Weekly Slowstitch 2024 - Week 16 - Planet Earth

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  • čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
  • This week we are keeping it simple and coming back down to Earth after all the celestial excitement of the last three weeks. We are celebrating the beautiful planet we call home by representing the fact that the surface is (approximately) one third land and two thirds water using simple strip piecing and collage onto a foundation cloth embellished with running stitch. Nothing new to learn, just simple, gentle stitching. I hope you enjoy it ❤️
    Here is my friend Alicia's website
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    Here is a link to the Sagan quote Pale Blue Dot
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    Here is a link to my Pinterest board for my series on Evolution
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    Here is the playlist of all the videos in the series, including the two part tutorial for the stitch journal
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Komentáře • 344

  • @kathyffarney-keck8593
    @kathyffarney-keck8593 Před 5 měsíci +14

    Carl Sagan and Neil De Grasse turned us on to the wonder and poetry of science

    • @jacquelinebergman6431
      @jacquelinebergman6431 Před 5 měsíci +2

      They sure did! I love following NASA on IG. I also really enjoyed Brian Cox's "Adventures in Space and Time". His passion for science is infectious.

  • @marykienenberger9078
    @marykienenberger9078 Před 2 měsíci

    I am ready finally to get started on this project. First I decided to organize my scrappy fabrics into a pile of strips, so that I didn't spend so much time loving each scrappy piece. All of my larger pieces are now in another container. I can't get enough of your videos. I am picking up some of your expressions and your wittering puts a voice to some of my thoughts as I stitch. Thank you for letting us into your life and sharing your beautiful artsy talent.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 2 měsíci

      Thank you so much Mary for your lovely comment. I so understand the loving every scrap thing 😁❤️

  • @AnneMckernan
    @AnneMckernan Před 4 měsíci +2

    I have been enjoying every class! I have never hand stitch before in my life now being 70 years! Having the best of times! Thank you!!!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      So pleased you are enjoying hand stitching ❤️

  • @bluestar.8938
    @bluestar.8938 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank you lovely : )

  • @dianejones8077
    @dianejones8077 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Please don’t apologise for posting your video a bit late. We so appreciate you posting and sharing your beautiful work and also your wisdom and wit .Thank you 😊

  • @suebrown3194
    @suebrown3194 Před 5 měsíci

    Door to door made me laugh too. 😊 I haven't heard the chair or the hubby.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Good to know, the chair still isn't fixed 😂❤️

  • @kimberlyjardine8634
    @kimberlyjardine8634 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh my goodness that was fun ,!!!!!! I waited until 4/16 to watch so I had time to see the entire video. Made my day listening and watching you. Giggled at your silly humor.😂😊❤❤❤. Thank you for sharing.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you, I am so pleased you enjoyed it and that you like my humour 😂❤️

    • @kimberlyjardine8634
      @kimberlyjardine8634 Před 5 měsíci

      Love all your videos. Interesting facts you share. I have been slow stitching just a few months and am loving it. I've been quilting, piecing by machine for 7-8 years now but enjoy slow stitching a bit more. Thank you for the time you share with us. Always sooo good 😊

  • @kelliecorum5427
    @kelliecorum5427 Před 5 měsíci

    ❤ TFS

  • @kellystallard2371
    @kellystallard2371 Před 4 měsíci

    Hello! I have been laughing at you while sewing, when you said the sea is lighter at the front, and I shouted no! I grew up in Guernsey and the sea often looked darker at the front near the sand as it was full of Vraic (Seaweed, normally used for manure for potatoes) I do love watching you - when I walk the dogs, we make sure to pass the hidden treasure patiently waiting for collection, and Dexter has only peed on it once :) = thanks for all you do to lighten my life xx

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      😂 good for Dexter, he is 'mordanting' your bundle book 😉❤️

  • @BilliesTarot
    @BilliesTarot Před 5 měsíci +7

    Door to door made me chuckle too 😊 and I often make myself laugh

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Oh good I am glad it's not only me. 😂❤️

  • @beahenderson6589
    @beahenderson6589 Před 3 měsíci

    Omg just rewatched Danny Devito in friends, laughed my socks off 🤣🤣🤣 🦶🦶🦶

  • @denisesmeaton9535
    @denisesmeaton9535 Před 4 měsíci

    I do watch you on my tv!! And I laughed so much when you said “look up!”
    I really enjoy my Sunday morning stitching with you -😊

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      I feel a bit bossy saying it but I don't want you to miss anything 😂❤️

  • @lesleymccallion2185
    @lesleymccallion2185 Před 4 měsíci

    This week I ve enjoyed just listening and watching your video over a period of a few days…loved hearing about your science-inspired pieces! Sometimes your gentle talk helped me drift off to sleep…not becaue I was remotely bored but because it was so comforting to listen to. Thank you as alway k3n xx

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you so much, I don't mind helping you sleep, a few people have said it and I take it as a compliment. 😁 Thank you so much for your support ♥️

  • @stephaniepinkerton1170
    @stephaniepinkerton1170 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Thank you for the gentle prompt! Looking forward to heading home from work to settle into some quiet contemplation of the beauty and wonder of the planet.

  • @minkademko2335
    @minkademko2335 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I find it calming to ponder our planet floating in space.❤ Nice piece.

  • @newmoonjlp
    @newmoonjlp Před 5 měsíci +5

    Still never seen an episode of Friends lol. I had a TV in the house when my kids were young, for the educational programming and movies from the library that they would watch time and again. Other than that, I haven't owned a TV my entire adult life. I do adore CZcams, however, because I get to pick and choose what gets projected into my head.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I agree, we mostly watch series on Netflix. And when husband is away, I catch up on CZcams while stitching in the evenings. ❤️

    • @cathybrelza5055
      @cathybrelza5055 Před 5 měsíci

      Smart

  • @knuffelcavia
    @knuffelcavia Před 5 měsíci +6

    Love to hear you going on about the universe. I'm fascinated about is since I'm a child. My grandfather told me all about it. That there is something out there which is endless, with no borders. During that time I lwas growing up in the GDR, so it was like a dream to me. I couldn't picture anything with no borders. I still find that difficult. Later in my life I read the books of Stephen Hawking and I watched films and documentaries about space. And I also learned that people are fearful about the idea how small the earth is in comparison to the infinity of the universe. And that the universe is still expanding. My mother in law is one of those.
    But now I just burst out laughing: "WD40'"😂😂 That is so funny!! We always have it in the house(like everybody in NL) because my husband cannot stand any door or chair squeaking. So he would fix it right away.
    By the way in German it is "Kartoffel". The prussian King Friederich der Grosse, introduced the potato, to avoid a famine. People still honour him by laying potatoes on his grave in Potsdam.
    Hartelijke groeten, Helene

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you Helene , that's so moving about your time in GDR. I was at university when the wall came down and my landlady was from GDR, she had been taken to England as a child but many of her family were still there. We watched on TV together and I have never seen such raw emotion in another person. At one point, she put her apron that she always wore over her face because she just couldn't deal with the emotions. ❤️

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      PS thanks for kartoffel, and that is so interesting about the king. ❤️

    • @knuffelcavia
      @knuffelcavia Před 5 měsíci

      I can Imagine how it must have felt for your landlady, seeing the impossible on TV. My parents told me the day after(I was ten years old at the time) and I’m still mad, that they didn’t wake me up, to witness it live.
      But since then, my life is split in before and after. It had a bigger impact on my life, than me moving to NL, when I was 22.

  • @kathyffarney-keck8593
    @kathyffarney-keck8593 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I would love to see a picture of a riot of spring roses.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +2

      I will go over there this week with Stella ♥️

  • @hannakuunteleemieluusti2052
    @hannakuunteleemieluusti2052 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Hello lovely people. On Finnish potato is peruna or if you love them a lot, you call it pottu.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +2

      How wonderful that there is a word for when you really love them. Finnish sounds wonderful, I was chatting with another Finnish person here and she said only 5.5 million people speak Finnish. ❤️

  • @annettegreaves1563
    @annettegreaves1563 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I watch uTube on my television most of the time but I also use my phone a lot because I take it with me wherever I go… Currently, I’m visiting friends in Alabama USA and I’m watching on my phone.. some Monday mornings I wake up really early so I lay in bed and watch you on my phone..

  • @sabinebine5282
    @sabinebine5282 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Der Spruch heißt auf deutsch:" Langes Fädchen, faules Mädchen".😀 In der Generation meiner Mutter wurde das wohl noch so gesagt. Bei uns wurde das nicht mehr gesagt. Ich bin 1971 geboren. Ich liebe deine Videos, nicht nur für die Dinge die du uns beibringst, sonder auch für die Unterhaltung 😀 Vielen Dank ❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you, bitte schön, faules was the word I couldn't remember 😁❤️

  • @theresavandervliet6687
    @theresavandervliet6687 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Hello Kathryn, I now have a note book beside me while watching you , to write down all the interesting whitterings, otherwise I can’t keep them in my brain. Potato in different languages reminded me of my former job with a ferry company , I knew the word ‘empty’ in many languages to ask the truck drivers about their cargo. Third Rock from the Sun is a wonderful series, I may try Friends as haven’t watched that. Thank you for another beautiful Monday stitching.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Hello Theresa, it's funny how you learn the words you need in other languages. If I go into some new specialist subject in French, suddenly I don't have the vocabulary. Then luckily there are the words 'truc' and 'machin' which both mean thingamajig 😂❤️

  • @Jane-js2nl
    @Jane-js2nl Před 4 měsíci

    What a sweet story about your memories of your Dad and his shirts. Picking up pieces that belonged to loved ones does tug at the heart strings. After my Mom died, I had a lap quilt of Friendship Stars that she had pieced and was quilting but never finished. It was five years before I could pick up that quilt and finish it but I am so glad I did. Thank you again for your lovely work and presence.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      My pleasure Jane, how lovely that you have your Mum's quilt, with work in it from both of you. ❤️

  • @yvonnewilliams7147
    @yvonnewilliams7147 Před 5 měsíci +1

    You know plenty plenty - I appreciate how you have acquired by many many hours and years of practice and study so much goodheartedness, wisdom, skill, humor and textile depth. You are the Ananda of textile beauty to me 🙏🏼🙇🏻‍♀️♥️

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you Yvonne what a lovely thing to say ❤️❤️❤️

  • @healgrowlovecommunity8397
    @healgrowlovecommunity8397 Před 5 měsíci +2

    "...on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." Wow. And the rest of Sagan's quote is so apt right now. How long did you not wash that hand for? 😍
    Friends was huge for us as my daughter watched the very first episode, predicted it would be huge and then got cross when it did because it was 'hers'. We especially loved Eddie (who watched Chandler sleep).
    Your work on Pinterest is gorgeous - the colours!!! Well done for getting four pieces in that prestigious book - amazing. We are lucky to have you teaching us - truly and genuinely. Big proud hugs.
    Mary x

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you Mary, I remember Eddie. There were some great characters aside from the main ones. I also loved the celebrity cameos, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal was a highlight, apparently it was unplanned and improvised, also Brad Pitt and his hatred for Rachel, the irony of course that they were married in real life. My daughter knows all the background and fills us in as we watch. 😁♥️

    • @healgrowlovecommunity8397
      @healgrowlovecommunity8397 Před 5 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtales Oh yes - Brad Pitt! He was so good! We also loved Janice with her broad New York accent and laugh. I saw her interviewed and she is softly spoken. Acting I guess 😂😂😂

  • @user-fn1cr4jm3q
    @user-fn1cr4jm3q Před 4 měsíci

    Спасибо за мастер-класс !😊

  • @MoonandSixpence
    @MoonandSixpence Před 5 měsíci +4

    I could only catch about the first ten minutes before the morning commute (it’s 5:11am here), but 1) thank you so much for showing how you do the canvas frame thing - that’s brilliant and really opens up the sizes available - I think the sacred geometry piece wants to be bigger than any sides stretchers I can find so far; and 2) I absolutely love seeing the scarf in your hair since I watched the eco dyeing video this weekend. It looks absolutely you. Yummy!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you and I hope you have a good day. Your commute is insane, you are amazing, with that, and the job in between and all the beautiful stitching you do. ♥️

    • @MoonandSixpence
      @MoonandSixpence Před 5 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtales I dream of retirement (so far away) and/or a lottery win. I really need to get that commute out of my life so I have more time for stitching!

  • @susanlamb7431
    @susanlamb7431 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great entertaining chat …..I was hypnotised into watching being mesmerised by the breadth and depth of subject… stitching was nice too! X

  • @artistgrly
    @artistgrly Před 5 měsíci +1

    I never watched "Friends" until after it was in syndication. Now i love it!! Chandler was my favorite. R.I.P. Matt. Hugs ❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Hello was mine too, and so sad ❤️

    • @mamamode1312
      @mamamode1312 Před 5 měsíci

      I followed onto Friends when it began because of Courtney Cox.
      Grew up a huge Family Ties fan and on there she played the Girlfriend to Alex P Keaton.
      Which is funny too, because I caught onto that show because Meredith Baxter-Benrie was on Family and Bridget Love Bernie. Lol.
      Funny how it was all a train ride following one actress then another.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@mamamode1312 I know that thing, I will watch anything with the English actress Olivia Coleman, I just think she is fabulous. ♥️

  • @helenwratten6470
    @helenwratten6470 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I watch you on TV. My dogs love Fred Fred 😍

  • @heathertroynak9041
    @heathertroynak9041 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I can’t finish the video just now, grandchildren and school etc….so I will end it here with chills all over me -pale blue dot. 🔵 powerful. Thank you for the Carl Sagan story.

  • @lesleymccallion2185
    @lesleymccallion2185 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks

  • @randicolberg1687
    @randicolberg1687 Před 4 měsíci +1

    How nice that your Mum is in France, too.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      Yes it's lovely, we spent the day together yesterday ❤️

  • @leeyakiwchuk863
    @leeyakiwchuk863 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh I am so bad for sticking my needles anywhere except the pin cushion 😂 my people aka family and friends all know to stay away from my sewing/crafting chair unless they want to get stabbed! I would also walk around with needles in my pants on the lap area. 😅 since I have become a baba I have developed the habit to check my clothing when I get up so I don't stab anyone when I get the Littles hugs! The biscon pin cushions are helping to keep my needles where they should be so thank you k3n!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      😂 happy to help your family not get stabbed by needles 😉♥️

  • @CarolynHeldon-fl3to
    @CarolynHeldon-fl3to Před 5 měsíci +2

    I probably only ever saw one or two episodes of Friends, when staying overnight with friends as a teen. I grew up without a TV and still don’t have one. I love this week’s piece. Can’t wait to get started on it.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +2

      My husband has square eyes, I could do without. I only really watch CZcams videos when he's away. Unless it's Wimbledon fortnight. 😁❤️

    • @mamamode1312
      @mamamode1312 Před 5 měsíci

      I did as a child love to watch Tennis played on the lawns.
      Then this side of the pond in school so irritated playing tennis on hard courts in cages.
      I would have loved to have played on lawns and utterly dreamy in my mind it was barefoot. To feel the soft green grass on my feet in the cool of the day, playing tennis, then sipping sweet tea (no lemon) to rehydrate afterward.
      Mental fantasy there.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      @@mamamode1312 oh I love your fantasy, I will be on the other side of the net 🥰

  • @barbscott980
    @barbscott980 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Your onion dyed scarf looks amazing!

  • @bmnegus3772
    @bmnegus3772 Před 5 měsíci +2

    First of all that scarf is GORGEOUS!
    I watch on TV and on my set if I pause the video and then move the cursor up and right the like symbol is there to be clicked.
    Also to know you are self taught is mind blowing, but inspiring!!! Has done much for my confidence. Thank you.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      My pleasure, I always love to be told it's inspiring, to me that is the hugest compliment 🥰🥰🥰

  • @nancydale7367
    @nancydale7367 Před 5 měsíci +3

    So many reactions to this! Above all, of course, I adore all of your art pieces and the one you made today (last week?) as well. The Earth inspired canvas piece... I could look at it for hours. All of those would be like that for me, they're just insanely awesome. We are so lucky that you share your art with us! And I wanted to thank you for introducing me to tracey - we actually live in neighboring states and not very far (in the scheme of things) from each other! Thank you so much for sharing here on YT

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Oh how lovely that you live near Tracy ♥️

  • @tinahem7211
    @tinahem7211 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Your lovely scarf ❤

  • @pamfrank3962
    @pamfrank3962 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The scrave you dyed looks beautiful with your hair.

  • @tamaradovel5091
    @tamaradovel5091 Před 4 měsíci

    @k3n thank you for sharing your Pinterest link! Wow did I fall down an inspiration rabbit hole ❤😊

  • @christagouws2782
    @christagouws2782 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It was me calling Fred Fred Thread Thread 😂❤😻😻. Thanx for all your lovely video's

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Christa thank you, of course it was. 😁 I have spent today making a journal to record all the things we talk about here. My brain is full to overflowing 😂❤️

  • @user-vc3ks5ii9r
    @user-vc3ks5ii9r Před 5 měsíci

    Your father had a good taste looking at the fabric of his shirt. Could you show us the bubbles you were talking about? And maybe make one by hand one day? Love Tineke

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Hello Tineke, this is a quieter shirt, he had some really jazzy ones as well 😂 yes to the bubbles, a few people have asked ♥️

  • @katethompson2818
    @katethompson2818 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Oh, gosh! Maybe I ought to stop periodically to respond to your comments. :-) I can't even remember it all. BUT my granddaughter, who turned 8 on Saturday, is fantastic at remembering and telling jokes. My favourite of hers makes me chuckle and smile every time I hear her voice (still saying w's insteads of r's) in my head: "What is wed and can bweak youhr teeth? A bwick!" I don't generally like violent anything, but this one tickles me, which my mother used to say. Anyway... yes to Carl Sagan; I can't hear your squeaking chair or telephoning husband but wouldn't mind if I did; I will definitely look at your series on Pinterest, as it sounds wonderful; I watch everything on my laptop because I can use my headphones to hear better. Ok, all done. Thank you for another lovely Monday morning. Enjoy your week, k3n.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      😂 I love your granddaughter's joke my pleasure Kate, have a lovely week yourself ❤️

  • @ChrissieCph
    @ChrissieCph Před 5 měsíci

    Wonderfull piece! 😍 I have watched most of the Friends series and enjoyed 😅 Potato in Danish is kartoffel 🤓

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thank you Chrissie, I have just made a notebook to write down all the words for potato, and other things. 😁 Video coming this Friday. ❤️

  • @lucillecash3046
    @lucillecash3046 Před 5 měsíci +1

    ❤ this weeks earth stitching looks good to me and I think I’ll do all raw frayed edges on mine. Thank you Kathryn for a very informative video. ❤

  • @MyMeriArt
    @MyMeriArt Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you --"it is early Tuesday morning as I post this. I usually watch as much as I can to gather what I need, and then stitch while listening to you witter (😊) (as fun as watching and stitching, listening). Another fin page🌷🌷🌷

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Hello Meridel, I haven't forgotten about the FMQ, I will get to making a little video for you I promise, maybe a feather and some bubbles 😁♥️

  • @denisesmeaton9535
    @denisesmeaton9535 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @annagray4208
    @annagray4208 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful again. Thank you so much ❤

  • @carolbyrne3241
    @carolbyrne3241 Před 5 měsíci

    I have never watched friends and probably won’t, but I said that about Game of Thrones and just loved it, so like you I say never say never. I remember spud u like, blimey that takes me back. I just loved all your science talk and looked at your artwork on Pinterest and it just amazing, loved the story of the man and the blue dot ❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I had exactly the same thing with Game of Thrones then my son insisted we watch it and I really enjoyed it 😂 someone commented that Spud U Like has been bought by a company that have made it more upmarket 😱 the mind boggles as to how you can posh up a jacket spud. 😉❤️

  • @alison64able
    @alison64able Před 5 měsíci +1

    The scarf looks lovely 😊

  • @lucillecooper3600
    @lucillecooper3600 Před 5 měsíci +6

    You are so special with love and care for fabric!

  • @candacenagle505
    @candacenagle505 Před 5 měsíci

    ....at least the nose was a partial eclipse....I have yet to watch Friends but have fully devoured Star Trek. Looking forward to coming back down to Earth today! I am already seeing some beautiful pieces from this week on FB. Thank you so much for this wonderful Monday morning ritual!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      😂 I am looking forward to going into the Facebook group, just finished editing Wonky Wednesday, catching up here then in there I go. 😁❤️

  • @LadyofNonSequitr
    @LadyofNonSequitr Před 5 měsíci

    When you say "look up," that's actually correct for me, since I typically watch youtube videos on my second screen above my primary screen! It didn't at all seem like an odd thing for you to say, in my specific situation; your videos are lovely to have playing in the background, to glance up at every so often!

  • @jpendot
    @jpendot Před 5 měsíci +1

    when you say “ Look up”, I do look up. Problem is that I am watching and listening intently to you therefore I quickly look at the ceiling and back to you. It makes me giggle.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      And now me too 😂 my Granny used to say a rhyme 'look up, look down, you owe me half a crown ' 😁❤️

  • @user-cb1bb1hv1t
    @user-cb1bb1hv1t Před 4 měsíci

    That episode of Friends is hilarious 🤣. Thank you, love your work so much.

  • @susanadams3563
    @susanadams3563 Před 5 měsíci

    "Door to Door"....too funny....I took it to another level.....ding dong....Avon calling. lol

  • @kerrydurl1076
    @kerrydurl1076 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Enjoying your science chat and your stitching I must be one of the 25./. But I also use my 10 inch tablet either way I'm as happy as a pig in mud thanks for being there and I love your scarf

  • @evocationart8370
    @evocationart8370 Před 5 měsíci

    Hi k3n I have stitched along today and really enjoyed it thank you. I have to just say even though it won’t be popular, I hate Friends 😮only watched one once, just not my cup of tea. I’m quite envious of the fact that you are able to show your previous exhibition work, but at the same time happy to be privileged to see it. I’m useless at posting on Instagram and Pinterest and as I’m not on Facebook nobody sees my work. But never mind it is what it is. I’m looking forward to Wonky Wednesday but have a lot to catch up on! Love your wittering x❤😊

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you so pleased you enjoyed it, a friend told me about Pinterest years ago and I used to post all my work there, more to keep it in one place for myself than anything else. 😁 Before I discovered the Cloud as a place for photos. I have just this minute finished editing Wonky Wednesday, I am making videos two days in advance now as my internet seems to be even worse if that's possible. This Monday video took 20 hours to upload 😂❤️

  • @ninaindoorssinging4715
    @ninaindoorssinging4715 Před 5 měsíci

    Spud-U-like always makes me think of Victoria Wood when she did a wonderful riff about going shopping which included an aside, “how do you say it, is it spudoolikay?” That’s the sort of inner dialogue I can identify with!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      I loved Victoria Wood, the Ballad of Barry and Freda is the most hilarious thing ever 😂❤️

  • @jabakerartz
    @jabakerartz Před 5 měsíci

    I like the “twittering”!! It keeps me from getting impatient while I’m assembling all the blocks of a king sized Manx quilt 😵‍💫

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Happy to keep you company, that is a huge task but I bet it will be beautiful ❤️

  • @donnaferguson3352
    @donnaferguson3352 Před 5 měsíci

    I learned to make biscorus in another online workshop. At that time I made a biscornu tote bag with 12" squares.

  • @CarolynHeldon-fl3to
    @CarolynHeldon-fl3to Před 5 měsíci +2

    Swedish - potatis. Scottish Gaelic - buntata. Korean - gamja. Australian - spud

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Thank you, wow that was a literary, potatoey trip around the world 😁❤️

  • @tanjaauer1140
    @tanjaauer1140 Před 5 měsíci

    I often track the time I need for certain pieces by the shows I'm watching while sewing and so I have projects that I internally named 'Dodgers spring training', 'Santa Clarita Diet' and (a rather large piece) 'Narcos 1-3 rewatch' 😂 It's certainly not the most accurate time tracking though, because when it comes to sports I still like to watch with at least half an eye^^

  • @JudeThompson224
    @JudeThompson224 Před 5 měsíci +2

    You truly are an artist AND a wonderful teacher/instructor. Thank you for all you share! Is the piece hanging over the door something you've created? I need to go back and try to zoom into that piece. Lovely!
    I start your videos on my tv and finish on iMac in sewing room. If folks are able. to connect devices they can comment/thumbs up on the device and it will show up on the tv.
    I keep looking up while laying fabric pieces ;) Also I used to cook our cultures food with my dad. When he passed I made and apron from one of his shirts.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thank you Jude ☺️ no the piece over the door is an Indian textile that I bought in Glastonbury. ❤️

  • @cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605
    @cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605 Před 5 měsíci

    That's enough pig ! I say it with you each and every time. Also, I like that you say to look up, because I'm also doing something with my art work whilst listening to you. Love all that I'm learning with you about stitching, your history and stories. Great Job.

  • @teresapiskoty9407
    @teresapiskoty9407 Před 5 měsíci +1

    🙏Enjoying these Mondays! Potato in the Ojibwe language is pin…and I loved watching Friends! 😃

  • @lucy7b
    @lucy7b Před 4 měsíci

    ❤❤❤

  • @mamamode1312
    @mamamode1312 Před 5 měsíci

    So very utterly soothing to watch.
    Thank you. I certainly did enjoy it immensely.

  • @bellascraftystudio
    @bellascraftystudio Před 5 měsíci

    Hi Kathryn, I did so enjoy stitching along with you. I love your chatter it's company for me and very informative too. Thank you so much for giving us your time. Love Bella xx

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      My pleasure Bella ❤️

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      I have just realised that you are Bella from Rachel and Bella fame. I think I am in your Facebook group. I have just subscribed to your channel ❤️

    • @bellascraftystudio
      @bellascraftystudio Před 5 měsíci

      Aww thank you Kathryn. ❤❤

  • @annrubino6252
    @annrubino6252 Před 5 měsíci

    Dear K3N, your commentary during this fascinating tutorial was splendid. Thank you, as always for all you share.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      My pleasure Ann, glad you enjoy my witterings ♥️

  • @michellesocialbutterfly9517
    @michellesocialbutterfly9517 Před 5 měsíci

    I love your little librarian history moments. I think I would have loved to be a librarian. I love the scene in Queen of the Damned, he was talking about her being a smart librarian and figured him out! I guess I am quirky too. And I ALWAYS talk to myself. And of course, I am now going to try and figure out my nickname!! 😁 Some people here might say Spud, most say POtato. Or in Mexico they say Papas. Enjoying this day's wittering. I have been watching Lisbeth and A Daily Dose of Paper, which you mentioned. Not sure if you mentioned Lisbeth Degn (a textile artist). I enjoyed both of their channels too. Thanks for all of your teachings, We are all loving them.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Hi Michelle, now you are confusing me by having a different name here to the Facebook group and no photo... Are you Hat Michelle who gets Crunkled if she doesn't Go Outside? 🤔😁 Or are you Michelle With Two Other Names, One Sounds like Light? Or none of the above? 😂 I have watched Lisbeth as well, on Machteld's recommendation, I love all the sharing that goes on here, who knew? ❤️

    • @michellesocialbutterfly9517
      @michellesocialbutterfly9517 Před 5 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtales My name or last name is Askew my husband family from England- way back in time. LOL. I think my picture has a Cheshire Cat with a smile from Alice and Wonderland. So many Michelle, it will make you dizzy trying to remember us all. I see many qualities in you that I have, but, alas I am older. 1963. So glad to witter with you. Keep up the good work and lovely stitching.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Then you are neither of those other two Michelles, have you recently changed your photo in the group? A couple of the Michelles have and I am suspecting a conspiracy 😂 in case you are wondering you are Michelle Cattywampus (askew? 😉)

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      PS also has cat in it...

    • @michellesocialbutterfly9517
      @michellesocialbutterfly9517 Před 4 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtales That makes sense. I can not walk a straight line. LOL. And My stitches are not in a line either. But, I love that. Now every time I hear that word, I will know that is my nickname. Too cute. I will tell my husband, he probably has not heard that one in regard to his last name. LOL. Thanks for the chuckle.

  • @tamaradovel5091
    @tamaradovel5091 Před 5 měsíci

    How much fun would it be to do it live? But imagine just how many of us would be chatting in…no one of us would be able to get a full sentence in!! 😊

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      It would be a veritable cacophony of wittering 😂❤

  • @dailydoseofpaper
    @dailydoseofpaper Před 5 měsíci +1

    I am talking and laughing back to you out loud during this video Kathryn, just too many reactions to write down all at once, it’s getting crazy out here in my house! Just the other day i told my son that the thought of how small we are in the entire universe makes me humble and helps me not feel so important all the time (as we people seem to think we are) so hearing you say that in your words resulted in an out loud ‘Nooooo….., yesssss!!’ Sort of exclamation. I find watching series with my son way more fun and interesting (currently the big bang theory) than when i did at the time they were coming out. So yes to Friends, Fresh prince of Bell Air, Sex Education (oh my!😮), Vikings, Peaky Blinders etc. I am still hoping Fame will have a re -run. My son has the habit of imitating all the characters so i sometimes feel like i live in a sit come / action series😅. Anyway, love this piece Kathryn, and the ones you showed us. 21…..wow. How long did it take you to make that whole series?🍀💖

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thank you Machteld, the series took about a year, on and off, a lot of the construction was machine stitched. If I did it all by hand it would have taken a lifetime. 😂 We also love the Big Bang Theory, I would love to see Fame again, that was in my college days and we were all into Amateur Dramatics and walked around in leg warmers with our toes turned out! That dates me 😂❤️

    • @dailydoseofpaper
      @dailydoseofpaper Před 5 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtalesI am still wearing legwarmers, in fact a friend is knitting some for me at the moment 😀🍀💖

  • @craftyazshabbyshacjude3297
    @craftyazshabbyshacjude3297 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It's so wonderful to know that the whole of the universe was created by one way above us all. Blessings and Love for your creativity Katherine xx

  • @SassySue67
    @SassySue67 Před 5 měsíci

    I’m in Massachusetts USA, and we say potatas, it’s a Boston thing. 😂😂. We definitely have our own unique accent.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Oh thank you, I am making a list, I will add it 😁❤️

  • @margaretmcgregor5686
    @margaretmcgregor5686 Před 5 měsíci +4

    This is the one Katherine!! I intend to rewatch this evening when I have done some stuff i need to do and I will sew along! Very excited ☺️

  • @JournalBreezeYT
    @JournalBreezeYT Před 5 měsíci

    So enjoyed your chatter today, such a variety of topics! Who knew this science side of you existed. Your series of 21 space quilts in a traveling exhibit, with a guide book to boot, deserves a congratulations and bravo! I used to make quilts, and exhibited some,. Two were inspired by early 19th C quilts (opposite of your style) and traveled in a juried exhibit but I was only able to see photos! I found living on the west coast to be a disadvantage with everything quilt history oriented happening on the northern east coast with gusto and regularity. I made trips back there fairly often but it's not the same thing. I agree with you that we fall in and out of methods and ways of working with fabric. I think I'm the only person in the US who never watched Friends. I didn't own a TV for years as I was immersed in my studies, and never got the bug. Thanks for another enjoyable visit online today. It was pretty darn close to being there!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thank you, oh yes the science, I wasn't that interested at school, it was taught very kind of coldly and matter of fact and in isolation from reality. Hard to explain, hope you know what I mean. 😁 But as an adult I have grown to see the beauty and the wonder of the natural world through science. It's lovely to have your work exhibited, I like the sound of your quilts. ♥️

    • @JournalBreezeYT
      @JournalBreezeYT Před 5 měsíci

      @@k3n.clothtales I agree with you. Once we can see the benefit of applied science research, or whatever the subject matter, it's way more fun to consider than the high school version we're taught. Some of your quilts looked quite like images from space.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      I used photos from the Hubble Space Telescope as inspiration for some of them 😉❤️

  • @BitsofThatandThis
    @BitsofThatandThis Před 5 měsíci

    Enjoyed the color palette and theme for this one. Your earth series is so interesting. I imagine you enjoyed exploring that series. We are perhaps in different camps of thinking, as I am in the intelligent design camp, but I feel a kindred spirit to the way your brain works. Blue dot. 🙂 ‘Self taught’ could be the descriptive term for the creative process of most inventions.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you, kindred spirits do not have to always agree ❤️❤️❤️

  • @victoriabergesen6775
    @victoriabergesen6775 Před 5 měsíci

    Yes, do remind us to look up. I like to stich along!

  • @frittiesnz8669
    @frittiesnz8669 Před 5 měsíci

    I love that you make yourself laugh and me along with you ❤ it was a great joke and made me think that a tiny blue door stitched over the wee white dot on your journal would complete the imagery and build on your truely incredible original series.
    Love your work and humour, thank you!
    From a faithful tv you tube watcher ❤

  • @user-fs5vi6if8i
    @user-fs5vi6if8i Před 5 měsíci +1

    Beautiful

  • @winonagillman137
    @winonagillman137 Před 5 měsíci

    Lovely as usual! I've been rummaging through my scraps this morning to see what I can find. 😊

  • @lindamarshall-ur9tk
    @lindamarshall-ur9tk Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you 😊

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh my , so many questions to answer. I am from Idaho born and raised. That makes me an Idaho spud. I forgot all the other questions😂 and yes door to door was hilarious 😂😂. Thanks for a great start to a great week
    Oh ya... I love Friends.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Hi Judy, I think I knew about spuds from Idaho but I have no idea why I knew, so pleased you found door to door funny too. 😂❤️

  • @SandraPujari-Harrian
    @SandraPujari-Harrian Před 5 měsíci

    Potatoes. I love your work. Always❤

  • @casa5080
    @casa5080 Před 3 měsíci

    The way you worry about the joins not aligning is very Shingles On The House!! You wanna avoid lining up the gaps for 3 whole rows, to prevent rot for as long as possible. The same for rock walls!

  • @beahenderson6589
    @beahenderson6589 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Oh wow that was so interesting that you shook that man’s hand, love Carl Sagan! Can you post a picture of your pale blue dot work I’d love to see it??

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Hello Bea, I put a link in the description to my Pinterest board with the whole series. I hope it works 😁❤️

  • @roksannastephens4375
    @roksannastephens4375 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Lovely!

  • @randicolberg1687
    @randicolberg1687 Před 4 měsíci

    I see a little otter face in the dye print on the opposite page as you write your words in your journal. Ok, I’ll stop whitening now.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      😁 don't ever apologise for wittering to a witterer 😂 ❤️

  • @jabakerartz
    @jabakerartz Před 5 měsíci

    I like watching on my iPad so I can see while still being able to stitch

  • @michelledonnelly1305
    @michelledonnelly1305 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh I know how you refer to me..."Michelle my Mentor"!😅😅 I'm going to guess I'm the oldest Michelle in the group as when I grew up no one had heard of the name. Then the Beatles came along! This project was so inspiring and thoughtful! Took me all day but I finished! And yes, I too laugh at my own jokes. It has been said that i am my own best audience! Thank you K3n for all your inspiration and food for thought!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      😂 congratulations you are the first of the Michelles to comment. And you are absolutely right, of course that's how I refer to you 😁😉❤️

  • @MoonandSixpence
    @MoonandSixpence Před 4 měsíci

    I’ve been watching this in bits before work all week - great way to start the day - and I just got to the question “does anyone else tell themselves jokes and make themselves laugh?” Well, my brother and I were super close growing up and even though we live far away now - or maybe because we live far away - when we see each other we spend a lot of time still in that childhood place of really stooooopid humor that only we understand and laugh at, leaving the rest of the family quite perplexed (and I’m sure annoyed, though they are too gracious to say - still, I see the occasional eye roll). So I don’t tell jokes to myself. When I say silly things, in my head I automatically think how my brother would react. And then I just get the flat out giggles - can’t stop. Is it weirder to laugh at your own jokes or to have a thing going in your head with someone 1500 miles away? Life is short. Make yourself (and your invisible sibling) laugh!!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 4 měsíci

      I don't know which is weirder, is there an agreed scale of weirdness and if so, who decided? And what criteria did they apply? And am I weird for wondering? And if so, how weird? 🤔😁 I am an only child but I have a very good friend of many years and we are like that, same silly humour. I don't do it with as anyone else in the same way but the minute we are together, silliness ensues, we are laughing like drains and anyone around us is eye rolling 😂

  • @stacyedwards9718
    @stacyedwards9718 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I often answer you when you ask questions. My husband has learnt to ignore me and finishes " that will do ...." pig. He reports what's been shown on the facebook group overnight - he's up a couple of hours before me.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      😂 I love that he is your Facebook group secretary 😁❤️

  • @Stitchycatlady
    @Stitchycatlady Před 5 měsíci

    I am slow stitching whilst watching - need to complete three more needle books by May Day weekend as gifts. I’ve not seen much by Carl Sagan, but have watched both Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Cox. I came late to Friends, but yes, the vision of Danny de Vito in the cop uniform is going to stay with me for the rest of the day.
    I love this week’s project. I think it may be my next prompt once my time sensitive items are done.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Pleased you liked it, Danny rocked that uniform didn't he 😂❤️

  • @neilstephen6761
    @neilstephen6761 Před 5 měsíci

    Sweet little piece

  • @jacquelinebergman6431
    @jacquelinebergman6431 Před 5 měsíci

    My Dad's parents were from Sweden. Potato is potatis in Swedish. I had to look that up... lol!

  • @Katybug335
    @Katybug335 Před 5 měsíci

    I watch CZcams on my TV. I use Roku and am able to give a thumbs up and navigate to your channel to look for more videos. I’ve seen them all and some more than once. 😄

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you so much, so happy you are enjoying the videos ❤️

  • @annettegreaves1563
    @annettegreaves1563 Před 5 měsíci +1

    In the southern United States potatoes are called “ taters”.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci +1

      They call them that in the west of England too, but I suspect the pronunciation is different 😁❤️

  • @cherjohnston9865
    @cherjohnston9865 Před 5 měsíci

    My name is Cher and I live in LA and I watch you on my TV via Apple TV on the youTube. I don't normally post for that reason but today I had to come to my laptop to make some comments about some of the things that you had to say in this video (and some things you say in other videos.)
    I love FRIENDS!! I watch it with my 12 year old granddaughter and we've seen it probably three or four times through. We also watch the Big Bang Theory and we've probably seen that two or three time through. (Also very related to your topic this week.)
    We do call potatoes spuds some times and we make great potato salad, often enjoyed at picnics in the summertime. We live very close to the beach (as everyone in LA does) so we go to the beach often for picnics and sunbathing and wading in the surf. (Sorry, that was very off topic.)
    You were also asking about things that you say that make you say things to yourself. I always think it's funny when you say you are "wittering about" when you talk on and on. It's not something that we say in the US. I also think it's funny when you say "applique pins" because, of course, you know we don't say it that way.
    I appreciate when you tell us to look up because I'm often watching and not really looking but I listen and sew. I'm doing other projects and I've done about half of these that you do every week. I think I just do the ones that inspire me or sometimes what you do inspires me to do something else. For example, you did one that was layered and had the moon with the wolf (or hand) in front of it. It reminded me of the layered bird that I had started so I started working on that. (Have you ever read the children's book "If you give a mouse a cookie?" You should look it up if you haven't because my life really reminds me of that with my projects. I have half a million going on right now and I try to finish things without starting new ones but it's hard to do. (and now I think I've gone wittering on and gone terribly off topic.)
    The other thing that I wanted to tell you is that when you say the word "wonky" it always reminds me of this Scottish granny reading to her grandson.
    czcams.com/video/gbsZohEMn38/video.html
    I think that pretty much covers what I wanted to say to you this time. Oh, but one more thing. I do shout at the tv at you and talk to my cat when you tell us to talk among ourselves.
    I love your videos, I am a part of the FB group and I don't often post but I will try to do so more now that you've gone and put together the friendship star quilt without mine in it.
    xoxo Cher

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      Hello Cher I did recognise your name from the Facebook group ♥️ we also watch the Big Bang Theory, my son introduced us to that, I didn't like the sound of it but he insisted and now I love it. The first episode I saw was Sheldon in the ball pit, popping up at Leonard yelling 'bazinga', it still makes me chuckle to think of it. 😂 Don't apologise for going off topic, that's how my mind works too, you might have noticed 😉 potatoes get you to potato salad which gets you to picnics, which gets you to the beach. I will look up the mouse story, and the Scottish granny. I am sorry your star didn't make the quilt. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to go on your laptop, it was lovely to share witterings with you. ♥️

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales  Před 5 měsíci

      I just watched the video, it might be the funniest thing I ever saw. 😂 I just shared it in the Facebook group. Thank you so much ❤️