Friday, December 2, 2016

Leaves

I considered winding two shuttles for each leaf separately so I could start each leaf CTM, but that was going to waste thread and probably time too. So I wound the two shuttles full of green thread and after the first leaf, hid the starting threads in rings A and B. I printed out Ninetta's chart, it's clear and easy to follow.

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  1. Isn't it funny how our focus changes depending on where we live? I love your leaves, fruits, and flowers, but with cold weather headed our way, it's hard to think of anything but snow!

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    1. :-) here it is very hot, strawberries and ice cream weather!

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  2. I'm with Diane it's very cold here, no snow yet but heavy frost at night, it's hard to think if strawberries flowering and ice cream, my strawberry plants are very much hibernating

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  3. Your leaves look great. Hard to think of berries and ice cream here, too. Weather is cooling off here, getting ready for the colder weather to come. My thoughts are starting to swing towards knitting wool socks. Instead of having to hide ends every time you begin, is it possible to measure about how much thread is needed for one of the shuttles, then fill one large shuttle, and pull off enough from the large one to wind a second shuttle with just 'enough' thread to complete a leaf? It would give you CTM every time, without wasting much thread, and there would be fewer ends to hide on each leaf. Might take a little trial and error to find just the right amount, but once you find it, subsequent leaves (and bookmarks, if you decide to make more than one) will 'benefit' from your experimenting.
    StephanieW

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    1. That's an idea. I did do that at the end when one shuttle ran out before the other but you're right, it would work for them all.

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  4. Love leaves I actually collect leave patterns I don't make them as much as I should but they go with flowers.

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