I’ve got a whole lotta stuff going on but nothing specific to post about, so instead I’ll blog a little bit about everything…

There’s been no weaving. The looms are empty. It’s sad, but I’ve been distracted by other things. There has been knitting, however. There’s always knitting because it’s easy to do while watching tv. I’m up to here on the River Tweed pattern:

Normally I’d be thinking ‘just sleeves and last fiddly bits to go’, but this pattern has a big, complicated collar. There’s a way to go yet.

There’s also been sock knitting, but those socks are gifts so I can’t show them yet.

I’ve started a much bigger project. Stage one involved digging up a sewing pattern formula I made years ago and finishing it, then testing it on a friend’s husband. I’m in the middle of stage two – sewing it up:

I held a Craft Day last Saturday, and managed to get a whole lot of the sewing done. This weekend I’m hoping to finish it, or at least a large part of it.

Stage three will involve taking reference photos of friends wearing the pattern and other costumes, ready for Stage four, which will involve a lot of drawing. I’m expecting to be working on this project into next year.

As if that wasn’t enough, I also signed up to participate in The Sketchbook Project when I found out it’ll be coming to Melbourne. My sketchbook arrived a few days ago.

I chose the theme ‘stitches and folds’, because there seemed to be a lot of scope in that. It could relate to sewing, knitting and bookbinding. I have a couple of ideas for it, just need to make a decision. Something I can do while relaxing in front of the tv or listening to a podcast would be good.

I’m also making progress tackling my unframed, unsold art. I got a batch of paintings back from the framer last week and put a few more in. I also took another canvas off the frame. This time I’m going to re-stretch it. The framer also remounted some of my canvasses and gave me back the stretchers, so I have a lot of re-canvassing to do:

I’ve ordered some canvas ‘blankets’ from an online store. There are no art stores selling canvas close to me, so this seemed the easier option. But it turned out the online store didn’t have any in stock and I’ll have to wait at least a month. Still, no hurry. I have plenty of blank canvasses because I swapped a good quality easel that was too heavy for me for a pile of them last year.