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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 1, 2015 13:55:41 GMT
How did it get to be December already? I don’t have any big fiber projects to show you, and even my half-finished projects aren’t worth photographing. Lest I begin to sound like Scrooge, I will say that I have been watching and researching a lot of fiber and finishings on-line--exploring various types of fiber, rather than making things.
Sure, I could show you my UFOS--half-finished felt slippers for my two sons (I got bogged down looking for leather soles), an incomplete 9-patch made with natural Bengala dyes and plain cotton and linen scraps (the hand embroidery just doesn’t sing to me). You might be interested in a photo of my half-threaded (sleyed?) weaving loom. NOT!
What fibery things have you been working on lately? Finished or unfinished?
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 1, 2015 19:15:43 GMT
Piles of unfinished here.
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Post by Teri Berry on Dec 1, 2015 19:54:30 GMT
Been working on lots of things over the last week, some sewers/beaders friends (pin cushions in the shape of a bowl), some really cute animal brooches and a gilet using some of Zara's beautiful Gotland locks. I need to take some photos but it seems to be permenantly dark now. Roll on Spring!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 1, 2015 21:55:16 GMT
Ruth, now I feel much, much better!
Teri, good for you! Hope you will show us your Christmas treasures. As for the light, we begin to get gray and cold, but for us, winter has not yet begun (officially, that is…we’ve had plenty of snow already).
Now, let’s see--a gilet is a vest and a jumper is a sweater? Have I got that right? Wait a minute--isn’t a waistcoat also called a vest?
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Post by Teri Berry on Dec 1, 2015 23:01:51 GMT
I love how language is so messy! Gilet was a word I learned on this forum, I'm making what I would call a waistcoat but as you already point out, that is a vest in US English (I think), I was trying to adapt and be understood globally but still managed to fail! Yes, jumper = sweater trainers = sneakers plaits = braids trunk US = boot of a car, trunk UK = torso of the body or the dangly thing on an elephant's face and don't get me started on the pronunciation!! I work for an American company so spend most afternoons on the phone to people in Indiana, I cringe every time I hear myself say Zee instead of Zed or lever with a flat e instead of leee-ver. If I ever pronounce route as r-out instead of root, you can take me out and shoot me! And I am still resolutely spelling in English-English too!
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Post by Pandagirl on Dec 1, 2015 23:30:28 GMT
Thanks goodness we have a global community to get answers from. :-)
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 1, 2015 23:52:06 GMT
And even once you think you know American English, there is a different part of the country that pronounces words completely different than what you expect.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 2, 2015 15:09:53 GMT
Ruth, That’s true about American English. I have the most difficulty understanding some Southerners.
Teri, Because of this Forum, I sometimes slip and type “colour” and “fibre” -- and I am a former Spelling Bee Winner (8th grade). What fun!!!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 2, 2015 15:15:12 GMT
P.S. Special note to Teri: The Americans think the Brit accent is charming, so just go ahead mispronouncing!
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 2, 2015 16:58:59 GMT
Cathy - I think that "Brits" think we are the ones mispronouncing!
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Post by Teri Berry on Dec 2, 2015 20:54:19 GMT
You beat me to it Ruth, and then of course there are the misspellings too! I've been trying to teach my US colleagues to speak proper for years, I have taught one friend about chip butties, that he insists on calling potatoe bunties. There's just no helping some people [eye rolling]
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Post by Shepherdess on Dec 3, 2015 2:48:14 GMT
oh yes, chips are french fries and crisps are potato chips. so many things. It keeps things interesting. my daily dose today is I started dyeing some silk for my nuno scarf class on Saturday. I am using low water emersion dying with fiber reactive dyes. they will sit until I get home from work tomorrow morning.
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Post by elizabeth on Dec 3, 2015 15:15:43 GMT
Being a born and bred Southerner myself, I have problems understanding other Southerners. I once was talking with my boss about a project and he asked me "What do you like?" I was confused. I was thinking about kittens and crayons and chocolate. Then it finally dawned on me that he was asking me "What do you LACK?"
I have a couple of purses that need some stitching and finishing up, but I keep dragging out the no-brainer socks that I'm 1" away from finishing.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 3, 2015 21:49:58 GMT
The 9-patch block is something I’ve been working on lately. First I dyed the cotton squares with Bengala dyes, then I stitched them together, now I am starting to embroider. In staying with the subtle Bengala (Japanese mud) dyes, I stuck to neutral threads, but I mentioned to Pandagirl (Marilyn) how it was feeling a bit dull, and she suggested I try some other colors with gray undertones. I hope I chose the right ones, in keeping with our color theory challenge this year. What do you all think? What other colors (shades, tints, hues) might work? flic.kr/p/BNMskK
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Post by Teri Berry on Dec 3, 2015 22:44:24 GMT
I think colour choice depends a lot on the "feeling" you are aiming for, currently the colours are analogous (tints and shades of pink / cream / orange), sitting on the same side of the colour wheel the effect is very calming. I like it! If you are looking to add a bit of drama though, some areas of green or blue or some deeper values (similar to the grey stitching) could work well.
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