I am incredibly lucky, and so very privileged to know so many wonderful people. Voyager has been helping to clean out an attic, among other things, and came across a bounty of vintage embroidery thread, including a good deal of silk, which I always covet. Voyager was generous enough to offer it to me, and my jaw about hit the floor when I saw two packs of Milward Needles, the real deal, before the needle business moved out of England and went to hell in a handbasket. That was an unexpected bonus, and I can’t wait to use them! Click for full size.
© C. Ford.
Do you clutch a them and Gollum-talk? I know a textile artist who used to Smaug about her yarn stash….
Not quite, but close enough!
Ooooh SHINY! (And SHARP!) Very nice little hoard there.
Funny how some people feel about their hoard. I’ve run into people who complain saying they have a whole basket of yarn which his just so much and all I can think is “Amateur…”
Ooooh SHINY! (And SHARP!) Very nice little hoard there.
Funny how some people feel about their hoard. I’ve run into people who complain saying they have a whole basket of yarn which is just so much and all I can think is “Amateur…”
WHOOPS sorry about the double post… Don’t know how that happened…
Kestrel:
:laughs: Yep.
I have a whole basket of yarn in the dining room pot cupboard.
and a smaller one in the living room
and a couple of bags in the cupboard under the wine glasses
and some beside the bed
and in the cubby under one of the sewing machines