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Lost in Translation - Julia E. Sanders errata

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Thread created on 1339510110 by wodentoad.
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How true!


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Okay, I've been doing a thousand other things, so it's been a busy few months. Plus side, my anthropology classes led me to a sewing and craft discord, which drove me to actually start sewing the insertion panels. I have finished two panels, complete with rolled hems, and I have the third pinned, but I needed a break from my dungeon-like basement. I'm making a quartet of dragons at the moment for a gift, but it feels good to move this project ever closer.

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I have the cloud of medallions waiting and ready to be finished, if the Lacey twins come home. (I'll leave a space for them!)


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Oh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h What a wonderful feeling this must be!


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in reply to wodentoad's post:


Wow - I so admire you! You never give up, but always keep moving forward, even if it's slowly and gradually.
Ermm - what's a "sewing and craft discord"?


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Discord is another social media site, popular with the young-uns.

I just sewed #4 into place and I've mostly pinned the hem. I'm working on it while my daughter does bath time, so I get a little done each day. I also figured out I can work on the little table we have downstairs, so no breaking my knees to work on the floor.

I'm also netting a market bag, making four dragons to attach to my unfinished "Point of Light" doily to make it into a "Cloud of Dragons" doily, and I'm making thread from whatever trees look ready to peel, for SCIENCE! (Which reminds me, I need to grab some branches from the neighbors.


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for some reason the latest photos make me think of rickrack


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It feels like my needle is gonna break any minute while I sew it. But I feel like I'm finally going to put this thing to bed. Still have the final medallions to add, of course.


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in reply to wodentoad's post:


Okay, I have to ask... What's this about thread from peelings of trees, for SCIENCE?


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In order to prove that tree thread is different from Flax thread, re retting and breaking, I have been turning invasive white mulberry trees into cordage. The trick is that you have to peel the tree while it's fresh, and the branch can't be thicker than 4cm give or take.

Here is the tree I peeled, mostly using my fingers and a sharp bit of rock.
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Here is some of the resulting cord, which is currently about 2m. I didn't use all the tree, just all that I could make between all the other things a modern girl has to do.
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Very interesting, Erin.


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in reply to wodentoad's post:

Have you tatted with it?


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There isn't enough to do more than sew a simple seam, and it would be useless for tatting.

In other news, guess who discovered a mistake today! I miscounted my rings and ended up with 127, rather than 128, BUT, somehow I compensated on the next row, with only one join. Too late to fix it, and also I don't want to.

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Oh, Erin, you're human after all. Whee!


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This is how I keep Athena from turning me into a spider.


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in reply to wodentoad's post:


You finessed it well, Erin!


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Closing in on it now, pardon the office floor, but it sets the values and hues off nicely.

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Three left to go, and I just bought a new wrist pin cushion, since my old one slips off. Nothing like stabbing dull pins into a pincushion that isn't on your wrist. I stopped myself... But it was close. Lol!


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[Swoon]


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in reply to wodentoad's post:

I once plunged a size 14 crochet hook into my wrist. I definitely do not recommend it.

And the teacloth is looking mighty fine.


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in reply to wodentoad's post:


Looks simply AMAZING!


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A little steady work and I have made it through the hardest part of my tea cloth: the sewn insertion panels.
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I have some gift dragons to finish, then the final 24 motifs needing a final row. Ten years, but here we are, together.


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WOW... Words do not suffice to express how wonderful this gigantic project is... Kudos to you, again and again!


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I have to agree with @GraceT words don't do justice. And also a huge thank you for taking us all along on your journey


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I can find plenty of words! Astonishing. Brilliant. Astounding. Unbelievable. Lovely. Staggering. Amazing. Breathtaking.
The problem is, none of them do this the justice it deserves!
Those final medallions are going to be a cinch after all this!
You, my friend, are the bravest tatter I know.


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Meh, not brave, just determined. It probably could have been done in two years by a better tatter. I am just happy to have this nearly done.