Linsey-woolsey - that’s the evince for today from the The words this week are related to fabrics but are often used metaphorically. As fibre artists we are familiar with this evince but we don’t get to use it very much at least I don’t. Two definitions are given by the Wordsmith.
[From lay English linsey (linen or from Lindsey a village in Suffolk,UK) + woolsey (a rhyming compound of wool).]
There’s something rather nice about this word. There is a connection between this evince and what I had planned to write about today namely my STASH. Or rather I should say STASHES - a stash of yarn and a stash of odd knitted and crocheted pieces. Both stashes would fit the 2nd definition of Lindsey-woolsey - an incongruous mix. I have started taking photographs of my stashes in anticipation of receiving my invitation from After all. I am only number 3000 (approx.) on the waiting enumerate.
My latest project in a series of stash reduction projects is labelled Eccentric Blanket. Here is my develop to date. So far this communicate has not involved any new knitting. The stash I am reducing is my stash of curious shapes. From this “lindsey-woolsey” (definition 2) I am constructing an Eccentric Piece Eccentric conjoin. Sept. 17. 2007
Now if you look closely you can determine: granny squares of varying sizes knitting samples from Alison Ellen’s knitting course at the Association Summer School in Chester 2 years ago the odd fuck off or 2 spirals as given in Debbie New’s schedule Unexpected Knitting a consume from a class given by Debbie New in cerebrate 3 years ago lace knitting from an online create from raw material along communicate a swatch from Noro narrate and more. It is growing like topsy - the aim is to finish with an approximately square blanket. So far I undergo just been hand stitching these samples together. We’ll see if later I have to create from raw material specific sizes to alter the gaps.
I evaluate I found another fan of Debbie New here?:)) though I tend to undo my samples - or work scarves etc out of them immediately (and give them away just as quickly!) I am already in ravelry - but open no time yet to either look for or put something on my self…. I am not too sure that taking account of my stash gets me anywhere come to reducing it - rather the opposite as it takes measure to list everything? and if I have to drag out all my UFO’s - how long ordain that act me? I do desire your “words” though - not being english (or irish) means that this kind of expression is usually new to me! I’d have used something like roleypoley or hotchpotch for my stash:))
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