Stitched Up Gets Laced Up
Written by Vicky on June 26, 2009 – 11:20 pm -Well it seems a new craft wave has hit the Stitched Up group – bobbin lace. Thanks to our experienced lace maker Sue a few of us have been having a bash and picking up some lacey skills.
On Wednesday Laila was learning half stitch, whole stitch and twisted whole stitch:
This is what it looked like when it was finished. Pretty good for a first go eh?
Claire and I have also been learning lace making with Sue and we’ve written a little more about it on our respective blogs (Pinky & Boo and Victoria Louise). Sue shows us all how its done though and here is the beautiful piece she’s working on at the moment.
You can see more of Sue’s lace on her blog Travel, Fibre & Thread.
Don’t worry though, we haven’t abandoned other crafts. Stitched Up still embraces crafts of all types. Here’s a little snapshot of some of the projects our stitchy ladies were working on this week.
Margaret’s crochet times table helper. How clever is this?..
Jacqueline and Jane know how short British summers are so they’re knitting socks ready for the winter…
Stefka has made this enormous bag with the fluffy trim to be felted. She was also creating her own embroidery design which you can see on the table…
Claire was crocheting these beautifully delicate irish roses. These will be included in some of her lovely hand made items that she’ll be selling at the West Bridgford Craft Fair on 17th and 18th July.
And I’ve been embroidering on the print of these pretty folky napkins which are soon to become cushion covers.
As you can see we’re a real mixed bag at Stitched Up and so are our crafty interests and skills. If you’d like to join us then get in touch, all crafts welcome!
Tags: Crochet, Embroidery, Knitting, Lace making
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By Claire on Jun 27, 2009 | Reply
I think that’s the nicest thing about being part of a craft group like this – everyone can just do their own thing, share ideas and skills and have a general natter, with cake! How good are we?