Machine Knitting

I have spent the last month or so learning how to use a knitting Machine. I always thought using a machine to knit was easy and not worth the same as knitting by hand but I have had to rethink this. I have found learning to use the machine quite hard. You get the thing nearly finished and it all falls off the needles and it is very hard to get it back on. I have packed it all up and have had Wayne put it out in the shed but after calming down again I have tried it again. Over the last few days I have managed to make some thing more constructive than a hat. I have packed it away for the Christmas break because I have things to finish and the knitting machine can waste a day so easily.

Flowers

Dyeing day

On Saturday morning friends from my craft groups arrived for a fun dyeing day with mum and me . It was great fun watching different colours emerge from the dye pot or the microwave . we had a lovely shared lunch and finally finished at 5 pm . it was a long day but defiantly we will repeat it again,

Felting workshop

 Laying out the fibre  I used silk hankies   ,Merino tops and mohair curls

 we covers our jackets with net curtain

New Inkle Loom

My new second hand inkle loom. I am still working out how to warp it up. I will have it worked out before i demo spinning and weaving at the end of the month.

Brown Quilt

I am about half way through a quilt top. Jay really likes it but he is not having it.

My sewing room

I went to quilting for a while this morning and while I was there Wayne Colman sorted out my sewing room for Ashleys trestle table and for my sewing machine to fit better . Gee he is so good to me