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Week 36 of 2026 from Thread Head

This week I finished hemming tea towels, and knotting fringes on table runners of my latest handwoven project-

This was woven as part of a weave along on Ravelry for the Marguerite P. Davison in Colour Group. The draft is the Rose Point Pattern on p 86 in the green book. I used 2/16 cotton for the warp and tabby weft, and 2/8 cotton for the pattern weft (all from Maurice Brassard). I used treadle sequence II for the yellow towel, and treadle sequence I for the all the others. More details can be found on my Ravelry ...

added by Joanne 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under pets , weaving

Week 32 of 2026 from Thread Head

This week I finished knitting a little scarf -

The pattern is Leaf Fall by Nicola Diggins.

I knit it with handspun yarn, a merino/silk blend that I dyed before spinning. I had used the yarn for another scarf years ago and never wore it, so I took it apart to use the yarn again.

It was quite curled before blocking.

After blocking it lays flat.

It was an easy, fun knit, and the pattern was very clear.

Today was the end of the second part of Tour de Fleece (Tour de Fleece Femmes), and I finished spinning the sock ...

added by Joanne 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under knitting , pets

Week 27 of 2026 from Thread Head

Did a few little sewing projects this week -

This little table runner is made from hexagons that I have been hand sewing for a while (an English Paper Piecing project).

It is about 10" x 31".

It is for the top of an old curio cabinet in my sewing room (not much is visible).

This is a kicker toy for the cats (really GingerSnap! is the one that likes to kick).

The pattern is from the Bernina website (link to tutorial). I used a clean chip bag for the "crinkle", stuffed it with wool waste, from cleaning and combing a ...

added by Joanne 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under pets , quilting , sewing

Week 26 of 2026 from Thread Head

This week I sewed a dress -

This is another Siena dress from Tailor Academy (the sew along I participated in last month). This time I made one for my Mom. It is made with loom line cotton from GK Fashion Fabrics in Ontario. I made this one a bit shorter, because my Mom is a bit shorter than I am, and no belt. The pattern is so well drafted, and it is a joy to sew the dress.

Photos from Around -

Curious chicken.

Miss Maggie's steely gaze.

GingerSnap! helping me trim trees.

Molly playing with the cats - each one ...

added by Joanne 3 months ago. under pets , sewing clothes

Week 21 of 2026 from Thread Head

This week I finished weaving a set of tea towels -

The pattern is the Cajun Inspired Tea Towels from Handwoven magazine, issue Jan/Feb 2015. This is the fourth time I have woven this pattern, but the first time I used the called for colours. Three of the towels are woven with thrums (short lengths of leftover cotton knotted together), these ones remind me of a handwoven rug my Mom had. The pattern is one of my favourites.

Photos from Around -

One of these is not like the others.

Good times.

Summer weather has finally arrived!

If he could open ...

added by Joanne 4 months, 1 week ago. under pets , weaving

Week 26 of 2025 from Thread Head

This week I dyed some fibre in preparation for Tour de Fleece (starts July 5th this year) -

The bottom two are BFL dyed in two different colour ways to be spun together, and the top fibre is some leftover Merino.

Photos from Around -

The vegetable garden.

My son brought home so many different annual flowers (I don't usually plant too many varieties), the yard is full of colour now. These are just some of the different petunias.

Beautiful metallic Dogbane beetles on some wildflowers.

Poor Molly had to suffer through some grooming - she is clean, with short nails now ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 3 months ago. under chickens , dyeing , pets

Week 14 of 2025 from Thread Head

This week I finished another set of tea towels -

I revisited the Heavy Meta Towels pattern that I wove last year.

When I modified the pattern to make the horizontal and vertical stripes the same width and wove a table runner, I knew I would try some more towels (the runner was a short warp to see if the modification would work before trying a long warp for towels).

This time I modified the pattern to make a one over one "weaving" pattern.

The warp in 2/16 unmercerized cotton in beige, and the pattern weft is 2/8 unmercerized ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 5 months ago. under knitting , pets , weaving

RSC Week 10 - Not Much to Show from Grandma's Red Needle

As the title says; I don't have much to show today.

I haven't made more yellow blocks (RSC for March), as I intended to.

I got busy quilting 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' and I'm happy to say about 3/4 of the quilt is done! I'm quilting it in straight seams only, rather tedious, but I like how it looks.

And there are some yellows too! I have quilted a few yellow blocks, which should count?! lol

Can you spot Mini-Bug? He fell asleep after helping me choosing the right area to quilt and to ...

added by Astrid 1 year, 6 months ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , keep the home fires burning , pets , rsc2025 , rscyellow

Week 2 of 2025 from Thread Head

This week I started a new weaving project-

Another set of tea towels using a pattern from the JST School of Weaving (Season 6, Episode 2). The warp is 2/8 cotton in three shades of green, and white. My goal is to be a bit more experimental with weft colours for these towels.

When I was getting the loom all ready to start weaving (dressing the loom), I realized that I use various height chairs to make the work more comfortable, and that they all involve weaving in some way.

When I thread the heddles (the "wires" that create ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 8 months ago. under pets , weaving

Week 1 of 2025 from Thread Head

I had a few finishes this week -

The 2024 temperature blanket was finished on the last day of the year!

It was a fun knit, and made me pay attention to everyday of the year in a different way.

A set of tea towels is off the loom.

These are at the same pattern as the last set I wove in December, but using different colours for the warp.

It is an 8 shaft twill pattern. The towel in the above photo is just woven with red - stripes appear in certain sections, and the diagonal line in the twill changes ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 8 months ago. under cross stitch , pets , temperature blanket , weaving

Week 51 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished a cross stitch -

The pattern is All Creatures Great and Small by Barbara Ana.

I stitched it on 40 count linen, with DMC floss (1 strand of floss over 2 fabric threads, so 20 stitches per inch). It is 12"x15". I thought it would be a three year project but I finished it in just over two and a half years (May 2022 to December 2024).It was really enjoyable to stitch because all the little motifs made for many satisfying finishes along the way. I added my maternal grandmother's initials and her date ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 9 months ago. under cross stitch , pets , temperature blanket

Week 39 of 2024 from Thread Head

Not much time for crafting this week.

I did finish spinning a skein of sock yarn - a merino/nylon blend that I started during Tour de Fleece in the summer.

Finished up a few more colours of wool for the temperature blanket - I think the hot temperatures are almost over anyways, and I am glad that there won't be leftover wool.

Photos from Around -

High winds today, so another dead tree down. Molly is always helpful though.

Dot earning her keep - 6 of the chickens seem to be laying now (2 of the breeds).

They are all super friendly ...

added by Joanne 2 years ago. under chickens , pets , temperature blanket

Week 34 of 2024 from Thread Head

It is that time of the year where everyday involves some kind of canning/freezing/drying/preserving of the bounty from the garden -

One thing this week was plum sauce (like apple sauce) - it is the first year that we have had enough plums to make anything with.

Works in Progress -

Handspun socks - the stitch pattern has started to show.

Ran out of the first colour (the hottest temperature) for the temperature blanket.

Slowly but surely the woven tea towels are growing.

Photos from Around -

The chickens are now able to roam free - Molly and the cats seem fine with ...

added by Joanne 2 years, 1 month ago. under chickens , knitting , pets

Pineapple Quilt under the Needle and Other UFO updates from Grandma's Red Needle

My 2024 goal is to finish some UFOs.

Beginning January, my UFO list looked like this! Not very uplifting, right?!

There has been other funnier things to work on and that famous squirrel has popped in off and on too!

No more pink RSC for me (here and here)! Except a small update to be posted Saturday. That means I can concentrate on other pending things.

Yesterday I pulled out the scrappy pineapple quilt. It was already thread basted (last year), and set aside because I wasn't sure how to quilt it. I didn't feel for doing the ...

added by Astrid 2 years, 4 months ago. under apq ufo challenge 2024 , finished ufo's 2024 , pets , pineapple quilt

Sunday Snuggles from Allen Quilts

This 80 lb golden doodle thinks he is a lap-a-doodle.

added by Wild Rose Quilter 2 years, 5 months ago. under dog , golden doodle , pets , quilting , sage (Comments)

Making More Clothes from Thread Head

I definitely go on spurts of doing one thing for a while, before I switch to something else. Recently I have been having fun sewing clothes (I am trying to use my fabric stash, and some of these are from deep stash).

Here are some of the things I have made in the past few weeks-

A pair of pyjamas from some flannel from a friend.

A top in rayon (this is the yoke & sleeves of the Sydney Dress by Style Arc, extended to make a top, with elastic on the bottom edge).

Another Blackwood Cardigan by Helen's Closet ...

added by Joanne 3 years, 4 months ago. under pets , sewing

Stained Glass & Pets from Thread Head

This week I made a piece of stained glass for over the kitchen sink-

Inspired by pieces on Pinterest (I am trying to use up glass). It is about 6.5"x38".

Pets-

We had another snowstorm this week, Molly was enjoying herself.

She hears voles under the snow.

Maggie keeping an eye out.

Afternoon walk.

Doing her best to avoid puddles.

All the best!♥︎

added by Joanne 3 years, 5 months ago. under pets , stained glass

Tour de Fleece Results and More from Thread Head

Tour de Fleece was last month and these are my results -

I spun everyday for 24 days.

I spun 784g of fibre and ended up with 2,506m of yarn

I am currently knitting a Nightshift with some of the yarn.

I recently finished #9 of 12 handspun socks for the year.

I also finished knitting another Easy (my 4th - love these).

Photos from Around -

The garden is doing well - canning and freezing season is well under way.

Honey is also flowing- we are up to 27 litres of honey so far and expecting one more harvest before settling the ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 1 month ago. under pets , spinning , tour de fleece

A New Flimsy from Thread Head

I finished sewing all the half square triangle blocks (625 total) for the new quilt-

I laid the blocks out randomly. Once I started switching a few around and quickly realized that there would always be similar fabrics close together, so just left them as is.

I stacked the blocks to sew into strips.

The blocks are 4" finished (4+1/2" trimmed), with a 25x25 block layout.

All the pieces are now sewn together (just waiting for batting and backing).

I also finished stitching the little cross stitch picture -

I laced it on to a piece of cardboard to ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 3 months ago. under cross stitch , half square triangle quilt , pets

Please Pray With Me from From the Strawberry Patch...

This is me with my friend Janis, the photo was taken four years ago when we visited her and her husband at their ranch in Oklahoma. Janis and I were next door neighbors here in North Carolina back in the day, we raised our families together and our lives overlapped every day in all the very best ways. I got a phone call from her daughter last week and even before I answered my heart dropped into

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 6 years ago. under friends , pets , prayers

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