I’ve been busy today, now it’s cooler, silk painting. This is the second one today. I love the brown, tan & peach colours. I tried salt flakes today rather than table salt. It created a very different effect.
I sat under the shade of our large hazel tree, to rub the salt off, that’s when I realised I should call this scarf Earth.
I’ve returned to my Blackwork, after I abandoned it for a bit to finish my silk shading. My plan is to have this finished before Christmas & in for assessment.
My first yarn is dyed, product descriptions written & finally loaded into my shop.https://folksy.com/shops/Sunstitchstudio
I’m only taking the first steps slowly & still only selling in the UK , everything seems to be a steep learning process, but I’m getting there.
We visited Lyveden, an Elizabethan lodge in Northamptonshire (UK)
Around the outside it has religious insignia, & the lodge is in the shape of a cross.
I made it up the metal spiral stair case, so my knee must be improving. It was worth it for the view.
Even I had to duck down to get in & out
Around the tea room & shop they had started working on a wild flower meadow, we walked through a lovey orchard to get to the lodge, with loads of brown butterflies. They also have a labyrinth, but my knee was not up to the steep slope, may be next time.
We can recommend the cherry 🍒 ice cream, it was certainly a nice reward for the walk to the lodge & back.
We’ve been out & about, after a walk round the aeroplanes at the Shuttleworth Collection (UK) , we had a walk around the Swiss garden.
I have no idea what this tree is but it’s leaves have so much texture
The garden has a little Swiss Cottage at its centre
A tiny chapel
Yes, a rare photo of me.
With stained glass
Further round the walk we came to a grotto, I do not remember it from our previous visit, so it must be a more recent restoration
More beautiful stained glass
We carried on exploring to find a gem of a little shelter, while it rained, making it very humid
I’ve certainly gathered a lot more embroidery inspiration
The vintage aeroplanes & vehicles were nice too, but for me it was the garden. Unfortunately we’re didn’t see the elusive peacocks, we saw a tail in the distance.
I managed to walk nearly every day, some days more than others depending on my joints. My next virtual walk is a little shorter & somewhere more further a field.
When I tidied up the studio I found a few started tapestry/ needle point cushions.
I started this one over 15 years ago, because it was before we moved house.
It’s the second one in a pair, so froggy will soon have his friend, I even found the cushion I was going to use too.
Mum kindly preorder the Mini Menagerie quilt kit, & it arrived at the weekend. She knows I love Tula pink fabric, this is the new tiny beasts & unicorn poop ranges.
I really struggle with triangles & accurate piecing, so it’s going to be interesting 🤔. The fabric is beautiful, those hedgehogs 🦔 are fabulous.
I joined Lovely jubbly fabrics bag makers club, the first pattern challenge was clam up from by Annie
My undyed yarn has arrived from world of wool today. I’ve got two different types, the whiter one is Dorset long horn & the other is New Romney , I thought I would get something local. They have a certain sheepy smell, they do smell different from each other. There was a big choice of British wool, it’s difficult to know where to start. I’m thinking of dyeing three hanks of each colour way.
This week I’ve persuaded my husband to sort through his models & modelling stuff. He has so much squirrelled away in the loft, there are so many boxes coming down, I think it will be next week before I can even think about yarn dyeing. The good news is, it’s making me work of my Puffin embroidery.
LucyAnn &Luna craft 