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Exciting times - I’m going to release a pattern

A bit of a treat to myself - I’ve really struggl

A bit of a treat to myself - I’ve really struggled with the motivation to start sewing anything, but I really need some more leggings!
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Then I saw that @wildorchardfabric did kits for @helens__closet Avery leggings and it seemed like the perfect solution. Now I have everything I need to start all in one place.
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As soon as the weather isn’t glorious I’m going to start, but for now the need to be outside in the sun is far too strong. It’s roasting!
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And, here’s the other elbow (check out the post

And, here’s the other elbow (check out the post a couple of days ago for the state of this elbow before I started!)
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This time I tried a different weave, and though I used the same three colours the placement is different. So coordinating rather than matching.
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Time was the most significant input to this whole project. The first one took me a couple of evenings and a morning to do and the second was faster. An afternoon and then I finished it off in the evening. But it is a really meditative and absorbing sort of work to do, especially if you have a good podcast to listen to at the same time!
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Other than that materials were a tapestry needle and a few metres of yarn (jumper weight from @uradaleyarn, some of which was dyed by @woollenflower). This is the same yarn I used to knit the jumper a few years ago. If you had one that was an appropriate size, an embroidery hoop might make getting the tension even, but I didn’t use one.
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And here’s a close up of my darned elbow! 🌀 I

And here’s a close up of my darned elbow!
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I did the horizontal threads first, I wove into the stitches for a bit, then left a float over the most worn out part, then wove it in again on the other side. I picked up the right leg of the stitches in one direction, then the left leg coming back so there are two floats per row.
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Then for the vertical strands I did pretty much the same, except instead of leaving a float I made pretty patterns. This elbow has a twill type weave that I particularly love!
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But most of all having this jumper back in service and out of the mending pile after putting it off for so long feels fantastic.
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Thanks to @joy_of_thread for the photo and for enabling a quiet day for me to make time for this!
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Just the simple act of being away from home for a

Just the simple act of being away from home for a few days is like a refreshing balm for the soul. I had a gloriously silent day by myself and spent quite a lot of time deciding what projects to bring. In the end, as everything in my needles at the moment is work related, I thought I would bring my mending pile.
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This jumper was my first machine knit garment - made from @uradaleyarn Shetland yarn, and it has buttons I made @redhoussshetland workshop on my second trip to @shetlandwoolweek. So o decided that it was worth spending a good bit of time on some elaborate visible mending on the elbows.
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My approach is to duplicate stitch the hole using leftovers of the great yarn. Then I raided my stash of yellow/grey shades to reinforce good large area where the knitted fabric was looking a bit thin. For the other elbow I’m going to use the same colours but a different pattern.
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