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Friday, November 23, 2018

Crazy Quilting Task 8

This task was when we started some ribbon embroidery


The one for this task, is the iris. Such a beautiful flower



And here is mine:

Friday, November 9, 2018

Crazy Quilting





I was thinking I really need to do some more ribbon embroidery. It was so long ago that I'd done some

I decided to look around on the internet for inspiration, and stumbled across some online courses for crazy quilting

I'd never heard of this before. It involves sewing pieces of fabrics together, thread embroidery on the seams, then ribbon embroidery added, and so much more

I was ready to play

Each time we finish a task, we will be given another

Task 1, 2, and 3 was a bit of reading and learning, and choosing supplies. Then at task 4 we got to cut and sew the pieces of fabric together.

It took me a bit to figure out what was required. But then it clicked

It wasn't too even at first, so I un-picked the edges and straightened it out a bit




The next task was to show off some of the beads i had in my stash







Then I could start a bit of embroidery on some of the seams on my straightened out crazy quilt piece






Probably my favorite part was the french knot flowers (I think they're hyacinths)



Here's the link to the classes if anyone wants to do the other ones:  https://shawkl-classes.blogspot.com/


Friday, March 16, 2018

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence


Let's please do something





On Friday 16 March 2018, Australian schools will stand united in their communities to celebrate the eighth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA)


https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/NationalDay



https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/videos/10155390571273441/




Thursday, January 25, 2018

Which hook for the perfect circle



Above is the perfect flat circle. You can find the formula for it in the previous posts.


I've covered several things that can go wrong with the flat circle in previous posts.


This time I will talk about hook size

Sometimes the wrong sized hook can also have an effect of the flatness of the circle.





The above image shows the perfect flat circle worked with 8 ply yarn, and a 4 mm hook. It sits perfectly flat, and after 5 rows of  tr (dc US) it measures approximately 11 mm




In general, a too small hook will make the circle smaller.   Here the same yarn is used with a 2 mm hook. This time the circle measures 8.5 mm
























And a too large hook will make it larger. Here a 6 mm hook was used. It now measures 13.5 mm



But the wrong sized hook can have a slight effect on waving or curling as well.








The above image shows a slight bit of curling. This was the circle made with the 2 mm hook








Here is the circle made with the 6 mm hook. There is only a tiny bit of waving



If for any reason the circle is wavy, the general way to fix it is to make LESS increases, but if that is not possible, or too difficult, a SMALLER hook can be used.























On the other hand, if the circle is curling up, you need to use MORE increases, and again, if that is not possible, or too difficult, you could try a LARGER hook








Here is a chart of the most common recommended hooks to yarn weight

Australia
UK
USA
Hook Size (mm)
2 ply
2 ply
Lace
0.75 – 3.0 mm
3 ply
3 ply
Sock/ Fingering
2.25 – 3.5 mm
4 ply
4 ply
Fingering/Sports
2.5 – 3.5 mm
8 ply
Double Knitting
Light Worsted
3.5 – 4.5 mm
10 ply
Aran
Worsted
5.5 mm – 6.5 mm
16 ply
Bulky
Chunky
6.5 mm – 9.0 mm
20 ply
Chunky
Bulky
9.0 mm & above





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