Thank you so much for mention me. Dragenkunst just means Dragon art. The street I live in is called Dragon Street. And in this case dragon is a small boat. Oh my, I can really relate to the age thing. I turned 67 and became a pensioner 1/2 a year ago. I started my channel about 2 years ago, and I had to figure everything out myself. I am a technical mongol and can destroy al technically stuff and also had to try to speak English, so I am quite proud of my achievement. So it really p….. me of when I tell my friends of my channel begins to talk of how cleaver there grandchildren is for this, even before I have said the last word in the sentence. So I have stoped telling. We have to stick together us strong cleaver not so jung women 😊
I take my hat off to you as well for doing videos in your second language, you are amazing. My French is pretty good but I wouldn't dare do a video in French. And yes we absolutely must stick together. I once heard a good comeback to a child taking the Mickey out of a parent for being technically inept, which was 'less of the cheek, I taught you how to use a spoon '. I thought that was great 😁❤️
I am a picker and chooser, but I love all the videos and gain so much inspiration from each one. Thank you so much. I keep the ads running and give you a thumbs up 😘
I DO pick and choose which videos to watch first because of a particular interest at the time - AND because I was thinking of doing something for an occasion, but then I keep watching your other videos. It's ALL great, just no time to do it all
Yes, I am definitely one of those who makes themself do every week. I discovered early on that I cannot predict which things I enjoy and which I sort of have to grit my teeth over. That’s part of the joy of it. Thank you.
Thank you Nina, that's great to hear, and I agree, sometimes the things that attract you the least turn out to be the things you enjoy the most I find ❤️
I love the hexagon as well, definitely parked for future project. So far I’ve done all the 52 week project - love them and I admire you for tackling RUclips, I have to admit I had omitted to put the thumbs up but in my mind they are all thumbs up and will do more👍👍My journal is also getting awkward to handle but lesson learnt and may next time divide it.
I'd love to see the 300 more you want to make. So beautiful and so fun. I think I'll be seeing a few hundred of these in my hands happening some time soon. You are a hive of creativity 😉
Dutifully I do each week’s project, however, I choose when I get back to it; The beauty of video. I do them in order, giving attention an depth to breathe life into each one. Now halfway thru the year, I have an encyclopedia of skills, methods, and ideas to do later on as time an imagination permit. My brain and hands have moved over these projects that make it a “living memory” . I had no idea the rich pond I was stepping into when I grabbed needles and threads. The week’s I struggle with are the ones that reveal their treasures inside the process. Then there are the rabbit trails I fall happily into ….rice bags…scrappy socks…😂❤
It's comforting to find someone who makes things without a definite end piece in mind. I love sewing and crafting with my mother but she doesn't operate this way nor does she appreciate this form of making. Thank you for nurturing this type of artistry. ❤
I will be sure I always thumbs up. I rewatch videos time and time again while doing other things. I started with week 1 about 2 months ago, decided I needed to practice some stitches first, started a scroll to do that, and well, that has morphed into another (rather large) project with a life of its own. Maybe someday I'll get back to week 1. ;)
Love your Hexagon piece, I'm looking forward to making my own. I do each weekly project, I look forward to Monday mornings, sitting with a cup of coffee tuning in to see what we will be making. i struggle with some of the weeks but won't not do it, I have committed myself to do each project for the entire year and I'm loving it so much. I do watch on the TV but make it a point to open it in the PC and give the thumbs up. I find myself watching the video through to see what you are doing and to listen to your conversations, I always feel like I'm visiting with a friend.
Thank you so much Deb, for making the extra effort to open your pc for the thumbs up. It's so kind of you and yes, when I am making the videos, I feel like I am talking to friends ❤️❤️❤️
My mind gets so overwhemled by so many ideas of RUclips artists. And Pinterest etc. So I write things in my bullet journal, there are RUclips videos on that as well. And I got the app on my mobile, Chatterbooks. For a monthly fee I can print out a monthly book. I got the tiny size, and I download my screenshots of things I've seen and want to try. It gets it out of my brain and I keep them in my sewing studio, I can browse through them, while I enjoy a cup of tea. I also screenshot Pinterest, and take photos of my television screen on pause.
I'm a pick and chooser! I've found I'm liking structures, so having made a rice bag and biscornu (well, 3 actually! Small, medium and teeny tiny!), I'm now incorporating the crazy quilting into a fabric bowl, with a side swerve into a coaster. I find inspiration in what you, and others in the Facebook group, and other RUclipsrs do, as well as in other things I see in my local environment. I've realised that even when my hand sewing is meditative I need a purpose beyond just the act of sewing. I'm happiest if I'm sewing or creating with a specific purpose if ya know what I mean.
Thank you for all you share Kathryn and for the thumbs up reminder - such a small thing for me to do compared with all you do for us ! also being "a woman of a certain age" really struggling with tech I really admire how skilled you are in the virtual world as well . Thank you
I'm picking and choosing, because I also knit and am a beadwork artist/designer... there are never enough hours!! I give you a thumbs up when I start - and have started trying to ignore the ads more often now, too. Living as i do in Vermont, in the US, I know I won't get to meet you in person... but it's a thing to dream on! ;)
Thank you for ignoring the ads, I know it's annoying and also thank you for the thumbs up, and for being here. And who knows about the meeting up, I have been in Vermont around 50 years ago when we lived in Canada we used to do camping trips down that way. Perhaps our paths crossed then. If you are older than 50 of course. 😂♥️
@@k3n.clothtales Wouldn't that be something?!? I would have been four lol! I've been to the UK twice... I am dreaming that i will be able to come over again, but.... Thank YOU for being here, and for sharing all these gorgeous art pieces 💚
It's called "the devil's post pile". It's so fun that you also follow Jeri and Rita. I found all three of you at different times, but maybe in a former life you all were sisters and stitched together under a big oak tree in the garden--truly soul sisters if you ask me! Very friendly and enjoyable "wittering on".
I really didn’t know the thumbs up was that important. I just supposed it was an optional thing. I watch all the videos, enjoy them thoroughly, and can’t wait until the next one. Thanks for the heads up.
Thank you for the invitation to offer insight to how all of your inspiring work translates for me. I watch and adore everything and would love more than anything to commit to this /your/our valuable weekly stitching. The reality is that I live with ME/CFS and I simply don’t have much energy. However. Big however, I do love and absorb your videos like a sponge and they feed / sustain my creative juices! I always have a few different things on the go, stitching, knitting, even a recent bash at tea dyeing 🙌. All of this absorbing of creativity last week came flooding out of me into what I think is a wonderful intuitively stitched wall hanging (zero plan) I pulled some old cloth from the cupboard, ripped off a length and started stitching (and twining )💕 As I stitch I am so grateful to you for your generous sharing and encouragement. There are rice bags, socks and more pin cushions waiting to be made when their time is right 👏 Always here and do remember that when I forget to thumbs up that’s all it is, love love love your offerings ❤🧵🪡🧶❤
Thank you so much and I am pleased to inspire you though I am so sorry you are living with health issues. I love the sound of your intuitive wall hanging, those are the best projects I think, the most rewarding. Hugs to you ❤️
Thumb up of course! Thank you for the entertainment, K3n! You made me giggle a lot of times 😊😊😊. You are awesome! Thank you for another wonderful lesson of love, life, and stitching!!!
Big hug for Stella!❤ Love your hexie rice bag. That hexie panel is beautiful. Thank you Kathryn for another great week project. Can’t wait to get started on it. You are a very intelligent and talented lady! ❤
I am one who picks and chooses. I found your channel after Marion mentioned it, but I missed a bunch of the beginnings, like making the book and burying the bundle. I’ve watched a lot of the older videos, but haven't done many of them. There are more ideas than time! (I realize I'm not alone in this.) Also, I can easily see all my time getting spent on watching videos, rather than making things, so I have to make limits. Sometimes I work on other projects while I listen to your lovely chattering. ❤
I certainly have found my tribe here and on Jeri’s site. I stitch for the enjoyment and the finished product isn’t always a thing. It’s fun when I do find a use for my stitched items but it’s not the goal.
Kathryn, I love doing all you put on this channel for us. Mondays, Wonky Wednesdays, socks, journal making , rice bags, ALL your playlists. Thumbs up to everything. You are the BEST and I can’t do without you and your channel. ❤
I am picking and choosing the weeks as I do not really want to do the lessons that are straight traditional quilting type pieces with turned in edges etc. My usual approach is to do all the lessons as I feel I "should" but upon consideration, I ralized that I am doing this year long to learn and expand AND enjoy! So no "shoulds" allowed. ; - ) Love this take on the vine stitch, so delicate and beautiful. As always, thank you so much.
I thumbs up about 20min in, so I know I'm gonna watch the whole thing at once. If I'm gonna come back, I wait. If I thumbs up and come back later, my brain thinks I've already seen it! I am watching the weeks first, as I crochet, then I'll stitch it from the beginning once I'm done with this project. I have UFOs, because I don't plan on coming back, but as you do, I mostly have long term WIPs. I plan on this to become a WIP soon :)
I didn’t shout but YES I did pin the edge all around before stitching and YES I did quilt through the wadding only (not the backing). I love your version! 🥰😊 PS - I am Canadian but I took Australian citizenship after I’d lived in Tasmania for 40 years. I now have dual citizenship 🍁🦘
Thank you Pat, I am enjoying the discipline too, though I have done these kinds of projects many times on my own it's absolutely wonderful to share it with you all. ❤️
I am doing each Monday even if I don’t like the project but as you said I always find something I like or learn from it. Thank you so much for sharing your art.
I love your wittering and I do make all of the weekly projects. I truly enjoy Mondays now and wake up early to see what we are doing. I pick and choose with the log cabins depending on what life is throwing my way at the moment. I am about halfway through knitting some scrappy socks, and I have always disliked knitting socks, but you have made them easy for me. I think it is the cardboard foot templates so I can see how far I have to go, especially with my husband's large feet. I am an avid knitter, and just a hyperactive crafter in general, being 70 and feeling there is so much I still want to do. Thank-you so much Kathryn.
It's fun to follow you tubers who talk about (in a good way) the other you tubers I love. It is a great community. I have done every week project. I so enjoying looking through my book of stitcherys Have a wonderful week.
Thank you Kathryn - as always - lots of fun - both the project (which I love) and your always enjoyable wittering !!!! And big thanks for the easy way to make a hexagon using a compass. Brilliant !!! And... I must say.... I love the fabrics that you have chosen for your hexie/circle/backing. Very pretty.
Hi Kathryn, I love those little hexagon pieces in your rice bag. They would make lovely drink coasters ( not sure what the British call them). My dog Lucy does the same thing as me your Stella when I try to stop petting her.
I LOVE these hexagons….and Jeri’s dots. TY both. 😊. I see our community as a Sister Circle (apologies to any men watching) without which we would all be a “puddle of goo”. 💖💖💖
Good to hear that you have ongoing work…with no finished project in mind. I’ve been hooked by the tiny scrappy meditation scrolls that you showed. However, I’ve been using backing cloth pieces of various shapes and sizes. Started as a travelling project but I seem to have one on the go permanently now…and no idea what I’ll do with all eventually
As I watched the video a second time, I wondered if the difference between the number of views of a video and the number of thumbs up, occurs when viewers like me watch a video for a second time to better understand or even remember a technique. I don't know anything about how RUclips stats are compiled but I rewatched the cloth pouch video several times and also pulled up the crazy quilt video several times in several different places to watch a stitching technique more than once. Just a thought and thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge.
I am late to watch this video and I am granting myself the luxury of just enjoying your "craik" and enjoying your creation ❤ Tomorrow i will catch up with the Wednesday episode I've missed. "Bees in your bonnet" 😊 Ive missed hearing your "wittering" big love as always from Scotland ❤️🤗🐶
I've always had a bonnet full of bees. Sometimes those bees are questions I've had since childhood and forgotten about until I find the answer! I don't do every project but I usually watch or catch up later. I want to do most of them but other things get in the way. 😊❤
"Sometimes those bees are questions I've had since childhood And forgotten about Until I find the answer" I'm not a native speaker but to me it sounds like poetry ❤ sorry for the off-topic 🙃
I love hexagons and keep making them just like you Kathryn 😅 they're a great take-along project, aren't they?! I've seen Jeri's recent videos and was taken by her dotty blocks - I'm very tempted to make a few 😁 ohh and i love her dotty rice bag too! ❤ Looking forward to making my hexie block now 🪡🪡
What a thrill to have you mention my name in regard to my crazy patch! My embroidery was inspired by the book Intentional Thread by Susan Brandeis. I've enjoyed the rewards of doing each of your Monday projects and sometimes my best ones are those I didn't really want to do. BTW, I first saw the QAYG hexies on Marion's World months ago and of course gave them a go. I love belonging to your hive. Thank you.
My pleasure Sara, and your point about the ones you weren't initially drawn to turning out to be favourites is a good one. I didn't know Marion had done the hexies so I will look back through her channel and watch so thank you ❤️ ps also love that we are a hive 😁
Türkiye'den merhaba ketrin yine güzel iş çıkardın sizden öğreneceğim çok şey var el becerilerinizi beğenerek izliyorum ve hemen beğeni tuşuna basıyorum😊👏 Hülya 💐
As usual another inspiring project - many thanks Kathryn. I have a bee story for you: Last year a swarm of bees appeared out of the blue in my backyard. By the end of the day they had set up a hive in the compost bin! I encourage them in my garden with lots of plants they like, but I was afraid to have a hive so close as my grandkids played there. That night I said a prayer to the Powers that be(e), pardon the pun, to help the queen bee find alternate accommodation. I kid you not, next morning they had all disappeared, leaving behind only a small piece of perfectly formed honeycomb attached to the bin. It still warms my heart to think about it 🐝🐝🐝 By now you know I love my quotes so here’s my favourite about bees by Antonio Machado: Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt-marvelous error!- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.
So enjoyed this visit with you ! This hexagon is wonderful would be delighted to see you do more with hexagons but love watching you do most anything you share with us ! Your calmness and patience and respect for your materials is refreshing in this word. Oh and I very much enjoy your ‘twittering’ . Thank you so much for all you share !
Watching on TV with the computer on my lap, so I'll give you a long winded comment... Lucky you, we are having a chat! I had a woman, 34 years old, watched one of my videos, she was so adorable. She aspires to be like me when she gets old, she said... 🤣 and I tell you this because you have said, women of a certain age a few times now... So we are wise women sharing our lifes experiences. And community! OHMYGOSH! That is why I came back. So since I was here "before" I remembered the community and missed it. This for me, is the BEST part. The sharing, inspiration and encouragement is so amazing! Imagine all the people that can't get out, they get to turn on the tv and instantly they are connected. It really warms my heart. And another great thing is how we watch each other and a new idea comes of it and off we go on a new adventure, just like you did today! I also think it's so important to mention where we see something, it doesn't take away from what we are sharing, it enriches it because we are being honest and genuine. I love my threads in a big ball! The mix of colors excites me although I do have some on cards, I'm not sure what possessed me to do that! HA! I can't wait to hear why we shouldn't lick our thread... wait for it jeri... hahaheeee, I agree, we get it into the needle pretty quick so who cares if it swells. The YT (icon) used to be a cog, I was watching a video on the hexagon, this guy compared it to a nut, and so a tool and so a tool icon made sense to him, (he said Logo) so he thought about it as a means to "fix" or work on something and he mentioned because it's an app that can be on your phone and so is YT, they had to be similar but different. And now I'm signing off! Or nodding off! LOL Loved this video, really enjoyed everything you had to say and I'm still not done with it but Im hungry! 💜💜💜
And I heard that comment as if you were right here in the room 😉 of course I agree about the sharing and crediting because we all put our own spin on things (rice bags 😂) and thank you for the info on the yt icon logo thingybob . Hope you had a nice meal ❤️❤️❤️
PS sidebar (it's catching 😂) the French for midwife is 'sagefemme' which literally means 'wise woman ' ... I am not saying we could all deliver babies of course 😁❤️
Thank you Kathryn, what an enjoyable week. I do every week because I am very new to stitching and I am learning so much from you ❤️ I also watch Rita and Jeri and I must say that I cannot get Jeri’s dots out of my mind, so looks like I will be driving into that rabbit hole 🤣
Usually I don't feel motivated to craft if the weather is hot but this little projects are so enjoyable that I can do them any time; quilt as you go was in the list of things I wanted to learn, thank you for the inspiration.
This was beautiful. I love your system. LOL. Most of us work a little askew (HEHE). I really love this design with the little flowers to accent. We have a lovely big family on here, all of us stitchers, and creators. It is really glorious for all of us. We are all thankful all you ladies and gents that are sharing their processes.
Thank you Kathryn. I have had a go at all 26 with mixed results but looking at them again I am mostly happy with them. I was interested when you were talking about early memories and whether they are real memories or due to repetition within the family. I have a couple involving my Dad, in one of which I would take him a mid morning drink when he was working in the fields, but then claiming to be too tired to walk back and been given a piggy back ride back to the house. I think I must have been 3 or 4
It's lovely to look back through the projects, I always find I have at least learnt something even if I wasn't especially happy with the piece. And that's a lovely memory of your Dad, piggy backs are the best, I miss them. My Dad would also sometimes put me up on his shoulders, or 'soldiers' as I called them. 😁❤️
Kia ora - hi. I always love to watch everything you post and give thumbs up. However, i don't do all your projects and the ones i have done have been so enjoyable. Thank you so much Kathryn you are appreciated ❤
Sure, here is the translation of your text into English: As you mentioned whether we are working on all the weeks, it reminded me that I returned to this hexagon. I didn't want to skip it on purpose, but I didn't have the filling fabric, and I had once sewn a project with two layers of flannel, but it wasn't the same, it didn't feel right. Today, I needed to take the sewing machine for repair because my daughter broke the needle so badly that we couldn't put a new one in, and I want her to have something to do during the holidays. In the box where the machine is kept, there were some fabrics at the bottom, so I took them out and sorted them, and there were also some scraps of filling fabric. So I decided, okay, I'll work on the hexagon. The other reason I sometimes fall behind is that I don't know various embroidery stitches, and I keep putting it off because I see the beautiful creations of others in the group. In the end, I usually think, "So what, I'll do it my own lumberjack way, the best I can." :) But it's true that if I missed a week, even in my own way, I would feel like my project has holes in it.
I can’t even say that I’m picking and choosing! I love stitching along with you and choosing techniques I want to apply to my own projects. Many of the methods are ones I’m already familiar with but you get my creative juices going!
I pick and choose because my cross-stitch is my priority, and I play various stitching games on FB, so I count my stitches. That said, I’ve found myself drawn to the ‘full coverage’ pieces - tricksy, pojagi, backstory, crazy quilt etc - which has kind of surprised me.
Hello, just discovered your channel and video Week 26. Love the rice bag that you showed. On wetting your thread before threading your needle, advice was given at our embroidery guild that it may cause needles to rust in the eye. I've always done it too particularly with sewing threads.
Hello and welcome. That may be the case with some needles but I have never found it to happen. I use Tulip needles, guaranteed not to rust. It's hard to break the habit and I find it necessary with embroidery floss especially. 😊❤️
I want to do ALL your weekly projects (And learn to knit!) but missed two so far (but still will do them ofcourse😊). I always look forward to Mondays for your videos or Tuesdays if I didn’t have time to watch. The hexagon with the batting looks like you can use it as a cute pincushion on the go, in one of your lovely ricebags! I love this community spirit here, am not tech- savy and easily overwhelmed by all social media. So I take it easy with my own channel and don’t click on the red hexgagon icontoo often (Icon, Yes!!)😎. Enjoy your week away and thank you so much, as always. 💖🍀💖🍀
Hello Machteld, good idea for the pin cushion, I have a hexagon pin cushion in progress (for ages now) that I haven't got around to sharing yet. The problem for me is that in my notifications on RUclips itself, I don't see all the comments so I have to come here to the app. For example, I had no notification of your comment but here you are in my app. I try not to get sucked in to the analytics though because it can tie me up in knots. It's like being back at school in a way, getting your report card. Or getting a performance assessment at work. Makes me anxious just thinking about it, which is probably why I went on about it far too much in this video, a sure sign that I am anxious about something. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales if I see how many comments you get (and then also probably on other platforms) I can’t even imagine keeping up with all of them! That must bring some pressure as well besides the pleasure. I feel like I am in school with You, but only in the best way possible and you’re my favorite teacher ever! Now ofcourse I want to see the Hexagon pincushion (And the sunflower quilt)! But take your time and definitely no pressure from me, just hugs , admiration and gratitude 🥰🍀💖
Thank you Machteld, of course it takes time going through the comments but people take the time to write so I like to respond and at least read them all 😁♥️
Hi Kathryn. I am watching you (at the moment I'm about halfway) while I'm knitting. That's because at the start of this project I decided I won't make a hexagon-with-circle for my journal, but a few squares-with-circles that will become another 'rice-bag' (to put my collection of embroidery floss in, that's now in an ugly plastic box). 👌
I love what you have done with the feather stitch, I definitely want to try that. And thank you for all the links to all the interesting stuff from your cloth tales!❤
I am one of the few, who don't do every weeks project, mostly because I am crazy busy with work and life, but I love your videos and keep "collecting bees for my bonnet" ;-)
I love making these. I learned from Emma Jones videos and I made a quilt using all flowered fabrics that looks like a garden. I rode 2400 miles to Florida and back and made a whole sack full.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on creating. Really enjoying making a book along with you 😊. Watch on my tv and cannot comment till I get on my phone🎉
I am one of the few who pick and choose. Before having k3n’s channel showing up in my feed, the only stitching I did was cross stitching. So I just wanted to dip my toe into slow stitching and fell in love with it!! However, I felt the need to finish my cross stitch so I didn’t want to commit to the weekly projects. Then I got side tracked by the friendship star and I haven’t been able to stop making them! I’ve turned them into coasters but eventually plan to make a table runner out of new stars. I so appreciate this channel and community.
Hi Kathryn, I have made something every week and surprised myself by sticking to the discipline of a piece a week. I did go rogue on week 6, 8, 10 and 11 but can't remember why 😂 Absolutely loving it, I am filling a blank book given to me years ago and it has exactly the right number of pages for the year. X
Thanks so much for all the inspiration, Kathryn! I'm one of those who pick and choose projects as the mood suits. When I was younger, I would likely have committed to doing every project as they were presented, but by this time of life, I simply do what takes my fancy 😊.
@@k3n.clothtales Even though I don't make all the projects, I do watch and listen to your videos. They're like having a lovely visit with a good friend.
I’m one who is doing each week so far …. I love the variety and I need to at least try because I may want to do more of one thing … I also do other things … this has just added to my enjoyment …
I have some catching up to do ! I have missed the last three weeks😱 I’ve been working on other things. But now I’m back and always thumbs up at the start. Love hexagons in any form. First quilt I ever made was hexi’s. You always send me to sleep,it’s a compliment your soothing voice and gentle stitching makes it inevitable 😂 so I always have to watch more than once ! 😊❤ xx
Thank you for thumbs upping at the start, it's greatly appreciated. And I am flattered that I put you to sleep, it's not a deliberate ploy to make you watch more than once, honest 😂❤️
Safe to say I’m one of the people who completely forget to give a thumbs up. The problem here is that I go flying off to gather things so that I can join in the fun and get throughly carried away!! Sorry ❤
That's quite alright Gilly. I am the same sometimes with people I watch. What I do know is, with @marionsworld for example is hit the thumbs up straight away when I start watching because I know I am going to like it. 😁😉❤️❤️❤️
I’m one of the ones who pick and choose. Actually, that’s a lie. I must be the laziest of all your subscribers and get my fix from just watching your weekly projects and imagining me doing them! 😂 Seriously! So I’m essentially a watcher. That said I was so motivated by ‘the crazy’ that I did do that one. And I’m very tempted to give this one a go. Then again I could just imagine me doing it and using up the stash that I’m amassing - acquiring stuff and not using it is something else that I get immense pleasure from. I’m a lost cause. 😂😂😂 I hope you had a lovely time at your ‘aunt’s’. I had a few such aunts too: the last one died last year. End of an era.
I am sorry for the loss of your aunties.. and you are more than welcome to do vicarious stitching by watching, it's a good way to 'do' lots of projects without actually doing them 😉 ❤️
I got hooked on Jeri's dots on the first video. Same way with the 100 hearts in 100 days. Im still making those hearts! I love stitching, and stitching without an "end" is what I'm all about (no pressure to complete). I often wonder what my children will think of me when I pass. Lol! I'm trying all your pieces, but some I'm enjoying more than others. 😊 hugs ❤
Those dots are addictive, I am also making more. And hopefully our children will be grateful that we lived such productive, creative lives, while they are working out what to do with it all. 😂 There's a thing called 'Swedish Death Cleaning ', a video about it popped up in my feed recently. I watched it and the woman ended up with a nearly empty house. I can't see myself doing that anytime soon though I kind of appreciate the concept. 😊❤️
Amazing the things one can learn from crosswords. 😁 I just saw there is a new video from Lisbeth about mixed media, I am looking forward to watching it later ❤️
I always hit the thumbs up at the start of videos I know I'll like cos I tend to forget at the end. And I'm doing every week. I have gotten behind a few times and had to do several weeks at once but this week I finished week 25 just as you posted this video so spot on. And hexagons, one of my favourite things to do.
Thank you Carolyn, I have also got in the habit of clicking like at the beginning of videos, because sometimes I am stitching or knitting and it rolls over to the next one. Pleased you like the hexies ♥️
I must confess I've never done ONE of the projects even though I've watched nearly every video. The thing is, I have a backlog of my own projects that I work on while listening/watching. I did wash all my apparel sewing scraps recently, and I have yet to sort them, because it is my goal to eventually do some of your projects.
Hello Laura, I also watch videos without doing the projects, I even watch things I will never do, such as painting etc but there are people I like to listen to and I am inspired be even without doing the actual thing they're doing if that makes sense. 😁❤️
52:11 Hey K3n and all. I pick and choose. I may use the current week for inspiration, but that doesn't change what I am working on. I will still be sitting on the sidelines, stitching my patchwork dress, and watching. That said, I do have fun here, and Thank You for the lovely videos. I confess, there are times I replay your videos a few times. If that is skewing your stats, I am so sorry. 😢
First I love the sound of your patchwork dress and second my understanding is that rewatching is a good thing as it increases watch time on which our income is based. So thank you ☺️
I do nearly all the projects, but not as you show. Sometimes I just dont care for the project, but I do it in my own way. I think this week I will make this project, but put it in a circular outside, not a hexagon. I love everything you offer and always learn something.
Your hexagon absolutely deserves a huge "WOW"! It's beautiful! Your embroidery is fabulous💞 I'm definitely storing your wonderful videos until a hand injury is healed♥️. So many projects are swimming around in my head! Where will I start?! Thank you, thank you for sharing🥰
I am a Thumbs Upper - and it's not just because I like/love the video! I DO not thumbs up things that I really don't like, but one reason why I do click that Up Thumb is that it helps me remember if I've actually watched it before! LOL! I also have found that when I watch videos on my TV, they speed past where I can do the deed and present something new and I have to find them on my phone or laptop in order to do it, and I forget. I have the most lively conversations with you all while they run but by the time they finish, I forget to say ANYTHING at all so here I am in the middle! There is this lovely conversation going between you and Jeri and Lisbith several others that I love! I used to watch Jeri and she stopped videos a few years ago. It was delightful to find she was back! Long lost friends who have no idea how much they mean to us!
Hello Kat, I know that thing about the video moving on to the next before having a chance to thumbs up. Now if I am watching Jeri or Lisbeth or Marion for example, I thumbs up straight away at the beginning. I know I am going to like it. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales yes, me too unless I am distracted which is 79% of the time. Lol! I watch on the kitchen or when sewing and it is often too late. I always turn off that thing that just plays the things, but you cannot go back once the commercial starts! It's when I'm watching on the TV that is the problem. To many TVs and an intense distaste for what American networks think is entertaining! I subscribed to BritBox and Acorn! Lol! I prefer cozy mysteries!
I love hexies also. FYI While I’m in North Queensland with family I ‘ve managed to complete four weeks work and nearly the fifth. Some I may have been avoiding but I finished them. It’s finding the time to do everything I want to. I recently found Jeri and Rita on ytube. Now I follow and try to keep up with you Kathryn,Marion Jeri and listen to Rita also Take Care 🇦🇺🦘💕Margaret
I'm actually not working any of your projects because I have so many ongoing already ,I watch because I like listening to fellow stitchers and it's sewing company whilst I work on mine. I have however picked up ideas and tips and stitch reminders and I thoroughly enjoy them.❤ ,
Who doesn't luv a hexie? Out of the clear blue, I started making 2 inch side hexies last week when the rain started here in the Midwest. I stopped when the rain stopped . What to do with them!....who knows . As it rained, I just kept knocking them out
Hoi k3n! I love the idea of combining two idea’s and make it your own! I’m a little behind. Today I finished the Crazy Patchwork. But I retrieved and cleaned my bundle already!! As a crocheter I know everything about UFO’s 😅but I call them PhD: project half done. Way more positive!!! Liefs, Helene
I show my support by following you and watching your videos from start to finish. I use the thumbs up to be able to find some videos again from content creators I don't follow but enjoyed a specific video. I'm not sure if others do this as well. I want to do all the projects, but I can't seem to finish most of them in a week. I'm hoping to catch up on some when I go on vacation this summer. I like the experience of trying something I might otherwise not do. I also have some Kawandi projects planned, but I never seem to get them started.
Ive been enjoying feather stitch as well. I also have been playing with uneven/wonky herringbone stitch. But Blanket stitch is what I really love and put almost everywhere.
Well, I have chosen to do every week’s project. I have found several things that I have so enjoyed and wasn’t sure I would. So, you never know until you try and I don’t intend on missing any weeks. Some weeks I have to give more thought to before beginning, but in the end I get it done even if it is a week or so later.
Love your hexagon. I am not making everything, would love to but there is not enough time. But… I almost never have missed a video since I started watching this because I love the things you talk about like for instance about the hexagon today. Hope you have a wonderful time with your mum. Love Tineke
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Thank you for sharing! Gonna start working on my Hexies! ❤
Thank you so much for mention me. Dragenkunst just means Dragon art. The street I live in is called Dragon Street. And in this case dragon is a small boat. Oh my, I can really relate to the age thing. I turned 67 and became a pensioner 1/2 a year ago. I started my channel about 2 years ago, and I had to figure everything out myself. I am a technical mongol and can destroy al technically stuff and also had to try to speak English, so I am quite proud of my achievement. So it really p….. me of when I tell my friends of my channel begins to talk of how cleaver there grandchildren is for this, even before I have said the last word in the sentence. So I have stoped telling. We have to stick together us strong cleaver not so jung women 😊
I take my hat off to you as well for doing videos in your second language, you are amazing. My French is pretty good but I wouldn't dare do a video in French. And yes we absolutely must stick together. I once heard a good comeback to a child taking the Mickey out of a parent for being technically inept, which was 'less of the cheek, I taught you how to use a spoon '. I thought that was great 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales how funny.
I am a picker and chooser, but I love all the videos and gain so much inspiration from each one. Thank you so much.
I keep the ads running and give you a thumbs up 😘
I DO pick and choose which videos to watch first because of a particular interest at the time - AND because I was thinking of doing something for an occasion, but then I keep watching your other videos. It's ALL great, just no time to do it all
Thank you, there are a lot of videos now. 😁 Cherry pick the ones you like, and leave the rest. They're not going anywhere anyway. 😉❤️
❤ this you do such beautiful work.
Thank you so much! 😊
I have a little room in my head where all my ideas come together too. Trouble is, they all escape through it's broken window....
Some fly away never to be seen again but others circle around for a while and can be gently trapped in a net 😉❤️
😂
Yes, I am definitely one of those who makes themself do every week. I discovered early on that I cannot predict which things I enjoy and which I sort of have to grit my teeth over. That’s part of the joy of it. Thank you.
Thank you Nina, that's great to hear, and I agree, sometimes the things that attract you the least turn out to be the things you enjoy the most I find ❤️
I love the hexagon as well, definitely parked for future project. So far I’ve done all the 52 week project - love them and I admire you for tackling RUclips, I have to admit I had omitted to put the thumbs up but in my mind they are all thumbs up and will do more👍👍My journal is also getting awkward to handle but lesson learnt and may next time divide it.
Thank you so much for your support, I am glad you enjoyed the hexagons ❤️
I'd love to see the 300 more you want to make. So beautiful and so fun. I think I'll be seeing a few hundred of these in my hands happening some time soon. You are a hive of creativity 😉
I have made 14 more so far, for an extra project I will share soon ☺️♥️
Dutifully I do each week’s project, however, I choose when I get back to it; The beauty of video. I do them in order, giving attention an depth to breathe life into each one. Now halfway thru the year, I have an encyclopedia of skills, methods, and ideas to do later on as time an imagination permit. My brain and hands have moved over these projects that make it a “living memory” . I had no idea the rich pond I was stepping into when I grabbed needles and threads.
The week’s I struggle with are the ones that reveal their treasures inside the process.
Then there are the rabbit trails I fall happily into ….rice bags…scrappy socks…😂❤
I love how you describe the journey ❤️
It's comforting to find someone who makes things without a definite end piece in mind. I love sewing and crafting with my mother but she doesn't operate this way nor does she appreciate this form of making. Thank you for nurturing this type of artistry. ❤
It's my pleasure Deborah, I am so pleased you like it too 😊
Very striking and beautiful
Thank you so much 😊
Love your ideas and your creativity, thanks for sharing. 🪡🧵♥️
Thanks again, lovely tutorial, don’t know when I’ll get to it but I will , I love hexagons.
I love ‘go’ bags. They work brilliantly, even moving from room to room in a house. As ever, thank you ❤
My pleasure, and I agree 100% about the go bags 😁❤️
I will be sure I always thumbs up. I rewatch videos time and time again while doing other things. I started with week 1 about 2 months ago, decided I needed to practice some stitches first, started a scroll to do that, and well, that has morphed into another (rather large) project with a life of its own. Maybe someday I'll get back to week 1. ;)
Love that morphing thing and that you are going with the flow 😉 and thank you so much for the thumbs up 👍❤️
Love your Hexagon piece, I'm looking forward to making my own. I do each weekly project, I look forward to Monday mornings, sitting with a cup of coffee tuning in to see what we will be making. i struggle with some of the weeks but won't not do it, I have committed myself to do each project for the entire year and I'm loving it so much. I do watch on the TV but make it a point to open it in the PC and give the thumbs up. I find myself watching the video through to see what you are doing and to listen to your conversations, I always feel like I'm visiting with a friend.
Thank you so much Deb, for making the extra effort to open your pc for the thumbs up. It's so kind of you and yes, when I am making the videos, I feel like I am talking to friends ❤️❤️❤️
My mind gets so overwhemled by so many ideas of RUclips artists. And Pinterest etc. So I write things in my bullet journal, there are RUclips videos on that as well. And I got the app on my mobile, Chatterbooks. For a monthly fee I can print out a monthly book. I got the tiny size, and I download my screenshots of things I've seen and want to try. It gets it out of my brain and I keep them in my sewing studio, I can browse through them, while I enjoy a cup of tea. I also screenshot Pinterest, and take photos of my television screen on pause.
That's a good system, I also use Pinterest and write things in my commonplace book as well ❤️
I'm a pick and chooser! I've found I'm liking structures, so having made a rice bag and biscornu (well, 3 actually! Small, medium and teeny tiny!), I'm now incorporating the crazy quilting into a fabric bowl, with a side swerve into a coaster. I find inspiration in what you, and others in the Facebook group, and other RUclipsrs do, as well as in other things I see in my local environment. I've realised that even when my hand sewing is meditative I need a purpose beyond just the act of sewing. I'm happiest if I'm sewing or creating with a specific purpose if ya know what I mean.
I do know what you mean, I like to do both but it's lovely to incorporate slowstitch pieces in useful objects. ❤️
Thank you for all you share Kathryn and for the thumbs up reminder - such a small thing for me to do compared with all you do for us !
also being "a woman of a certain age" really struggling with tech I really admire how skilled you are in the virtual world as well . Thank you
You are so welcome and thank you ♥️
I'm picking and choosing, because I also knit and am a beadwork artist/designer... there are never enough hours!! I give you a thumbs up when I start - and have started trying to ignore the ads more often now, too. Living as i do in Vermont, in the US, I know I won't get to meet you in person... but it's a thing to dream on! ;)
I also have too many projects going on my own to do all of these, plus I follow many RUclipsrs and try to do a few projects from each.
Thank you for ignoring the ads, I know it's annoying and also thank you for the thumbs up, and for being here. And who knows about the meeting up, I have been in Vermont around 50 years ago when we lived in Canada we used to do camping trips down that way. Perhaps our paths crossed then. If you are older than 50 of course. 😂♥️
@@k3n.clothtales Wouldn't that be something?!? I would have been four lol! I've been to the UK twice... I am dreaming that i will be able to come over again, but.... Thank YOU for being here, and for sharing all these gorgeous art pieces 💚
It's called "the devil's post pile". It's so fun that you also follow Jeri and Rita. I found all three of you at different times, but maybe in a former life you all were sisters and stitched together under a big oak tree in the garden--truly soul sisters if you ask me! Very friendly and enjoyable "wittering on".
That's a lovely thought 😊❤️
agree!
Me too. So lovely to have this gathering of women sharing ideas and amazing how cross-pollination of ideas lead to more projects
I adore hexagons and i love what you have done here. Thank you for sharing.
So happy you like it 😊
I really didn’t know the thumbs up was that important. I just supposed it was an optional thing. I watch all the videos, enjoy them thoroughly, and can’t wait until the next one. Thanks for the heads up.
My pleasure Phyllis, I am still working out this RUclips thing myself 😁❤️
Thank you for the invitation to offer insight to how all of your inspiring work translates for me. I watch and adore everything and would love more than anything to commit to this /your/our valuable weekly stitching. The reality is that I live with ME/CFS and I simply don’t have much energy. However. Big however, I do love and absorb your videos like a sponge and they feed / sustain my creative juices! I always have a few different things on the go, stitching, knitting, even a recent bash at tea dyeing 🙌. All of this absorbing of creativity last week came flooding out of me into what I think is a wonderful intuitively stitched wall hanging (zero plan) I pulled some old cloth from the cupboard, ripped off a length and started stitching (and twining )💕 As I stitch I am so grateful to you for your generous sharing and encouragement.
There are rice bags, socks and more pin cushions waiting to be made when their time is right 👏
Always here and do remember that when I forget to thumbs up that’s all it is, love love love your offerings ❤🧵🪡🧶❤
Thank you so much and I am pleased to inspire you though I am so sorry you are living with health issues. I love the sound of your intuitive wall hanging, those are the best projects I think, the most rewarding. Hugs to you ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales thank you for your kind response k3n. Yes, rewarding is absolutely right! 👍👍👍😀
Thumb up of course! Thank you for the entertainment, K3n! You made me giggle a lot of times 😊😊😊. You are awesome! Thank you for another wonderful lesson of love, life, and stitching!!!
You are so welcome and thank you Susanne 😊❤️
Big hug for Stella!❤
Love your hexie rice bag.
That hexie panel is beautiful.
Thank you Kathryn for another great week project. Can’t wait to get started on it. You are a very intelligent and talented lady! ❤
Thank you so much and Stella sends you a hug back 🤗❤️
I am one who picks and chooses. I found your channel after Marion mentioned it, but I missed a bunch of the beginnings, like making the book and burying the bundle. I’ve watched a lot of the older videos, but haven't done many of them. There are more ideas than time! (I realize I'm not alone in this.) Also, I can easily see all my time getting spent on watching videos, rather than making things, so I have to make limits. Sometimes I work on other projects while I listen to your lovely chattering. ❤
Hello yes I absolutely understand more ideas than time 😁 I am glad you did the bundle book ❤️
I certainly have found my tribe here and on Jeri’s site. I stitch for the enjoyment and the finished product isn’t always a thing. It’s fun when I do find a use for my stitched items but it’s not the goal.
Exactly and it's lovely to have you here ❤️
Kathryn, I love doing all you put on this channel for us. Mondays, Wonky Wednesdays, socks, journal making , rice bags, ALL your playlists. Thumbs up to everything. You are the BEST and I can’t do without you and your channel. ❤
Thank you so much Ellen, I am so happy you are here 🥰
I really liked the stitching around the circle. It looks like a lovely wreath.
Thank you Kelly 😊
I am picking and choosing the weeks as I do not really want to do the lessons that are straight traditional quilting type pieces with turned in edges etc. My usual approach is to do all the lessons as I feel I "should" but upon consideration, I ralized that I am doing this year long to learn and expand AND enjoy! So no "shoulds" allowed. ; - ) Love this take on the vine stitch, so delicate and beautiful. As always, thank you so much.
My pleasure Jayne and you are absolutely right not to 'should' yourself 😉❤️
I thumbs up about 20min in, so I know I'm gonna watch the whole thing at once. If I'm gonna come back, I wait. If I thumbs up and come back later, my brain thinks I've already seen it!
I am watching the weeks first, as I crochet, then I'll stitch it from the beginning once I'm done with this project. I have UFOs, because I don't plan on coming back, but as you do, I mostly have long term WIPs. I plan on this to become a WIP soon :)
I'm going to watch some of the weeks while doing, like the Deserted Island one. You said not to spoil it, and I havent!
Hello there, thank you for the thumbs up and I hope you enjoy when you get around to the stitching 😁❤️
Good morning ☀️ this really beautifull.
I follow Rita & Jerry as well und it has an positive and exciting effect in my projects. I love you three 💞
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Thank you so much 😊
I didn’t shout but YES I did pin the edge all around before stitching and YES I did quilt through the wadding only (not the backing). I love your version! 🥰😊 PS - I am Canadian but I took Australian citizenship after I’d lived in Tasmania for 40 years. I now have dual citizenship 🍁🦘
New subbie at your channel🌷🌷🌷
@@MyMeriArt 🥰😊
Thank you Rita and I didn't know you were born in Canada, is your accent still Canadian or Aussie or a hybrid do you think? ♥️
@@k3n.clothtales - mostly Aussie I think! I was 13 when my parents came with 6 kids of whom I’m the eldest 💕😊
I have loved the discipline of a weekly stitch. Have only missed a few .....
Thank you Pat, I am enjoying the discipline too, though I have done these kinds of projects many times on my own it's absolutely wonderful to share it with you all. ❤️
I am doing each Monday even if I don’t like the project but as you said I always find something I like or learn from it.
Thank you so much for sharing your art.
It's my pleasure and thank you for being here 😊
I love your wittering and I do make all of the weekly projects. I truly enjoy Mondays now and wake up early to see what we are doing. I pick and choose with the log cabins depending on what life is throwing my way at the moment. I am about halfway through knitting some scrappy socks, and I have always disliked knitting socks, but you have made them easy for me. I think it is the cardboard foot templates so I can see how far I have to go, especially with my husband's large feet. I am an avid knitter, and just a hyperactive crafter in general, being 70 and feeling there is so much I still want to do.
Thank-you so much Kathryn.
My pleasure Donna and I am so glad to help with the sock knitting ☺️
It's fun to follow you tubers who talk about (in a good way) the other you tubers I love. It is a great community. I have done every week project. I so enjoying looking through my book of stitcherys
Have a wonderful week.
Thank you Judy, it is indeed a lovely community ❤️
Thank you Kathryn - as always - lots of fun - both the project (which I love) and your always enjoyable wittering !!!! And big thanks for the easy way to make a hexagon using a compass. Brilliant !!! And... I must say.... I love the fabrics that you have chosen for your hexie/circle/backing. Very pretty.
Thank you Susan, I am glad the compass thing was helpful ♥️
Hi Kathryn, I love those little hexagon pieces in your rice bag. They would make lovely drink coasters ( not sure what the British call them). My dog Lucy does the same thing as me your Stella when I try to stop petting her.
Thank you Sue, we call them coasters too. Stella sends Lucy her love 😁❤️
I LOVE these hexagons….and Jeri’s dots. TY both. 😊. I see our community as a Sister Circle (apologies to any men watching) without which we would all be a “puddle of goo”. 💖💖💖
That's a lovely thought and the men can be honorary sisters 😁❤️
Good to hear that you have ongoing work…with no finished project in mind. I’ve been hooked by the tiny scrappy meditation scrolls that you showed. However, I’ve been using backing cloth pieces of various shapes and sizes. Started as a travelling project but I seem to have one on the go permanently now…and no idea what I’ll do with all eventually
All about the process Alison 😁❤️
As I watched the video a second time, I wondered if the difference between the number of views of a video and the number of thumbs up, occurs when viewers like me watch a video for a second time to better understand or even remember a technique. I don't know anything about how RUclips stats are compiled but I rewatched the cloth pouch video several times and also pulled up the crazy quilt video several times in several different places to watch a stitching technique more than once. Just a thought and thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge.
Yes it might be partly down to that and the thought makes me feel much better so thank you ❤️
I am late to watch this video and I am granting myself the luxury of just enjoying your "craik" and enjoying your creation ❤ Tomorrow i will catch up with the Wednesday episode I've missed. "Bees in your bonnet" 😊 Ive missed hearing your "wittering" big love as always from Scotland ❤️🤗🐶
Hello Margaret, yes I have a bonnet full 😁 much love to you ❤️
I've always had a bonnet full of bees. Sometimes those bees are questions I've had since childhood and forgotten about until I find the answer!
I don't do every project but I usually watch or catch up later. I want to do most of them but other things get in the way. 😊❤
"Sometimes those bees are questions
I've had since childhood
And forgotten about
Until I find the answer"
I'm not a native speaker but to me it sounds like poetry ❤ sorry for the off-topic 🙃
I agree with @joannakracher9507 that does sound like poetry ♥️♥️♥️
I love hexagons and keep making them just like you Kathryn 😅 they're a great take-along project, aren't they?!
I've seen Jeri's recent videos and was taken by her dotty blocks - I'm very tempted to make a few 😁 ohh and i love her dotty rice bag too! ❤
Looking forward to making my hexie block now 🪡🪡
Have fun! Yes Jeri's rice bag is beautiful ❤️
I do love hexagons and all the natural occurrences/recurrences in our world.
Thanks for another mindful project.
My pleasure Jayne, I am glad you enjoyed it 😊
What a thrill to have you mention my name in regard to my crazy patch! My embroidery was inspired by the book Intentional Thread by Susan Brandeis. I've enjoyed the rewards of doing each of your Monday projects and sometimes my best ones are those I didn't really want to do. BTW, I first saw the QAYG hexies on Marion's World months ago and of course gave them a go. I love belonging to your hive. Thank you.
My pleasure Sara, and your point about the ones you weren't initially drawn to turning out to be favourites is a good one. I didn't know Marion had done the hexies so I will look back through her channel and watch so thank you ❤️ ps also love that we are a hive 😁
Love it! ❤ I am looking forward to trying it!
Thank you Leona 😊
Türkiye'den merhaba ketrin yine güzel iş çıkardın sizden öğreneceğim çok şey var el becerilerinizi beğenerek izliyorum ve hemen beğeni tuşuna basıyorum😊👏 Hülya 💐
Thank you so much Hülya ❤️
As usual another inspiring project - many thanks Kathryn. I have a bee story for you: Last year a swarm of bees appeared out of the blue in my backyard. By the end of the day they had set up a hive in the compost bin! I encourage them in my garden with lots of plants they like, but I was afraid to have a hive so close as my grandkids played there. That night I said a prayer to the Powers that be(e), pardon the pun, to help the queen bee find alternate accommodation. I kid you not, next morning they had all disappeared, leaving behind only a small piece of perfectly formed honeycomb attached to the bin. It still warms my heart to think about it 🐝🐝🐝 By now you know I love my quotes so here’s my favourite about bees by Antonio Machado:
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt-marvelous error!-
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
That's a wonderful story and a lovely poem that warms MY heart so thank you 🐝🐝🐝❤️
So enjoyed this visit with you ! This hexagon is wonderful would be delighted to see you do more with hexagons but love watching you do most anything you share with us ! Your calmness and patience and respect for your materials is refreshing in this word. Oh and I very much enjoy your ‘twittering’ . Thank you so much for all you share !
It's my pleasure and there will be another little hexagon project coming soon 😁♥️
Watching on TV with the computer on my lap, so I'll give you a long winded comment... Lucky you, we are having a chat!
I had a woman, 34 years old, watched one of my videos, she was so adorable. She aspires to be like me when she gets old, she said... 🤣 and I tell you this because you have said, women of a certain age a few times now... So we are wise women sharing our lifes experiences.
And community! OHMYGOSH! That is why I came back. So since I was here "before" I remembered the community and missed it. This for me, is the BEST part. The sharing, inspiration and encouragement is so amazing! Imagine all the people that can't get out, they get to turn on the tv and instantly they are connected. It really warms my heart.
And another great thing is how we watch each other and a new idea comes of it and off we go on a new adventure, just like you did today!
I also think it's so important to mention where we see something, it doesn't take away from what we are sharing, it enriches it because we are being honest and genuine.
I love my threads in a big ball! The mix of colors excites me although I do have some on cards, I'm not sure what possessed me to do that! HA!
I can't wait to hear why we shouldn't lick our thread... wait for it jeri... hahaheeee, I agree, we get it into the needle pretty quick so who cares if it swells.
The YT (icon) used to be a cog, I was watching a video on the hexagon, this guy compared it to a nut, and so a tool and so a tool icon made sense to him, (he said Logo) so he thought about it as a means to "fix" or work on something and he mentioned because it's an app that can be on your phone and so is YT, they had to be similar but different. And now I'm signing off! Or nodding off! LOL Loved this video, really enjoyed everything you had to say and I'm still not done with it but Im hungry! 💜💜💜
And I heard that comment as if you were right here in the room 😉 of course I agree about the sharing and crediting because we all put our own spin on things (rice bags 😂) and thank you for the info on the yt icon logo thingybob . Hope you had a nice meal ❤️❤️❤️
PS sidebar (it's catching 😂) the French for midwife is 'sagefemme' which literally means 'wise woman ' ... I am not saying we could all deliver babies of course 😁❤️
Thank you Kathryn, what an enjoyable week. I do every week because I am very new to stitching and I am learning so much from you ❤️
I also watch Rita and Jeri and I must say that I cannot get Jeri’s dots out of my mind, so looks like I will be driving into that rabbit hole 🤣
I know, she's a temptress 😂♥️
Usually I don't feel motivated to craft if the weather is hot but this little projects are so enjoyable that I can do them any time; quilt as you go was in the list of things I wanted to learn, thank you for the inspiration.
My pleasure Brenda, stay cool ❤️
This was beautiful. I love your system. LOL. Most of us work a little askew (HEHE). I really love this design with the little flowers to accent. We have a lovely big family on here, all of us stitchers, and creators. It is really glorious for all of us. We are all thankful all you ladies and gents that are sharing their processes.
Thank you so much Wonky Michelle for helping to make it so lovely here ❤️😁
Thank you Kathryn. I have had a go at all 26 with mixed results but looking at them again I am mostly happy with them. I was interested when you were talking about early memories and whether they are real memories or due to repetition within the family. I have a couple involving my Dad, in one of which I would take him a mid morning drink when he was working in the fields, but then claiming to be too tired to walk back and been given a piggy back ride back to the house. I think I must have been 3 or 4
It's lovely to look back through the projects, I always find I have at least learnt something even if I wasn't especially happy with the piece. And that's a lovely memory of your Dad, piggy backs are the best, I miss them. My Dad would also sometimes put me up on his shoulders, or 'soldiers' as I called them. 😁❤️
Kia ora - hi. I always love to watch everything you post and give thumbs up. However, i don't do all your projects and the ones i have done have been so enjoyable. Thank you so much Kathryn you are appreciated ❤
Thank you so much Angie for being here and supporting me ❤️
Sure, here is the translation of your text into English:
As you mentioned whether we are working on all the weeks, it reminded me that I returned to this hexagon. I didn't want to skip it on purpose, but I didn't have the filling fabric, and I had once sewn a project with two layers of flannel, but it wasn't the same, it didn't feel right.
Today, I needed to take the sewing machine for repair because my daughter broke the needle so badly that we couldn't put a new one in, and I want her to have something to do during the holidays. In the box where the machine is kept, there were some fabrics at the bottom, so I took them out and sorted them, and there were also some scraps of filling fabric. So I decided, okay, I'll work on the hexagon.
The other reason I sometimes fall behind is that I don't know various embroidery stitches, and I keep putting it off because I see the beautiful creations of others in the group. In the end, I usually think, "So what, I'll do it my own lumberjack way, the best I can." :)
But it's true that if I missed a week, even in my own way, I would feel like my project has holes in it.
I am sorry for the broken needle but glad you found the cloth... Every cloud and all that. 😁 And I like the sound of lumberjack stitching 😊❤️
I can’t even say that I’m picking and choosing! I love stitching along with you and choosing techniques I want to apply to my own projects. Many of the methods are ones I’m already familiar with but you get my creative juices going!
@@Quiltfull lovely to hear ♥️
I pick and choose because my cross-stitch is my priority, and I play various stitching games on FB, so I count my stitches. That said, I’ve found myself drawn to the ‘full coverage’ pieces - tricksy, pojagi, backstory, crazy quilt etc - which has kind of surprised me.
@@Stitchycatlady I am happy to surprise you, in a good way 😁♥️
Hello, just discovered your channel and video Week 26. Love the rice bag that you showed. On wetting your thread before threading your needle, advice was given at our embroidery guild that it may cause needles to rust in the eye. I've always done it too particularly with sewing threads.
Hello and welcome. That may be the case with some needles but I have never found it to happen. I use Tulip needles, guaranteed not to rust. It's hard to break the habit and I find it necessary with embroidery floss especially. 😊❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I still do it too with embroidery floss and sewing thread 😊
I want to do ALL your weekly projects (And learn to knit!) but missed two so far (but still will do them ofcourse😊). I always look forward to Mondays for your videos or Tuesdays if I didn’t have time to watch. The hexagon with the batting looks like you can use it as a cute pincushion on the go, in one of your lovely ricebags! I love this community spirit here, am not tech- savy and easily overwhelmed by all social media. So I take it easy with my own channel and don’t click on the red hexgagon icontoo often (Icon, Yes!!)😎. Enjoy your week away and thank you so much, as always. 💖🍀💖🍀
Hello Machteld, good idea for the pin cushion, I have a hexagon pin cushion in progress (for ages now) that I haven't got around to sharing yet. The problem for me is that in my notifications on RUclips itself, I don't see all the comments so I have to come here to the app. For example, I had no notification of your comment but here you are in my app. I try not to get sucked in to the analytics though because it can tie me up in knots. It's like being back at school in a way, getting your report card. Or getting a performance assessment at work. Makes me anxious just thinking about it, which is probably why I went on about it far too much in this video, a sure sign that I am anxious about something. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales if I see how many comments you get (and then also probably on other platforms) I can’t even imagine keeping up with all of them! That must bring some pressure as well besides the pleasure. I feel like I am in school with You, but only in the best way possible and you’re my favorite teacher ever! Now ofcourse I want to see the Hexagon pincushion (And the sunflower quilt)! But take your time and definitely no pressure from me, just hugs , admiration and gratitude 🥰🍀💖
Thank you Machteld, of course it takes time going through the comments but people take the time to write so I like to respond and at least read them all 😁♥️
Hi Kathryn. I am watching you (at the moment I'm about halfway) while I'm knitting. That's because at the start of this project I decided I won't make a hexagon-with-circle for my journal, but a few squares-with-circles that will become another 'rice-bag' (to put my collection of embroidery floss in, that's now in an ugly plastic box).
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That's wonderful, I love circles in squares too, I just needed hexies this week 😁❤️
I love what you have done with the feather stitch, I definitely want to try that. And thank you for all the links to all the interesting stuff from your cloth tales!❤
My pleasure Megan ☺️
I am one of the few, who don't do every weeks project, mostly because I am crazy busy with work and life, but I love your videos and keep "collecting bees for my bonnet" ;-)
Thank you so much, the bees will live happily in your bonnet until their time comes 🐝😁♥️
Loved the project again. Thank you so much.❤
You are so welcome! 🤗
I love making these. I learned from Emma Jones videos and I made a quilt using all flowered fabrics that looks like a garden. I rode 2400 miles to Florida and back and made a whole sack full.
That sounds fabulous ❤️
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on creating. Really enjoying making a book along with you 😊. Watch on my tv and cannot comment till I get on my phone🎉
One of my sewing groups just had a PHD morning- Project Half Done!
Great idea 😁❤️
I am one of the few who pick and choose. Before having k3n’s channel showing up in my feed, the only stitching I did was cross stitching. So I just wanted to dip my toe into slow stitching and fell in love with it!! However, I felt the need to finish my cross stitch so I didn’t want to commit to the weekly projects. Then I got side tracked by the friendship star and I haven’t been able to stop making them! I’ve turned them into coasters but eventually plan to make a table runner out of new stars. I so appreciate this channel and community.
I love that you have been captivated by the friendship stars and I appreciate you too, thank you for being here ❤️
Hi Kathryn, I have made something every week and surprised myself by sticking to the discipline of a piece a week. I did go rogue on week 6, 8, 10 and 11 but can't remember why 😂 Absolutely loving it, I am filling a blank book given to me years ago and it has exactly the right number of pages for the year. X
Love that you went rogue AND can't remember why 😂❤️
Thanks so much for all the inspiration, Kathryn! I'm one of those who pick and choose projects as the mood suits. When I was younger, I would likely have committed to doing every project as they were presented, but by this time of life, I simply do what takes my fancy 😊.
And you are absolutely right Lana ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Even though I don't make all the projects, I do watch and listen to your videos. They're like having a lovely visit with a good friend.
I’m one who is doing each week so far …. I love the variety and I need to at least try because I may want to do more of one thing … I also do other things … this has just added to my enjoyment …
That's lovely to hear, i hope you enjoy the second half of the year as much 😊♥️
Was hypnotised by the chat and liked the stitch used …….. love hexagons!
Thank you Susan 😊
I have some catching up to do ! I have missed the last three weeks😱 I’ve been working on other things. But now I’m back and always thumbs up at the start. Love hexagons in any form. First quilt I ever made was hexi’s. You always send me to sleep,it’s a compliment your soothing voice and gentle stitching makes it inevitable 😂 so I always have to watch more than once ! 😊❤ xx
Thank you for thumbs upping at the start, it's greatly appreciated. And I am flattered that I put you to sleep, it's not a deliberate ploy to make you watch more than once, honest 😂❤️
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Safe to say I’m one of the people who completely forget to give a thumbs up. The problem here is that I go flying off to gather things so that I can join in the fun and get throughly carried away!! Sorry ❤
That's quite alright Gilly. I am the same sometimes with people I watch. What I do know is, with @marionsworld for example is hit the thumbs up straight away when I start watching because I know I am going to like it. 😁😉❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for another lovely video Kathryn. 😊💕
My pleasure Sue 😊
Love the little rice bag. Enjoyed your video enormously. Happy stitching
I’m one of the ones who pick and choose. Actually, that’s a lie. I must be the laziest of all your subscribers and get my fix from just watching your weekly projects and imagining me doing them! 😂 Seriously! So I’m essentially a watcher. That said I was so motivated by ‘the crazy’ that I did do that one. And I’m very tempted to give this one a go. Then again I could just imagine me doing it and using up the stash that I’m amassing - acquiring stuff and not using it is something else that I get immense pleasure from. I’m a lost cause. 😂😂😂 I hope you had a lovely time at your ‘aunt’s’. I had a few such aunts too: the last one died last year. End of an era.
I am sorry for the loss of your aunties.. and you are more than welcome to do vicarious stitching by watching, it's a good way to 'do' lots of projects without actually doing them 😉 ❤️
I got hooked on Jeri's dots on the first video. Same way with the 100 hearts in 100 days. Im still making those hearts! I love stitching, and stitching without an "end" is what I'm all about (no pressure to complete). I often wonder what my children will think of me when I pass. Lol! I'm trying all your pieces, but some I'm enjoying more than others. 😊 hugs ❤
Those dots are addictive, I am also making more. And hopefully our children will be grateful that we lived such productive, creative lives, while they are working out what to do with it all. 😂 There's a thing called 'Swedish Death Cleaning ', a video about it popped up in my feed recently. I watched it and the woman ended up with a nearly empty house. I can't see myself doing that anytime soon though I kind of appreciate the concept. 😊❤️
Orts are table scraps
Crossword clue😂
I watched Lisbet 's 100 day challenge, I was entranced
Paper clothe stitching mark making
Amazing the things one can learn from crosswords. 😁 I just saw there is a new video from Lisbeth about mixed media, I am looking forward to watching it later ❤️
I always hit the thumbs up at the start of videos I know I'll like cos I tend to forget at the end. And I'm doing every week. I have gotten behind a few times and had to do several weeks at once but this week I finished week 25 just as you posted this video so spot on. And hexagons, one of my favourite things to do.
Thank you Carolyn, I have also got in the habit of clicking like at the beginning of videos, because sometimes I am stitching or knitting and it rolls over to the next one. Pleased you like the hexies ♥️
I must confess I've never done ONE of the projects even though I've watched nearly every video. The thing is, I have a backlog of my own projects that I work on while listening/watching. I did wash all my apparel sewing scraps recently, and I have yet to sort them, because it is my goal to eventually do some of your projects.
Hello Laura, I also watch videos without doing the projects, I even watch things I will never do, such as painting etc but there are people I like to listen to and I am inspired be even without doing the actual thing they're doing if that makes sense. 😁❤️
PS thanks so much for watching ☺️
I love listening to all of you and I’m older then most but learning something new ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😊
52:11 Hey K3n and all. I pick and choose. I may use the current week for inspiration, but that doesn't change what I am working on. I will still be sitting on the sidelines, stitching my patchwork dress, and watching.
That said, I do have fun here, and Thank You for the lovely videos. I confess, there are times I replay your videos a few times. If that is skewing your stats, I am so sorry. 😢
First I love the sound of your patchwork dress and second my understanding is that rewatching is a good thing as it increases watch time on which our income is based. So thank you ☺️
I do nearly all the projects, but not as you show. Sometimes I just dont care for the project, but I do it in my own way. I think this week I will make this project, but put it in a circular outside, not a hexagon. I love everything you offer and always learn something.
Thank you, and I love it that you put your own spin (circle, geddit? Sorry 😂) on things ❤️
Your hexagon absolutely deserves a huge "WOW"! It's beautiful! Your embroidery is fabulous💞 I'm definitely storing your wonderful videos until a hand injury is healed♥️. So many projects are swimming around in my head! Where will I start?! Thank you, thank you for sharing🥰
My pleasure I hope your hand heals quickly, that must be so frustrating apart from painful ❤️❤️❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you so much🥰
I am a Thumbs Upper - and it's not just because I like/love the video! I DO not thumbs up things that I really don't like, but one reason why I do click that Up Thumb is that it helps me remember if I've actually watched it before! LOL! I also have found that when I watch videos on my TV, they speed past where I can do the deed and present something new and I have to find them on my phone or laptop in order to do it, and I forget. I have the most lively conversations with you all while they run but by the time they finish, I forget to say ANYTHING at all so here I am in the middle! There is this lovely conversation going between you and Jeri and Lisbith several others that I love! I used to watch Jeri and she stopped videos a few years ago. It was delightful to find she was back! Long lost friends who have no idea how much they mean to us!
Hello Kat, I know that thing about the video moving on to the next before having a chance to thumbs up. Now if I am watching Jeri or Lisbeth or Marion for example, I thumbs up straight away at the beginning. I know I am going to like it. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales yes, me too unless I am distracted which is 79% of the time. Lol! I watch on the kitchen or when sewing and it is often too late. I always turn off that thing that just plays the things, but you cannot go back once the commercial starts! It's when I'm watching on the TV that is the problem. To many TVs and an intense distaste for what American networks think is entertaining! I subscribed to BritBox and Acorn! Lol! I prefer cozy mysteries!
I love hexies also. FYI While I’m in North Queensland with family I ‘ve managed to complete four weeks work and nearly the fifth. Some I may have been avoiding but I finished them. It’s finding the time to do everything I want to. I recently found Jeri and Rita on ytube. Now I follow and try to keep up with you Kathryn,Marion Jeri and listen to Rita also Take Care 🇦🇺🦘💕Margaret
Hello Margaret, I completely understand finding the time is difficult, if only we could stitch ourselves some extra time 😁❤️
I'm actually not working any of your projects because I have so many ongoing already
,I watch because I like listening to fellow stitchers and it's sewing company whilst I work on mine. I have however picked up ideas and tips and stitch reminders and I thoroughly enjoy them.❤
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Thank you Christine, I also watch and listen to other RUclipsrs for the same reason ❤️
Who doesn't luv a hexie? Out of the clear blue, I started making 2 inch side hexies last week when the rain started here in the Midwest. I stopped when the rain stopped . What to do with them!....who knows . As it rained, I just kept knocking them out
They are addictive and a wonderful way to pass a rainy day. Or a sunny day for that matter 😉❤️
Hoi k3n! I love the idea of combining two idea’s and make it your own! I’m a little behind. Today I finished the Crazy Patchwork. But I retrieved and cleaned my bundle already!!
As a crocheter I know everything about UFO’s 😅but I call them PhD: project half done. Way more positive!!!
Liefs, Helene
Thank you Helene, yes PHD is a great term ☺️
I adore hexagons. I remember learning about Clochán an Aifir in Northern Ireland and added that to my bucket list 😁
I would love to go again because I was very little when I was there. And thank you for using its proper name. ❤️
Second viewing...and just as wonderful ❤
I show my support by following you and watching your videos from start to finish. I use the thumbs up to be able to find some videos again from content creators I don't follow but enjoyed a specific video. I'm not sure if others do this as well. I want to do all the projects, but I can't seem to finish most of them in a week. I'm hoping to catch up on some when I go on vacation this summer. I like the experience of trying something I might otherwise not do. I also have some Kawandi projects planned, but I never seem to get them started.
Thank you Jacqueline for your support, it means a lot 🙏❤️
Ive been enjoying feather stitch as well. I also have been playing with uneven/wonky herringbone stitch. But Blanket stitch is what I really love and put almost everywhere.
It's really lovely to play with traditional embroidery stitches and do them wonky. I am pleased you are having fun 😊
Well, I have chosen to do every week’s project. I have found several things that I have so enjoyed and wasn’t sure I would. So, you never know until you try and I don’t intend on missing any weeks. Some weeks I have to give more thought to before beginning, but in the end I get it done even if it is a week or so later.
It's lovely that you try everything and like you say, sometimes things surprise us and we like them more than we thought we would 😁❤️
Love your hexagon. I am not making everything, would love to but there is not enough time. But… I almost never have missed a video since I started watching this because I love the things you talk about like for instance about the hexagon today. Hope you have a wonderful time with your mum. Love Tineke
Thank you so much Tineke, I am so happy you are enjoying the videos ❤️