Post 492 Silks and Sjaella

It has been another quiet week, as I recovered from my cold and stayed at home for the early part of the week. 

By Friday I ventured to Sit'nStitch, to Katherine & Anthony's on Saturday night and then to the Sjaella Concert at Ukaria on Sunday afternoon. They were really fabulous. 

I'm so glad I eventually got the date right - and was able to go. It was an appreciative audience, and a perfect venue for the music.

I spent time over several days beginning the preparation for the September meeting of the World Embroidery Study Group. A friend and I had agreed to do something in November on cruelty-free silk with the sheets of Madagascan silk I bought from Dale Rollerson. The September presenter isn't well and asked for more time, so we brought ours forward. I had thought to incorporate Indian Wild Silk using the book I bought recently.   I then remembered  Golden Orb spider silk....So the presentation has expanded a bit. 

That's OK. I think the group will be interested. I managed to source some Indian Wild Silk from Deidaa in Melbourne. My order resulted in a really interesting exchange with Samita, from the shop, and a resulting link to her You Tube channel post on the Victorian Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition on Recycling.

 

On Monday I made a double batch of Anzac biscuits, thinking it would last a couple of weeks. Unfortunately I didn't remove the second batch in time (distracted by silk), so the compost will benefit and I will need to make another batch next week.                                                                                                                                                                    

Another distraction on Monday was a very large magpie in the Square. I attempted to photograph it using my DSLR but it was too far away for a decent shot. The shots I did get were interesting for the shapes, which might, I think, come in handy for embroidering.                                                                                   In between burning biscuits and thinking about silk, I have progressed the Christine Bishop Pulled Work Mat and the shawl I am knitting in the round with a steek.  I won't post photos of the mat, as Christine does not want her work on the Internet. The shawl is looking very promising. I have another 93 rows to go - all, of course, getting longer, so hard to predict timeline. There is a border to add as well.

I am conscious that this blog is approaching its 500th post. It began as a travel blog and an expectation of 35-40 posts. When Covid hit and I shortened my travel, I continued the blog to share my experience of the unknown. The unknown has gone on for quite a long time. I don't yet have travel plans, which is what I had assumed would eventually bring  England2020 to an end. Should I stop at 500 posts? Keep going until there is England20?? Drop to posting fortnightly or monthly?  Opinion is always welcome.