Not sure the Cosmos isn’t trying to tell me something–last night, while pulling that big ass needle through a rusted area, my finger slipped up the shaft and sliced across the point. A fast application of liquid skin and i could continue, but there are teeny specks of blood now on that section===just hoping they fade to brown and match the ucky colour of the cotton! Fortunately it was not the same finger that i poked the big hole in with the blunt end……
I’ve been having restless nights with images of strange cloth shapes slithering over the bed trying to tie themselves together with long stringy fingers—-is it a new idea aborning or just a cigar?
Pia
January 7, 2013 at 7:59 am
Knowing you, you’ll turn it into an advantage somehow.
arlee
January 7, 2013 at 8:00 am
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Albedo~~~chronicles of concupiscientia
Kit Lang
January 7, 2013 at 8:38 am
Coincidentally, I was adding some french knots to some flowers in the wee hours last night, and managed to sew right through a few layers of skin on my index finger. I just pulled the needle out, none the worse; but then I stabbed myself on a pin in the piece – realy deeply, and bled copiously all over the batting. A secret DNA deposit in my work.
(After THAT I decided to go to bed!)
Hope your boo-boos get better soon!
arlee
January 7, 2013 at 12:16 pm
“old embroidery injuries”
we can tell our grandchildren about
thredfairy
January 7, 2013 at 8:39 am
like the idea of long stringy fingers
wendyfe
January 7, 2013 at 9:26 am
You are unstoppable…Tetanus shots up to date, arlee?
arlee
January 7, 2013 at 12:14 pm
yep
every ten years from being a florist!
birdingbesty
January 7, 2013 at 12:05 pm
The keeping on woman! There is nothing to stop your progress on a project. Have you ever heard of or tried the old tailor’s practice of keeping a small bit of cotton or linen tucked between the cheek and the gums…sort of like chew….and then when there is a drop of blood the miracle of our own saliva dissolves the blood instantly when the cloth is applied to the stain. ( I have been employing this technique for over 50 years now…custom sewing and costuming for theatre and film the little wad never failed to save the day for me.)
Kristin
arlee
January 7, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Thanks Kristin—second nature to spit on it
ariane mariane Sroka
January 7, 2013 at 1:20 pm
oh oh – take care Arlee and may be a rest or a walk ! I know why I’m not a needleworker and in admiration for your work…