Lemme introduce you, to my leetle friend…
In a close-up macro, it looks like a chunk of agate. Or maybe fossilized gum from the bottom of a chair.
Author Archive for: Michael
Entries by Michael
The Quick and the Slow
Sharon B over at In a Minute Ago started a fantastic discussion about Slow Cloth. I find this whole discussion fascinating. I’m currently working on learning silk embroidery – a process which began in 2001 with raising silkworms, learning about cocoons, learning to reel silk, learning to throw, degum, and dye it, figuring out what […]
Kid & Ewe photos from my Tablet Weaving class
More spools in more places…
I went and picked up more spools for the embroidery thread – and learned that they come in SIZES. These are shuttle quills, made by Louet, I believe. Before, I had only had the six-inchers. Now, I’ve got one that’s 3.5 inches, several that are 4.5 inches, and a bunch that are six inches. I […]
Embroidery silk spools
I’ve been working on getting ranges of color for my embroidery silks. These are wound on Louet cardboard pirns six inches long and about as big around as a pencil. The pink range is what I’ve been using to embroider the peony. These greens will form the leaves – the blues are just to have […]
Scissors sheath
This is a ribbon that I wove this summer; I’ve stitched hook-eyes to the ends, and made it the ribbon for a scissors sheath. Here is the entry about the ribbon and its book-mark friends, with some good close-up detail shots of the weaving.
Peony still in progress
This is the peony embroidery, still in progress: I’ve gotten a lot more done, but it’s still got about a third of the flower to go. I just finished dyeing the silk for the leaves/stem, so I can work on that once I finish the petals. This is the cool part about working with silk […]
In progress: peony embroidery
I’ve had embroidery on the brain for a while now. I’ve been doing more thinking than stitching up to this point, and I’ve finally made some silk I’m happy with so I’ve started work on a project. This is a sample for me to get my hand around working with the silk; by about the […]
Kid & Ewe
I’m going to Kid & Ewe & Lamas Too this weekend. I’m guessing that it’s “Lamas” meaning “Members of Genus Lama” so that includes all the South American camelids – rather than Lamas of the Tibetan variety. I’m going to be doing two workshops (or one long workshop in two parts, depending on how you […]
Me and the BEEEEZZZZZ
This was a very cool, magical experience for me – but definitely not everybody’s cup of tea. Don’t click here if you’re squeamish about the BEES