My sock rag rug's finally finished !
Here's a few snaps of me doing the sewing. I am surprised that my stitching doesn't show. I aimed for the folds in the sock band and surprisingly it was quite a 'forgiving' material to work with.
I am happy with the way the rug looks although my colour planning was a bit lacking. I could have aimed for black stripes or intersperse the bright green a bit more rather than having chunks. I learnt a lot from the process and I am considering using the same technique, ie sock loom bands, to make soles for espadrille-style slippers.
Also, I was actually considering adding a few more centimetres to the rug to make it 'bigger' so I placed it momentarily on top of a seat. A few minutes later it had got someone else's approval :
Now I know I definitely need to add a few more centimetres to give it a bit of growing space 😆
Now for something a bit different : more 'work in progress' :
Every time I've seen this type of packaging I've thought that the red colour section looks a bit like 'perforated canvas' and ought to be used rather than thrown away (recycled) :
On closer inspection it's made of 'quilted' paper so it is not washable unfortunately. Still I thought it would be interesting to try and check how strong it is, so I rescued that section of the packaging.
The photo below shows you the process I took to start cross stitching with it.
Photo one is the whole section, but I just cut a test section and made sure the holes followed a straight line (photo 2). In photo 3 I have shown you my first attempt; while in photo 4 I've already completed one row. The material is fine to produce an applique for a card which is what I am hoping to attempt.
Coincidentally, last Monday I found a post by 
I was curious so I visited the site and found a link to upload a graphic and make it into a chart/diagram which can be used for cross stitching / filet crochet / corner to corner crochet / even beading - so many possibilities.
As I am interested in an animated film called Isle of Dogs. I used a graphic which I manipulated (simplified).
From uploading the simple dog picture to the 'ready to go' chart the process took just seconds - it's marvellous ! Of course I had to reduce the quality and so on, but I am happy with the result for a small cross stitch 'homage' to one of the characters of the film.
That's what I've been up to this week... not much but the weather's been great so I've been outside quite a a bit trying to clear some 'wild' brambles. Anyhow, I look forward to seeing your posts !
