Embroidery strip 2020 - 29 March - 4 April

Week 14
(Delayed)

I am catching up with week 15.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 22-28 March

Week 13

This week I chose colours that reflected the sections, for instance green on green and brown on brown. Some blended in so well they disappeared, some more noticeable.

Embroidery Strip 2020 - 15-21 March

Week 12

This week I used threads that are in the orange range. Well, some are more close to yellow, but I haven’t got much orange in my stash.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 8-14 March

Week 11

This week I used threads of purple hues.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 1-7 March

Week 10

This week I used threads with green.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 23-29 February

Week 9

This week I chose threads with red or pink.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 16-22 February

Week 8

I chose threads that were blue, contained blue or grey/black.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 9-15 February

Week 7

I decided to use my threads that are yellow, orange, or containing those colours.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 3-8 February

Week 6

The next set of embroidered sections on the blanket yarn.
These are mostly done on the cream sections.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 26January-2February

Week-5

The next set of embroidered sections on the blanket yarn.

Visual Thoughts and Ideas

Sometimes planning is about auditioning. Will these work or will they change?

Embroidery strip 2020 - 19-25 January

Week 4 -

I was trying to describe the strip of wool I am embroidering. I could not remember the vendor at all.

This week, I suddenly got an email out of the blue, a newsletter from Ragged Life. I thought, what is this about? I’m not interested in rag rugs? So I was scrolling down to the bottom to unsubscribe and Oh! And I saw a roll of wool like this. It is called Blanket Yarn. And when I had a look, I discovered I can buy a similar ball to this. And then I will not have to worry about finishing the year when this runs out.  I think I must have signed my name to the newsletter list, but I know that this is the first one I have received. I am glad it came

24,000 - Daily bead for 2019

You may have been wondering how the completed daily beading looks. Yes, I did complete it at the end of the year. The lurgy, though, put paid to energy to take photos. Also, I was having a debate with myself about how to present it.
My friend Jane came this week, she always helps me to have good ideas. Probably more like she says what she thinks, which sparks the right answer in my head, though it may not actually seem to be related.
Anyway!

Now that I know where I am headed with that, I have taken a few photos and a bit of a video. (All the apologies...directly under LED lighting and first time trying out my tablet for this.)

And looking closer

Oh, and don’t mind the odd bit of thread. In one or two places, 

beads need replacing because of the handling.

India- 

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.

I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days. Stacks or loops were made of 10 beads in each square 8 x a day. I filled out the remaining 65 days of the year with words. The date and initials at the bottom.

Embroidery strip 2020- 12-18 January

Week 3

The other day Kathy asked me some questions about the parameters of my daily project.
This was my reply:
The selvedges are 3xm if you don’t count the fringe. The sections are between 9 and 10 cm long. The white/ cream section has 3 sections which alternate the weave. So I am counting that section as 3. It looks like the weave alternates between the 2 different patterns, whether colour or plain.
So each repeat - between the “strings” - is 18.
If I counted right , I think there are 15 repeats. Which doesn’t make a whole year, even if you do something to each of the 3 strings between repeats and count them as 3 days each.🤔 so, I am holding on for another bright idea to turn up before we get to that point.
Thanks for asking!

So, what is new.

I did finish the 24,000 bead project, but still need to take a photo. I am still thinking how to hang/mount/present it.

But, I have finally got my head round the 2020 project.
Last spring, I bought this unique ball of wool selvedge. One stand hand loads of these balls that were being used to do large knitting or crochet. Most were one colour or just 2. But this one caught my eye because of the variety of colours.

 I knew I wanted to embroider onto it, but needed time to work things out. As the year went on, I decided I would take a break from the beading and do a daily embroidery instead. Because of the sections of wool strips, it would work well to use this ball.

Then it came to the New Year, and the thread I had decided on wasn’t going to work. It rather got lost between the weave because it was too thin. (Upper right on photo below) Because I was still coughing my brains out, I couldn’t really think about what to do. But finally I got round to considering, and realised my pearle cotton was just right.

I caught up and then needed to do photos. Which I have finally done. So this is up to the 11th.

I am not making any real rules. What I chose for thread on the day, and how I feel about the stitch...duplicating doesn’t matter.

Number 12 in progress

 I have counted the sections...I may come back along and stitch over the threads between the larger sections of 18. I don’t think it will last a whole year, but I have plenty of time to work out what happens next.

24,000 - 22-28 December

India-
I have completed the word “Strong”, now working on “2019”, the date is at the bottom of the whole arrangement.

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.
I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days - 10 beads in each small square eight times.

24,000 - 15-21 December

India- 

I have nearly completed the word “Strong”. This time the word is at the bottom of the whole arrangement so the word is facing out, so to speak, to make it easier to read. 

one more Sunday for posting, but a couple days left. Beyond that. 

Still thinking about finishing off.

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.

I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days - 10 beads in each small square eight times.

I have finished the main part of the project, the 300 days that were made of 10 beads in each square 8 x a day. Now I am working on some words to go round the star which will say a bit about the meaning. This will fill out the remaining 65 days of this year, since the bead project is daily for a year.

24,000 - 8-14 December

India-
I have nearly completed the word “Stand”. This time the word will be at the bottom of the whole arrangement so the word is facing out, so to speak, to make it easier to read.

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.
I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days - 10 beads in each small square eight times.

I have finished the main part of the project, the 300 days that were made of 10 beads in each square 8 x a day. Now I am working on some words to go round the star which will say a bit about the meaning. This will fill out the remaining 65 days of this year, since the bead project is daily for a year.

24,000 - 1-7 December

India-
I have nearly completed the word “Attack”. I have miss counted the level these letters were to sit on. So I have had to adjust the last couple letters. Perhaps I should have made the T letters thinner.

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.
I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days - 10 beads in each small square eight times.

I have finished the main part of the project, the 300 days that were made of 10 beads in each square 8 x a day. Now I am working on some words to go round the star which will say a bit about the meaning. This will fill out the remaining 65 days of this year, since the bead project is daily for a year.

24,000- 24-30 November

India- 

I have nearly completed “Faith”.

This work acknowledges 24,000 individuals - Indian Christians who were physically attacked in one year because of their faith.

I have stitched 80 beads each day for 300 days - 10 beads in each small square eight times.

I have finished the main part of the project, the 300 days that were made of 10 beads in each square 8 x a day. Now I am working on some words to go round the star which will say a bit about the meaning. This will fill out the remaining 65 days of this year, since the bead project is daily for a year.