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November sewing & knitting update 🍂 Scallop Jacket, dungaree plans, ZW Gather Dress & hand-stitching
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2023
- Hello and thanks for joining my November update!
I talk a bit about what inspires me at this time of year, what I've finished making, and what my upcoming plans are. I also share a few more details of the Zero Waste Gather Dress workshop/retreat I'll be holding in the spring.
Join for a cosy update on my knitting and sewing plans, and please let me know what you're working on and up to at this time of year!
Lorna x
Instagram: @thread.and.yarn
Illustrations: @fibrevalleyart
Just found your account a week ago and I can’t stop watching! I’ve started knitting over the past year and want to start some sewing projects. Your account has made me feel more confident in getting started and I really appreciate your slow approach to your work. Thank you!
Hello! Thanks so much for your lovely message. I'm so glad you're enjoying the channel and finding the videos helpful 😊 good luck with the sewing! I'm hoping to do some more beginner focused videos soon.
Really enjoyed watching whilst doing some quiet stitching by the fire:)
Glad you enjoyed it 😊 stitching by the fire sounds delightful!
I an knitting on a pair od yin yang kitty socks for a friend and sewing wise I will finish a pair of peppermint magazine's wide leg pants tomorrow (I made these in a stretch denim with lots of top stitching). I have also a pair of harlene dungarees cut out, I unravelled some unworn and moth nibbled jumpers and have to wind up all the yarns to repurpose them. perfect for winter.
Hello, that sounds like a lovely selection of projects! I haven't made the peppermint wide leg pants yet, but I know lots of people love them. I do use my harlenes a lot, I hope you enjoy them 😊 I quite enjoy all the topstitching!
I must apologize for my last post. I’m legally blind and autocorrect has a ball with my typos. I was encouraging you to look for guernsey patterns from smaller and/or local designers. There seems to be a rich history of knitting in the southern UK.
It is funny that I’ve found other people who appreciate the very same things as I do. I cherish handmade crafts from local artisans too. There is a different feel to those handmade items when I compare them to machine made goods. I dream to sewing my clothes. It is going to be quite an undertaking to learn to sew with a machine with my vision issues. Threading anything is an issue,. My husband threads the tapestry needle when I put buttons on my cardigans😂. The back of my buttons look like a dartboard as I can’t find the button holes😂😂. If you have any recommendations for sewing tutorials I would be very grateful. Have you found Marina Skua or Penny’s Chinwag? They have similar values/interests as you do.thank you!💗💗
Hello, thanks so much for your comment and the recommendations. I will definitely look up the other podcasts. I completely agree with you on handmade items, and how they feel. Whenever I use them they also remind me of what was happening when I made them (what I was listening to, or what I could smell etc). I know Tilly and the Buttons can be good for beginners, and they have lots of videos. I found this resource for sewing with visual impairment, I've no idea what it's like in practice, but there may be the odd useful tip? Good luck with it! It sounds like something you'd love to do. Hopefully using heavily textured things will help. Sorry of it's not useful, but pasting here just in case: www.tsbvi.edu/independent-living-library/skills/clothing-care-sewing-techniques-for-visually-impaired-or-totally-blind-students#:~:text=I%20recommend%20using%20pins%20with,seam%20guide%20to%20sew%20straight.
@@threadandyarn Soooo helpful! I’ve already found a tip that helps. Thank you!💗
love the jumper and the video. I relate to you so much haha, especially all the where-is-my-button-oh-its-in-the-bed(?) energy. I just came back from a visit to Rye in East Sussex and got so many lovely M&M fabrics. I'm going to make a Miller waistcoat in a sturdy pinky striped cotton, and a linen swooshy dress in their Lazy Day blue/gold check linen. Hope you had a good time in Copenhagen too!
Ahh awesome! I haven't been yet, but hoping to early next year 😊 your waistcoat and dress sound really lovely. Feel you on the chaotic making energy 😅
Love these videos ❤ excited to see your canvas dungarees!
Ah thank you, glad you're enjoying them! I'm excited to get into the dungarees project 😊
Love the idea of the sewing retreat! I would love to go to that what a lovely idea ❤ loving all your current makes too. My current projects are trying to squeeze in time to make my baby’s first Christmas stocking with a piece of vintage festive remnant I found in a charity shop. And also to finish some bunting for his first birthday at the end of December. Feels like I’ll never get around to them but trying to use my evenings for crafts as well as chores and sleep and resettling the babe! Any tips on making a stocking? X
Oh brilliant, well I'd love to have you 😊 it'll be so nice to meet people in really life and have a lovely creative weekend. The vintage fabric sounds lovely for making a stocking! I was wondering about making a Christmas gifts/ using up scraps episode, if I have quite enough time. I often make stockings. I free handed a shape I liked, then added seam allowance and a lining. You could then bind the raw edges, leaving a loop to hang at the top, or create a cuff. I'll see about putting a little guide together!
What a lovely surprise to see a video from you pop up this morning! You have been so busy and I hope you finish your projects by Christmas so you will get to wear them as planned. Everything you choose colour wise is just so beautiful and will go with everything you already have. I am more of a crafty and knitting person than a sewing person. I have just finished a Victorian sampler I ordered around Lockdown and am now finishing off a Jacobean Crewel embroidered wall hanging I also started at the same time. Both of these have been my Winter projects. I hope you have a lovely time away and have great fun looking around all those wool shops you will come across.
Hello, thanks for your lovely comment! Your winter projects sound beautiful. I do love a sampler and any type of fabric wall hanging. There's an American museum in Bath near me where they have several samplers from 1800s and lots of quilts. I find them so comforting to look at, I definitely recommend a trip if you're ever in the area.
A sewing weekend in the Cotswolds sounds lovely- will keep a look out for when you publish further details. Janice (ps ignore the profile pic - im using my husband's CZcams account)
Hi Janice! Glad you like the sound of the workshop, I'm so excited about it, I think it'll be a really lovely weekend. I'll share some more details soon.
Hello!! Loving your videos. My aim for one day to get good enough to order linen from Merchant and Mills and also order from Cloth Atelier but currently my skills are not up to that purchase level. Your videos keep me inspired!
Glad you're enjoying the videos! I'm sure you'll get there :) M&M do have lovely fabrics! Not sure if you're in the UK or not, but sometimes Simply Fabrics Brixton have good value cotton checks or cotton vichy fabric that is lovely, but doesn't feel like such a financial investment!
@@threadandyarn I am in Suffolk, UK. Thanks for the tip, I’ll have a look!
I really like the bumper jumper.
Also inspired by your little quilted squares. Such a good idea. I have too many scraps not big enough to do much else, yet too big to just toss into landfill.
Yes, they're a great use of little scraps! I think they make sweet little gifts too - whether they're on the table or the wall I think adding fabric textures to a room makes it extra cosy ☺️
Definitely interested in the workshop - sounds amazing - enjoy Copenhagen - love the videos, such a treat each time one pops up.
Thanks so much! Glad you're enjoying them 😊 I'll share more about the workshop soon, I'm so excited for it!
I would love to hear more about your sewing weekend holiday. Am finishing a Ranunculus for my friend's Christmas present 🎁 & working on the body of my Richmond Sweater in John Arbon grey shade with autumn green, blue & autumn gold sleeves pattern. Can't wait to see what it looks like.
Hello, your projects sound lovely 😊 what a treat to have a ranunculus knitted for you! And I really like the sound of the colours of your jumper, I remember you choosing the shades. I'd love to see it on instagram 😊 it would be great to have you at the retreat. I'm really excited to meet people in real life, and have a lovely creative weekend!
I felted my knitted hat as well. Now it nearly rainproof. Tip: Use the dryer! A washingmaschine can not been stopped while the programm is running - but the dryer can. So it’s easy to check for size and no bad surprises.
Edit: I work on my second pair of jeans using anna allen helen pattern and I‘m hooked. I also made cord pants using that pattern and loving it. The pattern is well written and even a confident beginner (me) could sew the first pair of pants. Please do a video about the brand merchant and mills. I would like to order from them, but since brexit (I‘m from Germany - sorry for all the mistakes😅) I‘m a bit scared ordering.
Thanks for the tip on the hat! That's very useful and I'll definitely take your advice. I love the Anna Allen Helene jeans! I've also made cords from that pattern and they're probably my best fitting trousers. Glad you had a good experience too. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Just coming in here to say: Merchant and Mills is absolutely amazing!
I've ordered from them before (post-brexit) and it was fine. But if you'd rather not order, you could also make a long weekend out of visiting them. Rye (where their shop is based) is an absolutely lovely town to visit for a long weekend. They're only an hour or so out of london. I've just come out of the Eurostar train back from visiting them and it was an absolute joy: a tiny medieval village surrounded by nature reserve and harbouring cute shops. We were a bit hesitant to come all the way to the UK for Rye but it was a lovely long weekend and easily combinable with a stay in i.e. london or so. If you ever feel like visiting Rye, Merchant and Mills is keen to recommend places to visit/stay/eat if you email them.
@@inMuro i got in contact with their sales team and finally ordered- should arrive tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
@@TheSolipsist0 ah great. I've got to a point where I'm reluctant to sew anything beyond M&M fabrics. Hope you'll enjoy your order too.
@@inMuro same here!
Your waistcoat is really lovely, I would love to make one
Thank you 😊 I'm really pleased with it so far, and have a quilted version planned next.