A timely reminder
Jan. 15th, 2023 05:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillMany thanks to Minoanmiss for giving me a heads-up to double check that my DW email is current and confirmed. It is now done.
I am trying out a new craft (new to me; a very old craft in historic terms) called naalbinding. It's sort of an ancestor of knitting and crochet, but is worked with a needle, and the thread is drawn through every stitch. The term that is generally used is Scandanavian but actually fragments of ancient textiles that appear to have been produced in this way have been found in areas ranging from Israel to China to Arizona to (pre-contact) Peru, so it's everybody's craft.
I have been making a hat, because that's something big enough to be more than just a test piece but small enough not to be intimidating. Also I need a hat that my braids fit under so. I'm making each loop around my left thumb, and since my thumb is quite a bit bigger than a knitting needle, I went to the yarn store for the first time in ages to get a thick enough yarn. I found something in a chunky orange that is almost exactly the color of strawberry blond hair and it makes me absurdly happy.
I have been in a very lackadaisical mood about practicing violin lately so I've done a few scales and trills but have mostly just been trying various folk and filk melodies on for size, seeing if I can play them and what keys they might work in. This is research for Chamberfilk, absolutely.
It's 2023 and I'm having a hard time getting used to that.
I hope you are all doing well.
I am trying out a new craft (new to me; a very old craft in historic terms) called naalbinding. It's sort of an ancestor of knitting and crochet, but is worked with a needle, and the thread is drawn through every stitch. The term that is generally used is Scandanavian but actually fragments of ancient textiles that appear to have been produced in this way have been found in areas ranging from Israel to China to Arizona to (pre-contact) Peru, so it's everybody's craft.
I have been making a hat, because that's something big enough to be more than just a test piece but small enough not to be intimidating. Also I need a hat that my braids fit under so. I'm making each loop around my left thumb, and since my thumb is quite a bit bigger than a knitting needle, I went to the yarn store for the first time in ages to get a thick enough yarn. I found something in a chunky orange that is almost exactly the color of strawberry blond hair and it makes me absurdly happy.
I have been in a very lackadaisical mood about practicing violin lately so I've done a few scales and trills but have mostly just been trying various folk and filk melodies on for size, seeing if I can play them and what keys they might work in. This is research for Chamberfilk, absolutely.
It's 2023 and I'm having a hard time getting used to that.
I hope you are all doing well.
