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Baroque Mongoose

Today I am 61. Which is an all-out miracle considering I so nearly died when I was 52.

And I did this, which is an adaptation of a filet design. I also finished one baby jumper and one baby hat, started a pair of socks, made banana bread, and went to a Lent study group meeting on Zoom because our church isn't doing them... so I'm virtually visiting one on the other side of the country. 😃 And Sibyl was a bit crazy and my shoulder still hurts, but hey. I'm still here and still enjoying life!

Design for filet embroidery on a square grid. The original was a 45 x 45 design by Federico Vinciolo from the 16th century; this has been slightly adapted to fit a 46 x 46 grid because I made a mistake! It has four axes of reflectional symmetry - horizontal, vertical, and both diagonals. In a sense it's geometric, but not purely so, as it is a very stylised floral design. It is done on American squared paper which throws me every time I use it because it's in inches and quarter-inches, so the heavy gridlines divide the smaller squares into fours rather than fives/tens as I'm used to; so I find it easiest just to ignore the heavy gridlines as far as possible, and then I don't think I'm counting five squares when I have only four.
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Baroque Mongoose

This is a Bosun's Plait. It's an alternative method of finishing bag handles, and, as you see, it looks very nifty in two colours. (It's also a lot easier to do in two colours, because you can keep track; you have to loop on alternate sides. If you keep looping on the same side you get an interesting spiral pattern known as the Rolling Bosun, which is nice to look at but not comfortable for a bag handle.)

This sample is so stiff that I can pick up one end and hold it horizontally in the air without the far end drooping!

@candocreative

A stiff braid made in red and gold jute twine. It is bent over so that you can see both sides. On one side, the red is in the middle, with a border of tight gold loops on each side; on the other side, the colours are reversed.
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Caramelized Shallots

The massive Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont, originally printed in 1884, is available for free on Project Gutenberg. Anyone interested in any kind of #textiles work/ #fiberarts will have fun poking around in this book. Nothing specific about #weaving, but lots of finishing techniques that can be incorporated.

Topice include #sewing
#mending #hemstitching #DamaskStitching
#embroidery #knitting #crochet #tatting #macrame #netting #lace

gutenberg.org/files/20776/2077

Illustration from Encyclopedia of Needlework showing a macrame fringe
Illustration from Encyclopedia of Needlework that shows a double hemstitch with fancy open work in between.
Illustration from Encyclopedia of Needlework that shows fringe with balls at the bottom.
Illustration from Encyclopedia of Needlework that shows crochet work in progress with raised dots in a slant pattern
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