These two websites came up while I was surfing RCTN (That’s the rec.crafts.textiles.needlework usenet group for those of you not “in the knowâ€) the other day. I found them interesting, given my last post. The first is a blackwork blog in Turkey. She adapts some turkish rug designs, and very original ideas. Such pretty designs, [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for February, 2007
One of the things I find lovely about geometric motifs in cross stitch patterns is the variety of ways you can use them. You can backstitch around them with no cross stitch at all and you have an instant blackwork design. You can work them in long-armed cross using the Portuguese Arraiolos rug technique and [...]
My ten year old nephew is currently in the bellydance class I’m teaching. He seems very keen on the entire thing, which is particularly pleasing to me, as I’m one of the weird ones who sees the dance as coming from the folk tradition, rather than some unknown woman-centric prehistory. I’m not alone in this, [...]
And already late! But I’ve got a good excuse… I fell and broke my arm on Saturday. But I’m back! Those who know me know, I am not a small lady. I am not petite, though I am told repeatedly that I do not look my size. This is wonderful. I’m five foot eight and a [...]