Kitten’s First Cables
My boyfriend and I went to the New Brunswick Museum on Canada Day because admission was free then. One of the things there that I hadn’t seen before was the temporary exhibit of quilts from the New Brunswick Museum collection. I was slightly disappointed that only about twelve quilts from the huge collection are on display, but I was even more disappointed to see that the virtual exhibition page for the quilts features only those same twelve quilts. I’d love to be able to get a look at all of them, or at least more of them. My favourites from the exhibit were this Rose and Bud quilt and this crazy quilt. If you’re into textiles, there’s also a virtual exhibition called Vanity & Virtue: Women’s Dress from 19th Century New Brunswick.
I’ve started knitting an Irish Hiking Scarf. It is so much fun to knit cables for the first time. You do practically nothing out of the ordinary, and then… oh my God, squiggly lines! Mmm, texture.
There is one glaringly obvious mistake in this, but it is mainly obvious from the wrong side, and I expect that if the scarf’s intended recipient notices it, she will not care. Oh, and I’m using Patons Classic Merino Wool in Too Teal.
The other day I got back to the backstitching on Live Simply, and discovered, to my horror, that there is a minor mistake in the flower petal area. One of my stitches that is supposed to be orange is blue, and one of my stitches that is supposed to be blue is orange. I couldn’t accidentally transpose a dark blue and a light blue stitch, or a dark green and a light green stitch. Nope, not me. The only thing I happened to mess up is something that’s actually noticeable. Ratsafrats. (I don’t know how you spell “ratsafrats,” but then again, I don’t think anybody really does.) I think I’m going to do a little bit of frogging so that the petal doesn’t look weird. But first I might have to bang my head against the wall.
I did at least finish all of the rest of the backstitching as an avoidance technique (yay, my Live Simply cross stitch actually says “LIVE SIMPLY” on it now!), so once I’m finished the flower petal stuff, it will be done like dinner.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I’d love to get into quilting. It’s something I’ve been meaning to learn how to do properly for a while now, but keep putting off because, well, I’m a big procrastinator.
I’m going to enjoy looking through the “Vanity and Virtue” exhibit. Period clothes are love, especially old-time women’s fashions.
And to end this long comment, I’ll also say that one of these days, I’m also going to knit an Irish Hiking Scarf. I love the pattern, and want to knit it (cables don’t phase me anymore), but I just have so many damn projects on the go that I don’t know when I’ll ever have the time!
July 6th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
My mom’s taking quilting classes right now. She likes it.
I actually love the IHS pattern so much that I plan to make one for myself someday, too. I’ve got some more Patons Classic Wool set aside for that, only mine’s going to be in the Peacock colour. This will not be happening anytime soon.
July 8th, 2007 at 9:58 am
My quilts will most likely be scrap quilts from leftover pieces of fabric and old clothes. :p Can’t quite afford much more extravagant stuff right now. *laughs*
April 9th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Hi! I’m glad you enjoyed the quilt exhibition but am sorry you were slightly disappointed in the number of items. I’m sure you can appreciate our needs to balance the preservation and exhibition space issues of textiles with the public desire to see the items. We would certainly like to show more and with positive interest like yours, we will be able to do so. We’ve certainly discussed a number of ways to exhibit the quilt collection in recent years.
In regard to the virtual exhibition – point well taken and I will be sure to discuss adding more items to the site with appropriate staff. What type of information would you like to see – a simple gallery of images? pattern information? history? Your response would be quite helpful in expanding the site.
Thanks so much for your interest and feel free to contact us via the museum web site.