Many Projects

The tendency to have many projects on the go, is this a fibre artist tendency, an artist tendency, or a human tendency?

Personally, I always have two or three projects on the go at once and most of the people I know (who are fibre artists) are the same. The projects I generally have on the go are a weaving, a simple embroidery piece, and a more complex embroidery piece. Admittedly, there is generally a UFO (Un-Finished Object) or two hanging about too.

Here is what I have on the go at the moment.

Weaving - Scarves
Warp
Black Tencel @ 8 e.p.i
Weft


#1 Variegated Silk/Chenile


















#2 Hand Dyed Mohair











#3 ?....


There have been a few .... hiccups involved in these scarves which I plan to talk about at some point. Most likely after I get them off the loom so that I can include what the final result is.

Complex Embroidery
My sister is currently expecting and for her babies' (she's having twins) room I want to do an embroidery for her to hang on the wall. After designing it I thought that Helen M. Stevens design style would probably work best.

Since I haven't done anything in her style before I borrowed one of her books from the local library and I'm trying to do that before I do the piece for my sister.

Simple Embroidery
I generally like to have a simple piece of embroidery on the go as well. This is something I can work on while on the train, in the car, during commercials, or when on my lunch break. Something simple which doesn't require a lot of concentration.

I recently discovered a cross stitch book which had patterns based on Ed Hardy's designs. Now I'm not a huge fan of skulls and knives and those didn't really appeal but there are some beautiful butterfly and bird patterns in it as well.

So that is what I have on the go at the moment. 

Best Wishes