u/mem_somerville

#WIPWednesday : I'm finally remaking the lace for my colonial cap. I put one of my first lace projects on it before, but I'm better now! And I found a lace that is more period- and region-appropriate. My early Torchon white piece is on the left. It is less skilled, let's say....

I think it needs to be a smidge smaller still, so one more iteration to come. I think the fan threads should be tighter together as cloth stitch. But this is fine for now.

I reverse engineered the pattern from this #MFABoston cap.

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/69291/infants-cap

This is a job that was unfamiliar to me, and I found this story about it informative and useful as I learn the system.

Lost Canadians are swamping the archives, as we all know. I feel bad that they government didn't prepare them for this. It's exponential. This is the woman from New Brunswick archives.

She also mentioned a monthly meeting with the other archivists across the country, so they are strategizing or sympathizing with each other. I wish we could send them some Timbits or something for their meetings....

The linked audio interview can be directly accessed here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens/clip/16212648-why-many-americans-calling-new-brunswicks-archivist

The interview on this topic starts around 9 minutes and ends around 16 minutes.

They also are talking about improving the access to straightforward records with more automated systems. I wish them luck with that!

I know I should be trying new things, but I love this pattern so much that I can't stop making it. This time with smaller thread and nice variegated hand-dyed colors by Marilee Rockley. You can wind up a shuttle with rose colors and just keep making roses when you have short time frames and save them for later when you are ready to make a vine and attach them.

Needed a new insulated lunch bag for lace demo days, so of course now it has tatting on it.... My supervisor appears unimpressed. Alas.

Free rose and vine pattern at Be-stitched: https://be-stitched.com/free-patterns/tatted-rose-and-vine-edging/

Currently listening to the audio book of this. It is so far very much a 20th century arc of a life in Canada that might be of interest to some folks.