distantstitcher

I created this blog to record my progress through Sian Martin's Distant Stitch Diploma course. As she is in the UK and I am in Australia this seems to be a great way for her to watch my progress, and ultimately I hope be a complete record of the whole journey. Any useful/helpful/supportive/even positive comments you would like to leave would be very welcome; comments of the other sort will be accepted.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

even more words ....

It seems that the supply of words conjured by the notion of 'seed pod' is never ending. DB has come up with some:
clustered
impenetrable
forbidding
gnarled
attracting/attractive
spiky

I discovered some more as well:
green/fresh
dry
desiccated
open
closed

and probably a couple of important ones:
mathematical
Fibonacci
golden ratio

I hope that we have not duplicated any. If any other reader has anything to add to this list, please do.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

'THE CAVE'



I thought that I would post a picture of my work space, which is affectionately known as 'The Cave' as it is almost 11 metres long and only 2.5 m wide. It used to be half that size, but we extended it, and could only go one way, so ... There is a bathroom, and a sink, a microwave (for dyeing), 2 overlockers, 1 vintage machine with vibrating shuttle, a 30-something year old Elna SU, a relatively new Elna, a Bernina Activa and a Bernina 200E. I think I probably have enough machines, but just in case there are a couple more oldies in the house.

I am afraid that the cave more often than not is terribly untidy. I have made myself a promise, that this week (health permitting) I will have a major tidy up, so that I can actually get in there to do my course work. By the way, the fridge has now been appropriated by my DB (Dearly Beloved) and taken to his workshop on the other side of the garden.

I do love my little cave, it is light because of the 3 roof windows, has heating and air conditioning so it is comfortable whatever the weather. I need to use it more often, I need to use it more often, I need to .......