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Restless Legs

I'm very restless at the  moment - I think its the lock down but although I'm feeling quite creative I can't quite settle on any one thing to do.  I started to organise  y studio space and ended up sorting through lots of stuff I had forgotten about and now the space looks worst than ever - it was so bad that yesterday I just shut the door and walked away - 2 hours later there was a huge bang and when I looked everything had fallen over - what a mess!!!!! I have just shut the door again - its a quiet sunday exercise! 

So - I have some weaving on the go - very pleased with myself I have managed to warp up my loom pretty much by myself - I'm going to a weaving class in normal times but this has been halted due to lock down but the loom in my own so I was able to bring it home - Under guidance I got the first bit done in class and with further assistance through messages I have managed to finish it!! Its not the first time I've put a warp on but its a complicated process and takes a few doings to get the hang of it so I am happy with my newly acquired skill.  I haven't done much weaving yet as then my scarves arrived form the printers and I have been busy putting them up for sale.

This has been an eye opener - I defo underestimated the effort required to prepare, photograph, describe and upload the images to a selling site!  As a new designer I cant possible reflect all this time in the end price and it is honestly a labour of love and necessity haha ha.... anyway I am very pleased with how they turned out and I've had loads of positive feedback messages and quite a bit of interest and a couple of sales and its only day 4 so I'm a happy bunny!!


For some reason  my creative juices led me to trying some knitting!!  Its not like I need another project on the go but I smell winter and I need an occupation to do while sitting front of the tv.. and knitting suits this.  For the last few years I have done hand pieced patchwork but I have so many beautiful quilts I don't really need any more (until I see the next idea I JUST HAVE to try).  I have boxes and bags of yarn oddments so I have made the pledge to only use what I have in - no buying any extra under any circumstances - Reduce reuse and recycle - some of it will be used for my weaving but I'm going to have a very colourful cardigan (photograph is misleading as to colours...) by the spring - unless it turns out like my last one that took 19 years to finish!!!

I've got quite a few UFO (unfinished objects) in the sewing department and also some hand made christmas cards in the offing so why am I so restless?  I should be framing myself and spend less time gazing at the hedgehog hotel hoping for some sign of life in it - I've no idea if our resident hog Adamfrost is living there or not and I don't want to disturb him unnecessary - he shows up every night for food - so hes definitely local...


there ends the ramblings of a restless person.....


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