Funky Finds Spring Fling!
A while back, I posted photos of my new Inkle loom, which I WON in a drawing. Well...I had warped it twice, with some disappointing yarn choices, so I finally re-warped it two days ago with some vintage sewing thread given to me by my dear friend and neighbor, Angelia. It is done in a light purple, darker purple and a deep wine color.
The thread was so thin that I felt my large wooden shuttle would not be the right size for the project, so I grabbed my copper (brass?) shuttle that my friend Clancy made for my net tying, as in fishing or decorative nets. It was kind of tarnished, because I haven't made any netting in a long time, but as I used it to weave the ribbon on my inkle loom, it polished up so nicely with just the oils from my hands! Lovely. He is also Noreen Crone-Findlay's Son-In-Law, I might add!
So, when warping, I decided that I wanted an ample border on one edge to be able to sew onto a garment without crowding the ribbon, so I made the lighter color edge wider than the darker purple edge. I was also running out of heddles, and rather than make up some more, I just started the darker purple border sooner than I had intended. This was just practice, after all! I also made the alternating color band in the middle by tying on a new color each wrap of the warp just for about eight or so wraps. I will certainly have a lot of fun playing around with the set-up in the future, now that I know what I'm doing, I can't wait to warp on a wider ribbon in a width and style perfect for the straps on a new hand-knit top for me!!! Silk thread next time, maybe? Wee! What fun. :-) Sorry...I just get really excited about this kind of thing.
Beware of girls with pointy sticks!
I was steeped
Asleep
Par-boiled
Rich in the
Cast iron deep
Stewed with the
Roasts of a
Thousand Sunday dinners
Not given a chance
To leap
-Micol Kraft Day
I have never really written any poetry to speak of. It was just in my heart to write one today. I don't know what to name it.
