Post 3035: A month of pictures

Posted on October 12, 2016 by

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Since my posting record has been a bit lacking lately, I went through my photos of the last month this morning in order to share a little of what has been up in our Gabriola lives. It has been a bit of a wacky time – we had a significant power/Internet/phone outage (power was out for two days, Internet and phone lines down for six), and in addition to that a water pipe was chewed through by a mouse and burst into the kitchen while I was home on my own and had no ability to telephone anyone on the island; work has been busy; we had a house full of guests for Thanksgiving weekend. But as you can see from the photos, it has been the most fall-ish of times and I am well into the season. So far this fall I/we have:

Made linens – a table runner – for Thanksgiving dinner.
Made a japanese knot bag – perfect for small projects.
Made linens – napkins – for Thanksgiving dinner.
Was given new bedding for the guest room.
Was given this beautiful felted work by my friend Zed.
Bought some great art at the 20th annual Gabriola Studio tour (work by Chris Straw).
Picked some of the last hydrangeas for drying in the windowsill.
Made a big pot of chantrelle mushroom soup!
Made a new tote bag out of Eclectic Elements fabric.
Got our boat all fixed up and in the water.
Received this gift from my mother – the coffee pot my great-grandparents brought to their BC homestead in the late 1800s.
Hosted 14 for Thanksgiving.
Finally blocked this scarf – Mad Tosh yarn, knitted in the summer.

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Midtide swim date.
I completed this rug-sized piece of cross stitching 20 years ago but never finished it properly. I had a dream about it last night, which brought me to retrieve it from the trunk it was stored in this morning. Now I'm thinking about a little restoration work and putting a more functional backing on it after all these years.
The #flax project is coming along nicely.... some of it is six inches tall now!
Bought six vintage embroidered pillow cases for $14 today at a farm sale. I love the details on all of them, and look forward to dressing the Birdsong beds with them this summer. #textilestudio #textiledesign #vintagestyle #vintageembroidery #embroidery
First swim of the season, thus beating my spring swim record by one week (and by 20 minutes - the surface temperature was very warm).
We weeded and watered our flax yesterday, and it's looking good!
I finally got the top half of the McClure hutch (given to me by friend @afiah2o) into my studio this afternoon (thanks to some strong helpers!) I would like to hang it eventually, but knowing me I will probably just get used to it being slight off kilter in this way.
This is what I've been spinning lately, a super soft blend of wool and silk from @smallbirdworkshop. I'm getting close to finishing my second bobbin and plan to ply them into a chunky yarn for hat knits.
I haven't been posting for the last few days because I am burnt out from a whole lot of really intense stuff that's going on behind the scenes.
This beautiful tiny carving was gifted to me last night by a stone carver I know. Some time back, we gave her some Arbutus (Madrona) wood from our property, and this was her test piece. Apparently, carving Arbutus is a lot like carving stone since it's so hard.
Now this is a colourway! I plan to dye some spinning fibre in these colours when I get a chance.
Munro's books is my kryptonite.

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