Weekly Slowstitch 2024 - Week 17 - Backstory
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2024
- This week we choose one piece of printed cloth and embellish with stitching as simple or as complex as you like. We will focus on the process, the story of the stitching itself.
Here is the Slowstitch playlist if you need some guidance for different kinds of stitches
• Slowstitch
Here is the playlist of all the videos in the series, including the two part tutorial for the stitch journal
• Weekly Slowstitch proj...
Tip me if you would like to support my work, I share bonus videos with my supporters
ko-fi.com/k3nclothtales
I have a private Facebook group for my subscribers to share photos of their weekly slowstitch pieces and other items made following my tutorials.
groups/41217...
If you have a TH-cam channel, and post about your pieces from this project, please tag me.
I hope some of you will stitch along with me. ♥️
I will do my best to upload the weekly video every Monday by 12pm GMT, rural French internet permitting 🤞
If you don't want to miss future videos, please subscribe and click the little bell to enable notifications.
Find me on social media
/ k3n.clothtales
/ k3nquilts
Thank you for watching, happy stitching! ❤️
#slowstitch #slowstitching #handstitching - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
An interesting end to your piece of art. I don’t quite know what my ‘back story’ would be. Maybe I wd call it ‘a road well traveled’. I too learned from a teacher in Primary school but my Principal was my mother. We always lived in very remote, coastal places and winter nights were ideal for sewing. Mummy taught me to make my ‘backs’ as good as the fronts and to this very day I do this….and enjoy it. It’s second nature to me, the back looks slightly different to the front … I cd turn a piece upside down and not notice at all. I remember, when I was about 8, I stitched my piece of embroidery to my school skirt….. I can see it now….. not just a few stitches, a lot. It was a gingham dressing table cloth, yellow with red thread. My teacher was incandescent with rage and sent me home with the embroidery hanging from under my coat. I remember my burning cheeks and all the other children laughing at me. Daddy, who had walked, with bike, to meet me and give a lovely ride home, scooped me up and sat me on the crossbar, in a flash I was home. I’ve never forgotten that day, such opposing levels of behaviour from important people in my life. My parents asked me all about it and mummy just unpicked the offending piece of cloth from my skirt. The next day I went to school with a short note from my parents and the embroidery was never mentioned again. I remember, to this very day, how it felt to be humiliated…..over a bit of embroidery!!!! I never felt the same about that teacher and feared her for the rest rest of my day at that school. I’m VERY careful about hand held sewing!!! Other teachers were enjoyable people and did their jobs well but my parents were my best and favourites. A happy childhood and so far (76) a happy life. Still love to sew, knit etc etc. can’t garden anymore and this is my true sorrow but I watch what’s happening out there, spot the first snowdrops ,primroses, bluebell. All my old friend peeping from where I planted them 50 years ago.
I stitched my cloth to my hand the other day, just skimming in and out one stitch before I noticed. But being humiliated by a teacher must have been horrible. That only happened to me once and it was my dad, the village school head teacher. I don’t know what got into him that day, but when he had overdone his “don’t show favouritism” thing with me he did used to say sorry at home, and that made it all right. He did his best to be fair, and in those days I did not always try to be good all the time!
I am so sorry for you, what a horrible thing to happen. Childhood humiliations stay with us, teachers should appreciate more the power and therefore the responsibility they have. I am so happy that your parents were able to make you feel better about it. Gosh I am sorry, I feel so bad for little 8 year old you. ❤️❤️❤️
What a gloriously beautiful place to walk through even if the primroses are gone for this year. Envy is a deadly sin ... I'm doomed, I'm doomed!
😁 I am very lucky ♥️
I am enjoying your videos. Your voice is calming. My mom watches with me and she is legally blind and loves to sit super close to my tv and listen to you. We have 3 dogs here in Kentucky USA. I will start my piece this evening when I have some time. I will get mom started with a piece as well. I don’t see why she can enjoy stitching even if she cant zone in. She can do random meditation pieces for relaxation.
@@cherylfackler7771 I am planning one week to do a piece for those with visual impairment, concentrating on textures. Hope your mum and you both are enjoying your stitching ❤️
When I see the environment you live in, I can understand even better the beautiful things you do. Thank you so much!
My pleasure ♥️
At first I thought No, no I don't want to hide my work, but what a brave thing to do... There is a story on the back, one worth telling, and maybe the most interesting story of all.
Brave. Thank you Barbara, ♥️
Your scroll is a gem. Thank you for the video
My pleasure thank you ♥️
That moss on the fallen tree! It is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing your walk. And your scroll? Oh, I am so inspired. I am going to start searching now for my supplies. What a great way to start my morning. Thank you so much. ❤
My pleasure ☺️
Oh you are cheeky but I will comply with the prompt to show the back of my piece! I did gasp a little when you said you were going to sew it down in such a way that you couldn't flip it over to even see the front. I actually love the way you challenge us to let go and focus on the process - it is rather humbling. As to favorite books I've read again and again Watership Down tops that list followed closely by Jane Eyre. My most recent "didn't want it to end" read was a Gentleman in Moscow-such a lovely book. And since my life has been taken over by slow stitching, I've been enjoying audio books , most especially Homecoming by Kate Morton read by the amazing Claire Foy. Thank you again for a wonderful video !
@@karenproctor9901 it has been said before 😁 I have read a book by Kate Morton, the Lake House I think but not Homecoming. I will add it to my list. Love Claire Foy also, she was fabulous in the Crown. And someone else recommended a Gentleman in Moscow so that's already on my list. Watership Down and Jane Eyre both make my top ten too. ❤️
Hi Kathryn, I love your scroll it’s fab and is helping me make decisions about “letting go”. Your top from the charity shop I fully understand. I bought 2x pure wool jumpers for a £1.00 from a charity shop about 25 years ago. One is in pinks and purples and the other is turquoise and greens.I love them and I have worn them every winter. They are now quite scruffy but whenever I wear them people compliment me. I think if you love a garment and it makes you happy, whenever you wear it, it will make you shine. If there comes a day when they are just too scruffy to wear then I will felt them and make something with them so their story will go on. You always make me feel less insane 😂😂😂 thank you. Xx❤
I am chuckling at making you feel less insane. If there are more of us, we can't all be crazy. 😉❤️
Oh Kathryn you totally surprised me with stitching the back to be the focal side. I was saying no, no, no. But you know I like it. Wish I could be your neighbor. I would visit often and soak up all your knowledge. So many things you have to share. I love, love your channel and your chatting with us. THANK YOU !!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Spoiler Alert...
My pleasure Kimberly, it's lovely to share with you here ❤️
Maybe I should have put a note on the title page, do not read the comments before watching... But then of course everyone would have gone straight to the comments 😂😂😂
We are all caught up again. You are such a treasure. Just love this project so much. Thank you.
I saw the Scottish granny reading, and it was indeed hilarious. Promptly went to Amazon to order for my twin grand girls.
I wonder if you will be able to read it to your precious twin girls without laughing quite as much as the Scottish granny. 😁❤️
Your woods are tranquil and beautiful. Thank you for taking us along. 🌱🌱🏵🏵🌳🌳🌳
Hello Kathryn I love listening to you talk about whatever comes to your mind as you stitch...so relaxing and mesmerising. Thank you.
Thank you for taking us on your lovely walk today and sharing your beautiful scroll. I found your channel at the end of last year and have enjoyed watching you make your beautiful stitch stories. I have had a word with myself 😊 and I am going to have a go at a scroll. It is a joy catching up with you and Marion.
Thank you Norma ☺️
“The imperfection of these things allows us to see the same in ourselves.” I stumbled on this wonderful quote by Jude Hill which for me is most applicable here. Thanks again Kathryn 🐶
That's a wonderful quote, thank you. Jude is an absolute inspiration. ❤️
Thank you
I know you are feeling your way...
This, this!
You are intelligently, visually inspiring for me like this.
Thank you again
Thank you so much for understanding ♥️
Yes I can relate to not wanting a good book to end! I intentionally slow my reading to the end.😁 Then I have to read everything by that author!
I used to walk these woody natural times thru the woods in Massachusetts- we loved so I appreciate your video- brings my memory back❤️
The back story is a revelation. I was taught to sew so neatly and the inside had to be neat as well...throwing that out the window....and letting go. TFS
My pleasure 😊
Love your banter , especially your observations re abstract art. . 😊
I love to read, so thank you for all of the reading analogies. In keeping with that, quite a plot twist at the end of the project! I love it!
thank you for all the giggles, enjoyed every moment as always!! i cant wait to jump back into the weekly projects.
My pleasure 😊
oh yes.....must watch the Scottish granny reading that book. It will make you happy every time you watch it....promise!
Yes indeed 😂❤️
The moss on the tree and the woods are so beautiful. As for reading, I generally have several going at the same time: one that I read before bed and another daytime book - generally nonfiction - that I like to dip into now and then. I call that my "Sunday morning book as I usually try to take time late on Sunday morning to read a bit. I prefer to read a real book but do use the library's electronic system for audiobooks. I often have an audio book that I listen while knitting or sometimes while cooking.
I started out collecting actual books. Then I discovered the Kindle app on my phone. Now, for various boring reasons, I rely on Audiobooks. I LOVE the sounds of my dog snoring. A long time ago, after my husband had passed, the sounds of my cocker spaniel snoring at night comforted me and lulled me to sleep. I currently have an old dog that snores through the night and a young chihuahua that does an adorable little sleepy moan from time to time in the night. ❤️
I agree it's so soothing and comforting ❤️
In icelandic it is kartöflur. Greetings from an icelandic woman living in Germany. Brynja P.S. Love your work and talking😊
Thank you Brynja, and for the Icelandic word too ❤️
❤ TFS! I truly enjoy your creativity. This is a wonderful page!
You are so welcome❤️
I love the idea of just showing the back as the story. Especially since sometimes sometimes it’s the story that gets lost and that is part of our journey. On a sidenote, when I hear look up and I do when I’m in the middle of something else and then completely lose what I was doing and have to start all over…….. all one can do is laugh😂
😂 I am sorry Jude, I will keep the 'look ups' to the necessary minimum. ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Oh please don't stop! Keeps Lee interesting and......"you do you"
I like seeing the backside too💙👍🏻Thank you for sharin!
Absolutely gorgeous I love the creek I just love it all😊
Thank you 😊
So precious that ancient scroll . I oooo and ahhh at your creations. I love the book 3 cups of tea by Greg mortenson . Love having you chat away while I stitch and crochet . You always inspire me xxx
Thank you Lisa, also for the book recommendation, I will add it to my reading list ❤️
Lots of Aussies say gunna for going to.. I love your videos Kathryn and look forward to all of them. Everything I watch gets stored away for when I have the time and inclination for them. Sometimes I follow along as best I can and other times I use your ideas as a springboard or simply as permission to have my own ideas. Plus plus win win all round. Many many thanks ❤️💜❤️
My pleasure Cathy, I am so pleased you are enjoying the videos ❤️
Thank you, as ever ❤️🙏 Great twist at the end btw 🙌
You’re welcome , I am glad you liked it 😊❤️
Kathryn, thank you for the lovely walk in the wood's and your great new project.
My pleasure Barbara and thank you for your support ❤️
I love the spirit of this work, I learn a lot with you
I'm so glad 😊
Loved the nature walk, the scroll and the twist at the end! It took a while for me to sew my piece in backwards! Kept flipping it over and over and over, even waited til the next day. You won me over, Katherine! Backwards it is!
Yeay!!❤
Love fibonacci spiral ferns
Yes ♥️
What a treat to wander your woods with you, thank you and Stella. A gorgeous places and I love that you’ve let it be.
I surprised myself with how excited I was when you turned your stitching over! 😂 I think you’re rubbing off on me ❤
😂 happy to spread the weird around 😉❤️
@@k3n.clothtales excellent news! I’m always up for a bit of weird 😂
@@k3n.clothtales ooh I forgot to say how much I’m looking forward to your sock episode 🧦👏❤️
Wind in the Willows.. always read it very slowly. Love that book so much.
We have just listened to wind in the willows on audio in the car every time we’ve done a journey lasting over half an hour. I hadn’t read it since school days and I’m 71 now! What a sublime piece of writing. And doesn’t Toad remind you of a certain Boris?
Oh yes that's an absolute favourite ❤️
I found the wittering about art particularly interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Love your banter, particularly about abstract art. . Also you observations. I’m
This was GENIOUS. 🎉🎉🎉
It almost made me cry. So hard does it sit in my brains that it is somehow the measure of your working to please those authorities judging me for not being good enough making ALSO the unvisible to be tip top. And I always felt not-good-enough. Nowadays I've learned I only have some ADD and that's why everything was so hard as a child/teen and I had to compensate so much.
And also as you so many times said that it's ok to jump, I did it and it went easier and easier.🥰
THEN.
"Hide the front." This really made my story.
Genious. Thank You! ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Your comment made me cry, I am so happy this resonates with you in a good way ♥️
I can so relate to not wanting to come to the end of a book because I'm enjoying it so much! I'm a weirdo serial reader although my husband is a weirdo multi reader & all our millions of books are thrifted 🕺
Excellent and what a perfectly matched pair of weirdos you are 😁❤️
I do look forward to your videos. I was so chuffed to see this one ‘cause the design of my journal cover is stitching over a flower print from a shirt I thrifted! When my grandchildren were little I would walk behind on family hikes and one of them would walk with me and look at the wild flowers and ferns as I told them their names and we marveled at their loveliness. Thank you, friend.
You are welcome. It's wonderful thing to walk in nature with an interested child. ♥️
Oh forgot to say after watching the video of the Wonky Donkey book I bought it for my 2 grandchildren because they will find it hilarious ❤
THANK YOU for showcasing the back of the work! I love it!! ❤❤❤ I'm always interested to see the back side. 😂
I did something similar for a needle book cover, and am delighted by how quick and easy it is 🤗💕 Will do another one for my stitch along book.
The books I enjoy most to read and reread are by an English author, Mary Stewart, who wrote in the 1950s and 60s. Madam Will You Talk, My Brother Michael, The Gabriel Hounds, Nine Coaches Waiting, and my favorite The Ivy Tree... heavy on the mystery and light on the romance 😊
Sew relaxing to join you for stitch and wit ❤
I like the sound of heavy on the mystery and light on the romance, sounds like a good balance 😁❤️
Loved the walk into the woods and had a chuckle about the wallow spot - I’ll remember that if I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself and the imagery of having a roll around in the mud in a French forest. So good to see your aged fabric - a good vintage indeed. Cheers, Christine
If it gets really hot this summer, perhaps I will even be tempted to wallow myself, that would make for a fun video 😂❤️
I totally understand books that we don't want to finish for many reasons - latest for me was The Shepherds Crown by Terry Prachett, the last in the Tiffany Aching series and his very last book, so much life in it even though Death featured heavily and multiple crying points for me even though it is essentially a children's book. I finished it and sat for some time before I could 'get on'.
And oh my goodness what a twist at the end of this video Kathryn! In my head I went 'what?'.
Oh I haven't read that for years, now I want to read it again. 😊
PS a twist in the tale 😉♥️
@@k3n.clothtales oh that's one for another week perhaps
Wow...u sure are blessed with your own lovely woods to enjoy any time x x beautiful x x
I am indeed ❤️
Brilliant ending Kathryn 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you 😁❤️
The scroll is just incredible!
Thank you 😊
Lovely, beautiful. Thank you lovely : )
That was just a little bit "tricksy" and I love it! The back is akin to an abstract art drawing and it's all about the journey, on a glorious day. Thank you for the lovely walk in your woods. Your weather is so far along compared to ours in the Rockies. All we on you tube are missing is the earthy smells but I conjured them. This is my favourite, so far.
Thank you Ann I am so pleased you liked it.. it was the week I wondered the most over, how it would be received. ❤️
I watched the video and I laughed so much thank you for sharing
It's hilarious isn't it 😂
I was an elementary school librarian for more than five years. I share your love of books 📕. Thank you for being here for us.
I could listen to your wittering for hours. One of my favorite children’s book I read to my son is “Chicken Soup with Rice”. Loved that book. Loved the walk in your woods but had to look away several times as I’m prone to vertigo with too much movement in videos. Lovely area to walk through. Oh my,I just paused this video to watch the Scottish Granny read “The Wonky Donkey”. I haven’t laughed this Hardin a long while. Thank you for that I needed it. 😂😂. One book I have read several times is “A Year by the Sea” by Joan Anderson. I have to have a physical book in my hand when I read.
I try to pan around very slowly Sue but I understand the vertigo feeling. 😉 I don't know the Joan Anderson book, I will add it to my list. Thank you ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Joan Anderson has a series of four books, rather small easy reads, but my favorite is the first one. I think you will like it.
Just been reminded of 2 favourite books I read to my kids - Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore about a cat who visited multiple houses for his dinner 😂
And Sir Cedric by Roy Gerard, the word imagery and the illustrations are fab!
@@rosywilson3076 I don't know either of those I will look them up, Six Dinner Sid sounds particularly fun as I have a Two Breakfast Fredfred, though he gets them both at home 😁
Thank you so much for the walk in the woods:)
My pleasure 😊
Another lovely video, thank you x
Colloquial Cornish for potato is Tiddy or Teddy. A pasty is known as a Teddy-Oggy
Thank you Sue, I have never heard that I will add it to my list 😁♥️
Oh my! The BRAIN
talk was hilarious! I was thinking of the Wizard of oz character who only wanted a BRAIN 😄
Yes! The scarecrow wasn't it 😂❤️
absolutely the best so far!! Wish I could leave lots more thumbs up. Wonderful!😍x
Thank you so much, I am so happy you enjoyed it. Ironically, this was the one I wondered and worried most over how it would be received. 😁❤️
A Wonderful walk in the woods - put me in a lovely mood to start stitching. THEN I heard the words EXAM stabbed my finger and the horror of exams caused a panic and a blood spot on my linen back. I had to stop the video and listen carefully to what you said! Phew No exam.... Then when you told me it was the back we were mounting, I had a little chuckle to myself...Trixie Katherine... you really got to me this week, I've left my DNA there on the back as my story! Loving every second of your videos, your chatter, your knowledge and your interesting tales - I'm learning so much about me and my sewing, you really helped me slow my stitching down, can't thank you enough x x..... regards Angela - Sangale Studio
Oh no Angela, so sorry I made you prick your finger. No exams ever here, that would go completely against the ethos of process. 😁 So pleased you are enjoying the videos ❤️
Thank You for this video. After earth I was waiting Wind or Fire 😂 I have been reading since I know how to . We used to read same books my granny, my mother and I. My granny bast away some twenty years ago and my mother doesn’t read any more but I’m still enjoy it. Liberies are the best❤
Oh now I wish I had gone that route 😂 it's lovely to share books ❤️
That was a tease - enjoyed it! Made my annual pilgrimage to see cowslips last week on the local chalk-down butterfly and skylark reserve - magic. Liked the stroll through your woods.
😁 thank you ❤️
Thank you for giving us a peak into your surroundings. You live in a magical place. It must be the reason you create magic.
Thank you, it's very inspiring 😊
Let's not forget wonderful public libraries. I do hope everyone has access to one. I can get almost any book I want, especially via interlibrary loan. uh-oh - just saw your note on screen. Yes! Let's hear it for libraries!
Yes absolutely, I used to use ILL all the time in England. 😁❤️
Okay. Your comments on books really spoke to me. Because this past year I read through George MacDonald's corpus of fiction following publication date (as ordered by Michael Phillips in The Cullen Collection.) While desiring to give each book the service it deserved, I nonetheless was task-driven to press on through them all with the purpose of appreciating the author himself as he grew and aged right alongside of and within his works. For second read throughs though, I am choosing them one at a time, getting to know the characters, understand their choices, watch them as they grow and being on journey with them as their stories unfold. A well-written book can take you to deeper places each time it is read. I'll be in MacDonald for years to come but always keep a non-fiction and Scripture in the mix. Love resonating with this backstory/journey theme.
Wow that's a commitment but I love the sound of such total immersion, to really understand and inhabit the works. ❤️
Thank you k3n for a wonderful walk in your woodland -oh the colours-and an equally lovely meander through petal and leaf as I followed the path your needle and thread made through the textile. How will it be to let me own backstory emerge once I begin to stitch my own piece, I am wondering. I enjoy the process of seeing what comes up for me as I stitch. I am remembering my late mother teaching me in childhood how the back has to be as good as the front-impossible for me to achieve. Something I ve had to let go of yet the echo remains. Let s see what happens between resistance and subversion :-) re books-devoured them voraciously as a child , more than 8 books a week at times. I was quite isolated as a child so they were a world I could escape to and inhabit. Life now is very busy and though I do read novels when I have a bit of free time I mostly read non fiction between breaks in work and family life. I cannot resist wanting to know and to understand and learn.Our house is full of books even though I almost always pass novels on for others to enjoy once I have read them. During busy times I download books on my phone and listen to them while I am stitching or cooking and during those sleepless patches in the night where my mind is otherwise tempted toward the downside of “philosophical”…. Oh and usually my OH and I take it in turns to read a book out loud to each other, a chapter a day over a cup of tea in the morning. It really is a lovely thing to do if you re into books and happen to share a space with someone else who loves them too. xxx
How lovely to share books with your husband. Mine isn't much of a reader sadly. I like how you put it, between resistance and subversion, it's sometimes challenging when we connect so personally with our stitching but always something to be learnt I think and hopefully, on balance, it's uplifting. 8 books a week was a lot, I read a lot too but don't think it was ever quite that many 😁 A house full of books is a wonderful thing. ❤️❤️❤️
Oh Kathryn, I watched and loved the tempo all the way to the end and then, BOOM mic drop! Stunned, excited, even giddy. I startled my sleeping dogs when I very loudly shouted “No way!!!!” at my iPad. 😂 Thanks for putting so much thought into each and every weekly stitch. Love this one!
And to answer your interesting questions, I love paper books. Outside of reference books, I skip around a lot to different genres, depending on my mood. Books hit me like music. I have to have it in my life for joy to exist and the beat can change. A modern author I love always is Anne Lamott and one book I grieved its end was “The Secret Life of Bees.” The list of awesome books is too long to list but I find the ability to lose ourselves in a story quite thrilling. However, I don’t have the brain for multiple books at once. I’m a serial monogamous reader. 😂
Oh thank you, I don't think I ever did a mic drop before, now I feel like a rock star 😁 I think I have read the Secret Life of Bees, it rings a bell, but I will have to look it up to be sure. ❤️
Thank you Katherine for all that you are opening our eyes to! If at all possible could you show how to darn a jumper elbow sometime? So enjoy partaking in soaking up your knowledge!
Hello Belinda, yes of course next time hubby has a hole in his elbow, which happens quite often 😁❤️
What a fabulous place. I'm so envious ❤
Just reading The Dictionary of Lost Words, started to read it on trip to UK last week, really enjoyed making use of the time on the plane to read, very enjoyable, I think I would have enjoyed the process of the making of the dictionary fascinating. Also much prefer a book, it is a joy to hold a book.
I was reading it on the plane too last time I went to England 😁❤️
I loved that book, it’s one I’d happily re-read 😊
Another, another, another great video. I am running out of ways to say how much I enjoy all your videos and how grateful I am to you for all you upload. The walk through the woods was delightful, several moments of calm in my busy day.
I think it’s a shame you can’t hear us as we watch…you missed: yes, I am a parallel reader too; kindles are great, but you can’t read them in the bath; yes, me too! I often have a few days of bereavement at the end of a good book, before I can start on another and WHAT??? as you turned over the piece, very clever. Oh - and DONKEY every time you say pig.
Looking forward to the next one already.
Thank you Sue, it would be lovely to be all together in one great big room 😁 perhaps one day I will be able to do some online live workshops for smaller groups, when I get better internet. ♥️
Hey Kathryn! i love this piece and what we're doing with it! i checked out The Wonky Donkey as you suggested and had such a huge laugh. Thank you! i needed that today. i told my husband about it and we watched it together and the second time was just as funny as the first time. he laughed too. i'm still laughing about your door to door comment from last week. the gift that keeps on giving. i totally agree about not wanting a book to end so i hold off on reading it for awhile.thanks for being you and for sharing with this community. i'm absolutely loving participating in the 52 (53) Week Slowstitch 2024.my sister loved my wolf in front of the moon layered piece and asked me to make her one with the silhouette of her cat Flossie in front of the moon for her birthday. looking forward to everything that you do but especially this wonderful stitch project. appreciatively, linda from california
Thank you Linda, and I am still chuckling myself over door to door. I am sure you will make a beautiful piece for your sister ❤️
I can't say I'm envious of your forest environs because I leave near the beach which is my happy place. But
it was a real treat to see where you get to go for walks. For the first time I jumped in to stitch along with you because improv hand embroidery is also my happy place. However, I will have to use a different backstory because I'm creating a front story I love too much. When done I will post both. I know. you'll understand.
Thanks again for a happy morning of stitching.
Hello Sara, I know it sounds a bit spoilt to say but I do miss the beach. I have never lived this far in land before. Our nearest coast is three hours away and it's very touristy. I look forward to seeing both your stories and yes, I absolutely understand. ❤️
What a beautiful place to have on your doorstep! As for books, me and partner are avid book lovers. But are completely opposite! When enjoying a book immensely, he gives himself an allowance each day. Whereas I can't put it down. We both prefer paper books, in particular used ones. Although I am unable to read actual books now, so I listen to audio books. When it became apparent I could no longer hold books or concentrate, I was utterly bereft. And so audio books are quite literally life saving. (Maybe sounds a little melodramatic, but that's how awful it felt). So now, whilst crafting I would listen. But am overjoyed to find TH-cam channels like yours to keep me company as well as books. ❤
It doesn't sound melodramatic at all. I have said similar things about stitching (all the women on my mother's side ended up with arthritic hands) and been criticised for it. People don't always understand how important such things are. ♥️
I just found you and am absolutely fascinated. I have lots of embroidery threads and bits of fabric. I was looking for something to do between crochet projects. Thank you for giving me some new ideas. ❤
Hello Lynne, welcome 🤗
I must admit that I did not see that coming…back side is the story 😊 I have started my piece, only thinking about the front for now and I’m looking forward to seeing the back when I’m done! Another wonderful Monday!! 🙏
😁 I am happy you liked it ❤️
Have missed a few … life got in the way … so catching up “backwards” … I think I’ve told you before when you showed a larger piece you had been working on … I actually love to look at others’ pieces from the back almost as much as I like looking at the intended project. Excited to start this one - need to see if I have larger print fabrics that will work.
Thank you for sitting with me this last hour and a half. Good company, as always ❤❤
My pleasure, I am glad you enjoyed it ❤️
What a wonderful thought "it's not about the product but the process" this is one of the reasons we enjoy your talking ...life tidbits. 35:31
Thank you for your kind words. ❤️
I love the surprise ending, the backstory. All along watching this week's page, I kept thinking about what piece I have to stitch on, but now I think I will use a piece I have already worked on as it will be a true backstory that I did not contrive while stitching, trying for a backstory. I do have a pic that I will share in the group of a backstory. Folks who watch my channel have already seen it, but it fits this challenge so well. Alas, I gave it away, but I have more! Thank you again for a truly interesting slow stitch lesson🌷🌷🌷
That's a wonderful idea Meridel, I will look out for the photo ❤️
Dear fellow weirdo keep up the good work! The back is often the best !Yes I read several books at once and enjoy rereading favourites savouring each morsel with joy and satisfaction.😵💫
Thank you fellow weirdo 😜❤️
I ❤ this idea! Thanks for the lovely inspiration k3n 😊
My pleasure, so happy you liked it ❤️
I love your vintage singer machine on the shelf I collect vintage machines. A beautiful walk the colours are inspiring.your scroll
I love them too, I have that one and also a treadle (Singer and perfect working order) that lives in my bedroom ♥️
I have read Watership Down by Richard Adam’s many times, after resisting (I wasn’t reading a book about Rabbits 🐇) for years. I read out loud to my partner most nights, until she falls asleep. I read her Watership Down out loud because she doesn’t generally read fiction and no interest in the rabbits. In the end it was terrible as a tool to help her sleep because she became very invested in that band of brave rabbits.
Who knew a book about rabbits could be so wonderful. 😁 How lovely that you read to your partner ❤️
The walk through the woods was magical! Thank you so much for the video. walk. It really didn't matter that the primrose had had their day in the sun. This is an unusual idea for sure, but poignant and appreciated. I'm looking for the right piece of fabric to use. I think I will use a french fabric in your honor.
Thank you 😊
Yes, if you're focused on the outcome, you miss so many surprises and magic in the moment.
Exactly 😊❤️
How far to Bethlehem, by Norah Lofts, “the deeply moving, gentle retelling of the most beautiful story ever told, highly recommended 😊
Thank you, I have read some Norah Lofts I think but I don't remember that one, I will add it to my list. ❤️
Enjoying your walk with you!😊
So pleased, lovely to take you along ❤️
Dear Kathryn,
Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put in to learn and show us this magical world of slow stitching!
I enjoy your channel and it feels like I have a Friend living in France!I have been following along and made every piece of "homework" we get on a Monday.I enjoy it very much and it's very special to me!
Plot twist!!! Didn't see that one coming!You keep surprising us!But maybe it's also something to do with that saying "everybody has a chapter they don't want to read out loudly"?
Much love from South Africa!❤
Thank you so much friend in South Africa ❤️
Buntata is potato in Scots Gaelic.
Enjoying today’s video. And Thankyou for the walk in the woods. I miss being in the woods.
Thank you, I am sorry you can no longer be in the woods. I will take you with me from time to time. ♥️
Oh oh oh. Plot twist. Lol. No screaming. Just surprised. I didn’t get to watch and stitch along until the end of the day. Backstory. Okay. Got it. Nicely done!
Thank you 😊
Haha! I am listening/viewing but not working on my “backstory”, yet..When you first mentioned putting your piece in your journal, and I saw the back, I immediately thought…”oh, you need to place the back of your work facing out”…. So glad that this is what you did! 😁
Thank you Sharon 😊❤️
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, beautiful book, I’ve read many times too
The woods are my special place. It’s where ld like to be put at rest, amongst the trees and insects. So beautiful.
By the way books most definitely and yes second hand.
Yes, me too. Not just yet though, too much to do first. Hopefully. 😉♥️
@@k3n.clothtales absolutely
Beautiful !!! Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your videos 🪡🧵♥️
Thank you so much! 😊
I don’t read much anymore because I can not put a book down until I finish it. Once I called off sick for two days so I could read a book.😂. I do study my Bible as much as possible
Taking a sicky to finish a book, I can relate to that 😂❤️
Years ago, when I was still a children’s librarian, with each new Neil Gaiman, JKRowling, and Phillip Pullman release I would add my name to the hold queue as soon as I could, and when it was my turn to check the book out I would devour it. Then, when the recorded versions were released I would give those titles a listen. With a gifted reader and a good audio production, you can get double mileage out of books that you wish would last a bit longer.
Yes it's lovely being read to especially by someone with a great voice and presentation ♥️
A touching and satisfying ending. Each of our back story/ journey as we navigate our lives are more interesting than the facade. I think that ‘back story’ is the real fiber that weaves the fabric of one’s life and gives one the strength to forge ahead & complete the journey. Oooh, your prompt Kathryn can make me philosophical all of a sudden😂.
Anyway, my 1st favorite book in my childhood: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Still loves it to this day. Fox to the Little Prince: “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Favorite book to re-read: Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, ( Jane Austen). And The Acts of the Apostles.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and stories as you stitch. Hour well spent.♥️
(Edited for typos)
🌷tess
I like philosophical Tess, thank you 😊 I love the Little Prince, I think my son has it in French. As for the Austen, aside from the ones you mention, I also loved Emma. A bit of trivia, the BBC series of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle was partly filmed on the farm of friends of mine. I have stood on the exact spot where Darcy finally proposed. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Wow! What a treat! For me, the BBC series with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is the best adaptation ever. Now, whenever I see the series again, I’ll think of you in your friends’ farm standing behind Mr. Darcy as he proposes.🥰☺️Thank you for sharing that trivia. It brought me a smile. It’s a small world!
Hugs to you, Kathryn.
Tess
Ok, I can appreciate your backstory! I read paper copies, second hand or library copies if I can get them, and share your favorite title as well. Thanks for the lovely videos.
My pleasure 😊
Good morning Kathryn ❤️ as usual I was delighted to see a new video from you. And one that (as always) made me think and reflect 🥰🙏🏼 so thank you for your thoughts that you so generously share with us.
So what were the thoughts and reflections today? Well, it all started at the beginning of the video, on your walk through the forest. The forests in France are so different from our Swedish ones. Almost exclusively compounded by leaf trees they are much lighter both visually and in their energy. We have mostly evergreens and pines so our forests are much darker and have the kind of troll energy you cen see in John Bauer’s art.
I lived in France for a year in l’Essonne (the village of Valpuiseaux, just about an hour by train from Paris) and we called their forest The Fangorn 😉 here it is still weeks till the primroses will bloom 😊
Then I reflected on the interpretation of art … I am a linguist, I have Master’s degree in English and Swedish and I speak 6 languages fluently. I LOVE languages and books and knowing and learning new things in general. In 2015 I published my first book and I am currently working on the follow up. When I wrote I was of course considering the message and my readers, but mostly I just had to write. The texts lived all days in my head, and in the evening I just had to write them down or else my head would get too full as well 😉 Then it got published and I recieved responce from my readers. I could never have imagined all the things they interpreted into my texts … and then I realized that if you have 100 readers, you’ll have 100 versions of your book (or whatever art piece you’ve created) because every single person can only see what they have lived. They have their own frame of reference and it is their prerogative to interpret what they read. So when I create whatever it may be, I’m doing it for myself, even if I want to deliver a message. It’s still for my own sake. Then I have to release it to the Universe 😊
Very long comment. But here you see what your videos can mean to your subscribers ❤️ I really relate to so many things. I too love crafting of all sorts, I was fighting for the environment already at the beginning of the 1980, chaining myself to the railroad to stop them from poisoning the weeds. There is almost no plastic in my home. I live in a cabin in the North of Sweden, I have wooden stove, I grow my own vegetables, I chop wood, I pick mushrooms and herbs … and I have dye bath’s in the fridge 🤣🤣
Enough of me rambeling, I know you have other things to do than read a novel in your comments 🥰 It just made me realize how much we have in common. Hugs and lots of love from your favourite Bohemian in the Swedish woods 😘❤️🙏🏼
PS: the Czech word for potatoes is BRAMBORY 😊
Thank you so much for your 'novel' it was lovely to read. I especially love your reflection on the nature of art, yes the audience adds multiple layers of meanings to the story . Your forest sounds beautiful. Our woods are very young, I think our eldest tree isn't much more than 100 , not remotely Fangorn. Have a beautiful day much love ♥️
When I was a child learning embroidery I was often told the back has to look as good as the front, was often asked why mine didn’t look like the front lol I said the front is a pretty picture that my brain in the back created see how hard my brain worked😊 ❤❤never did the instructor complain about how the back of my work looked again😂😂😂😊
I have a kindle love it but I also love real books love the feel of the paper and the smell, I enjoy both I guess😊
That's a fabulous response 😁❤️