DIY has been all consuming and I have been so physically and mentally tired that I have not had the strength to lift a set of sock needles for over a week! There has been no knitting done until last night, when I knocked off three blanket squares. There has however been an itsy bitsy piece of weaving done…
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In June 2008 we spent a day in Stromness. Mr L bought me a pair of batts from The Sorting Room and I spun them into singles. I always thought that I would use them one day for weaving.
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As I recall, the white was Shetland and the dyed parts were from generic local sheep. The dyed parts were far coarser than the white and I ended up with a soft white fluffy single with large pink and purple slubs in it. I think it is lovely and full of character.
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I am adding a second weft yarn from a silk hankie that SpinningGill gave to me to play with. It’s spun fine and then 2 plyed. I’m adding it at more or less random intervals – wherever I feel that it would look good. The warp is a very hairy cotton warp that I got from Texere, though cannot now find any technical details for it.
it is a very open weave. I have no idea what it might end up as – except, maybe, a binding for a hand bound book?
As for the DIY? Insufficient progress made! As always, difficulties revealed themselves as we went and there is half the job remaining to be done.
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The long hall and the corner turn need the floor doing. The white wall has been painted but the WC needs the walls and floor doing yet.
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Once we turn the corner and go down the step, things improve greatly!
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And, turning into the playroom, even better:
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We are ready to repopulate the playroom. Much of the room’s contents are lurking in the trainroom – along with the remainder of the carpet destined for the long hall.
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That bar billiard table and the keyboard – both need to be moved into the playroom now…
We need to get a move on, Mr L wants to build his train layout soon.
As for me, I want to find the energy, the enthusiasm, and the time in which to knit.
it’s looking good, is the supply of good tiles holding out?
A quick calculation suggested that we have more than enough of the “good” tiles to complete the hall. We were tired though and may have done our sums wrong 🙂
not surprised you are tired – it looks exhausting work – at least it will end 😉