10 :)

I now have 10 piercings :D Got 2 more today (as planned). So so happy! Both with the final look of the ears as well as the number. 5 is just more harmonious and my ears seem much more balanced now :) Odd numbers are sometimes the best, however they're even when it comes to the amount :)

Left ear. 1 rook, 1 helix and 3 lobes

Right ear. 1 rook, 2 helix, 2 lobes

The newest ones are the rook on the left ear and lobe nr 2 on the right :)

Term 2: Index project - Colour Palettes complete

I got my colour palettes  finished! Yay! Not a perfect match but close - like a 90% or more match. Which is fairly good :) I have two more to make but will use collage as I couldn't find any thread that matched. May use a combination :)

Term 2: Colour Palettes - love/hate relationship

For a lot of our projects we have to make colour palettes. These ones are for the massive and time consuming Index project.

They can be made using yarn, thread, paint or using collage. Personally I like using yarn/thread more than the other techniques because its easier to get a colour match. We usually make our palettes based on a photo. Sometimes you're lucky and find the exact colour, sometimes its a 80-90% match and sometimes its almost hopeless to find the colour. Also... when you're taking a photo of something the colours in the photo and the real life colour is not the same thing :( Another reason I like using thread more is becasue well I'm doing textile design. So it makes sense to use that material as it's the material I'm working with or a least close to it.

Here a few I've done. Not complete yet and the match isn't perfect - but hard to get it correct.

I enjoy making colour wraps (thats the love part) however its hard to match colour sometimes which can be frustrating (thats the hate part).

Term 1 Technical Block: Embroidery

Here are all the hand embroidered pieces I did as well as some of the machine ones (not all of them were blog worthy) :)

Term 1 Technical Block: Weave

So basically this is all the weaves I did during my weave rotation :) Oh and some of the images are rotated so that you can say how they would look on the weave :) And sorry about the colours. The photos were taken at night so the colours aren't looking like they would during day light :(

Term 1 Technical Block: Knit

Here is everything I learned to do during my technical block of knit :) I'm sorry I didn't take out every single piece of knitting and arrange a stunning photo. As you can see... a lot of knit samples!

Enjoy :)

felted knits