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Diamonds
26 Saturday May 2012
Posted in Card weaving
Outfit, V1
17 Thursday May 2012
Figured I might as well add a picture of the so-far completed outfit, from this years 17th of May. =)
I am calling it V1 because, although it is fully wearable and actually quite comfortable, I am planning to do some embroidery work on it. Hopefully some ivy vines along the hem of the skirt and maybe on the cape as well.
Polar bear brooch and socks for grams
13 Sunday May 2012
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After receiving a great deal of positive feedback on the first 17th of may ribbon, I decided to make another one. I only had enough yarn for a ribbon of half the width, but that worked just fine for its intended purpose.
10 hours of weaving later, and I had 1.2m of finished ribbon, barely 1cm wide. My landlady got half of it to make a ribbon, and I used the other half to make a ribbon for myself. An adorable polar bear button from the local sewing shop made the perfect focal point, and a small safety pin attaches it to a garment.
17th of May ribbon
22 Sunday Apr 2012
Posted in Card weaving
Yet another card weaving project, this time a commission. Two of my friends wanted a card woven ribbon to wear for 17th of May, Norway’s national holiday. This ribbon was woven with 56 cards, is 1.6cm wide and ~1m long. I hope that will be enough for the two of them to share. 
Needle binding socks
09 Monday Apr 2012
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Well, a lot of things happened over Easter this year, and it is far from over yet, but one of the things I did find time to practice (since you can do it in front of the TV thus still socializing with family persons) was needle binding (nålebinding).
My first pair of wrist warmers mysteriously vanished when my grandmother came for a visit. She is always cold though, and they are very warm, so I don’t mind at all.
Green and gold diamonds
30 Friday Mar 2012
Posted in Card weaving
Another piece of work intended for my 17th of May outfit. This time a more modern card weaving work using green and gold silk embroidery yarn using the same pattern as for the green relieff work.
I’m a big fan of using historical techniques, not just for historical works, and this is one example of that. I have two other commissions in the works too. They will also be using silk embroidery yarn. 
Wool cape
19 Monday Mar 2012
Posted in Clothing
Another piece for the 17th of May outfit. Because I do live quite far north, you never know how May will be, and a cape is a neat addition to an outfit if it turns out to be “one of those years”. This is made with the same thin, black wool from tekstil.no which I made the skirt from, and laced with the same green silk noil which I also laced the vest with.
Green embroidery yarn
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
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This was a quick (“only” about 4-5 hours) test with regular embroidery yarn (DMC) to see if the relieff in a vacant hole weave would show off the weft colour if the weft colour was different from the warp. I also got to see how thin embroidery yarn works for card weaving. To be honest it works very well! It only ripped when I started pulling quite hard on the weft, and the result is thin, light and strong. The weft colour does not show much at all though, so I am glad I tested beforehand.
One thing about this sort of weaving… it is tiny! This little thing is barely 5mm wide, yet I used 20 cards! This piece is 32cm long, and I could’ve gone on for a few more cm. But I’m guessing no more than 40cm at most can be woven with one regular embroidery yarn, using 20 cards and the vacant hole technique.
I’m thinking of making one in darker green and gold for my ivy brocade vest. But for that I’ll need more yarn first. =)
Ivy brocade vest
11 Sunday Mar 2012
Posted in Clothing
Another piece for the outfit for 17th of May!
This is the piece of fabric which started it all I suppose, I found this gorgeous, gorgeous piece of ivy brocade in the local fabric shop when I went home last Christmas, and I just couldn’t resist it and I knew exactly what to do with it! I had been looking for a fabric like this and not found one, until then! And it had to be mine although very expensive (which is why I only bought 0.5m).
Sourdough bread
25 Saturday Feb 2012
Posted in Foodstuff
Quite exited about this one!
After 2 failed attempts (the first would not rise, the second rose too fast and was dry and falling apart), I have finally made what I think is a pretty successful sourdough bread!
It is a dark bread with rye, coarse wheat, some oatmeal and chopped walnuts and sunflower seeds. It needed over an hour in the oven after rising for 4 hours, but after tasting one it seems well worth it. Doesn’t even require butter to be honest.
Yay, success!
