Not a lot to show this week. Just one update on the Medieval Tapestry, and some knitting. Things have been distracting me from stitching this week.
This is as far as I’ve got on the Medieval Tapestry. Just 3 more flowers to go and then a whole lot of background. The design is by Natalia Frank and I am stitching it on 60 count silk gauze with mostly Soie Surfine silk thread and Gloriana Tudor for the red background.
Here are some of the knitting projects that have been distracting me this week.
This is the start of the Queen Susan shawl, which is a Shetland lace design, and the pattern can be found on Ravelry. I am using a very fine merino wool ‘thread’ from Habu textiles, which has been in my stash for many years.
These 2 are the starts of the Flower Medley Hoodie, a pattern I got from Knitpicks. I am using Palette for the colourwork and FibraNatura Mermaid for the body of the sweater.
I have also been doing a little bit of miniature knitting on the Ashley pattern by Sharon de Vries, but not much more to show than last week. I had knit the petticoat for it, but when I went to join it to the skirt of the dress I made a mistake and ended up dropping quite a few stitches which of course ran several rows down, through some double decreases. I tried to fix it, but after struggling for half an hour and not getting anywhere, I cut it off and started over.
And then there is the test knit that I am working on but can’t show. The rounds are getting to be very very long (well over 600 stitches), so it is slow going. But I have till August to finish it, so hopefully it will be done by then.
