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F.O’s Galore!

 

Phew – It’s only MONDAY in my week off work and already it’s been a busy one.

 

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Saturday Morning we went to the local sewing machine shop and came out with this box! It’s not the model I thought I would get; but there was apparently problems with the one I wanted regarding the bobbin case. This one – no problems reported so happily on my way.

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Here’s what he looks like straight out of the box. I’m calling him Jaffa because of the orange colour and the fact it’s a Janome. I’m loving him so far. So much easier than my Dunelm sewing machine and it’s a joy to work with him. Far more modern than any machine I’ve used before; you don’t even need to use a foot pedal it can be just button controlled along with an automatic thread cutter that I love. Putting the bobbin in the bottom is so easy on this machine I just am so in love!

 

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Testing out some stitches on two scrap pieces of material. It’s now hung up in the rat cage! The squares weren’t properly cut out as I didn’t have fabric scissors at the time – just blunted yarn ones and the top thread in several parts kept breaking. This was due to a very poor quality thread and the issue has gone away on changing it.

My Rotary cutter and proper fabric shears have arrived today though (Thank you Amazon Prime!) so I’m hoping to do some real sewing today.

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Making the most of the dreadful weather we’ve been having these past few days with some candles being lit. Would you believe that this was 10am on Sunday morning? The little Owls are a new addition from TK Maxx the other week. There’s 3 of the little fellas with the third living on my desk upstairs in my new craft room.

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We’ve been spending some time this weekend just being. Connecting back to us and our little family. Rattie cuddles as well. This is our pretty girl Esme who likes hiding in sleeves.

 

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F.O Number 1 is a Cowl in Squashbottom Fibres hand spun and hand dyed. The pattern is Old Shale Cowl and I knitted it with 4.0 mm needles. This was an incredibly quick knit, helped by the 4 row repeat which was memorable enough for the bus knitting through the week. This pattern is wonderful for hand spun and plays really well with the thick and thin of the yarn.

 

I also finished off my dad’s cardigan this week!  I have no shots of it on a model because it’s far far to big for Rhys and far too long for me. The cuffs are turned up in this picture but I’m hoping it won’t be too long for him. It feels like the yarn grew immensely on washing – so if it is too long I’m hoping a quick trip through the washer and dryer might bring it back up again. There’s nothing I can do but wait until Christmas and hope it fits. P1020279

To finish on a happier F.O note – Dalek Gloves. Rhys is taking the flack for these if the yellow Dalek is in fact not her favourite colour Dalek.

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This now takes me down to only 5 knitted or crocheted things to make for Christmas and the bags to put them all in. Who knows, I might even be nearly done by the end of the week.

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