Hatin on Embroidery
I be hatin me some embroidery. I've finally managed to figure out the blackwork pattern I picked out, and I've started the cap I'm going to enter for A&S, but it's going so slowly I'm not sure it'll be ready for KA&S 2011, let alone next year. It's 32 count linen, with the stitches done over two threads. I'm tired of it already, so I'm doing a repeat of the pattern, and then kumihimo for an hour. Really. I just hate embroidery. The happy thought I'm keeping in my head is that I'll be taking the kumihimo over to
geodesimagining tomorrow to share it with another fanatic, T.
Cleaned out most of the wardrobe yesterday preparatory to getting rid of it. It's a slow slog because I'm raising so much dust I have to go outside to breathe periodically, and let the dust settle. I comfort myself with the thought that once I've decluttered, I can keep the whole shebang cleaner.
fidelioscabinet has found the rest of the quinoa I bought and I shall be using that to make more dishes. I do need to pick up some barley so I can try out the toasted barley recipes in the Tibetan cookbook. Not sure how I'll grind it. We've got a huge hand crank grinder somewhere, but I think I'll just use the cuisinart. I've never tried grinding grain in it, so this will be an adventure.
Back to digging stuff out of the wardrobe.