My First Kumihimo

For the past two Saturdays, Pocono Mountain EGA has been having a kumihimo workshop. This is my sampler braid after the first week. I went home and finished it the next day.

The technique is pretty easy to get a handle on, but it can get confusing making sure you're doing the right pattern for what you want. I'll be using the technique to make custom trim for ornaments and such, so expect to see some more eventually.

Something New-ish

This is from Kick Back and Stitch and called Sargent. I've had it as my travel/takealong project since mid-July, when I went to Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. This picture was taken at the beginning of August, but I've just now gotten around to posting it. I'll be doing a series of these - Fireside Stitchery is offering them as a wreath project, but I won't be doing the wreath. Anyway, I really like all the bright colors. Stitching is easy, and the project's so small I'm not using stretcher bars.

The Right Colors

I don't know what happened this week, but the color came out near perfect on the picture. It's really this color. I started on another color on the second line and finished the second color on the top line. It's progressing, and I really like the colors. This Tentakulum fiber is really nice to work with, too.

Zentangle Done

I finished Zentangle this week! The colors are all ones I normally wouldn't pick. I got them in grab bags from Hand Dyed Fibers, and decided to use them on this project. I think it worked. I learned how much I rely on overlapping areas on multi-page charts with this project -there were none until the last couple of parts. I know it's to be framed, but I don't know how it's going to be framed yet.

Second Line Done

I got the second connector between eggs done this week. It means I'll be doing only the second egg until I can start the third connector. Things are definitely progressing.

A HAED Start

I was gifted several Heaven and Earth Designs charts during their sale a couple of weeks ago. This was one of them - Oriental Courage. It's my second posting on it, but I couldn't resist the title. Anyway, I'm working on it daily and it's making a lot of progress. It's one of their bookmarks (storykeeps), and is supposed to be three by twelve inches. So far, I've got almost half an inch complete. I would be parking threads, but since the colors are all reds and so close, I was unable to track which was which.

A Darker Shade of Brown

This week's work was mainly dark brown lowlights in various folds of the skirt. It extended the skirt down quite a way more.