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For as long as I can remember I've had about a cup's worth of mixed seed beads and now I'm finally sorting them. It's not as fun as sorting buttons, but still a very engrossing task. I'm trying to limit myself to a teaspoon a day so I don't make my neck sore by leaning over it. I've been at it for nearly 2 weeks and am more than a third of the way through now.

I'm not sorting them by every specific colour, just into colour categories based on how many spaces my egg platter has, but they're much more useable in this form and I can always sort them further if necessary.

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Sara Mrad | Botanical Alchemy

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Made a cute vest thing,

Based on shawl color vest from Jennifer Miller Comstock on ravelry

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Don’t know if I told you guys I was working on this, but I just completed the Fleur Top by Fabric Godmother, in this gorgeous red cotton poplin also from Fabric Godmother.

The pattern was super easy to follow and fun to sew! I’m so happy with the fit.

Notes: I made a size 16 B cup sleeveless top. The only adjustment I made was lengthening the bodice above the peplum by 1 1/4 inches which I think is so much more flattering on me than the pattern as written, which is meant to fall at your “natural” waist.

Wore it to work with this RTW white button down and my cherry earrings (that you can barely see) and I’ve gotten a ton of compliments! It’s fun and trendy for the summer but is also roomy enough that I can layer it for fall. Really happy with this make!

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#TextileTuesday:

“Border fragment of wool with a continuous band of #hummingbirds and fringelike appendages representing beans. Early Nasca [Nazca, Peru, c.1-450 CE]. Pollination of bean plants by birds may be suggested here. Border was formed using a needle-knit stemstitch.”

On display at American Museum of Natural History [41.2/6321]

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“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore” ~ Quilt by Robyn Gragg

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look at my yarns boy

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i miss my old flat :(

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shawl is coming along well btw!

sweet woman and her Yarn Egg (yegg)

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the bothering beast hates tablet weaving

the loom cruelly takes up all of the lap space so the bothering beast can't be at her preferred proximity for kneading

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sweet woman and her Yarn Egg (yegg)

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anyone have good resources for learning how to knit cables? im struggling to find tutorials or even basic explainers that are written well, and video is not accessible to me.

i want to get good at cables because the only knitwear my husband has any interest in wearing is cardigans/sweaters with complex cabling 😅

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unclear if i have enough pesto, please advise

went wild garlic picking today! a bit late because it’s all flowered now, which means it’s not as garlic-y, but that’s fine - i’ll just add some regular garlic in when i’m blending it all up.

the fruits of our labour:

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brief pause to Consume the pesto

went wild garlic picking today! a bit late because it’s all flowered now, which means it’s not as garlic-y, but that’s fine - i’ll just add some regular garlic in when i’m blending it all up.

the fruits of our labour:

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good news!!!!

chaos

also far, far too much pesto. we have hardly made it thru the leaves. dear lord.

went wild garlic picking today! a bit late because it’s all flowered now, which means it’s not as garlic-y, but that’s fine - i’ll just add some regular garlic in when i’m blending it all up.

the fruits of our labour: