Caroline Hack

You can see why the Dutch called it the Great Indraft

Midge! #totp

I’m not sure Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation (on the IPlayer) fulfils all of those, and it is very much of its time, but in places it is very slow and luxuriant.

I’ve been pressing refresh all afternoon waiting for this - heartfelt congratulations.

Photo of child with pile of papers and a calculator with the headline “Interactive Exhibit Lets Kids Figure Out How To Manage Budget Shortfall That Will Otherwise Shutter Museum” from the Onion

Cafes at both Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth are pretty good from what I remember

6 by 26cm sketchy watercolour in muddy green, rose pink and blue on undyed calico. Quite hard to see what it is. Blue along the bottom suggests sea. A landscape?

6 by 26cm sketchy watercolour in muddy green, rose pink and blue on undyed calico. Some orange squiggles have been added to the rose pink blobs making them look more like rocks. A more verdant green had been scribbled over the previous green.

6 by 26cm sketchy watercolour on undyed calico. Water has blended the orange over the rose and the two greens. Looking much more landscapy too with a bit of shadow/depth

A photograph of Red Bay Labrador showing the orange red rocks that give the bay its name. There is also a narrow strip of beach and scrubby trees. The image includes the sea but not the sky and the land slopes up from the sea.

Inspired by my 2024 visit to UNESCO Basque whaling site Red Bay in Labrador, Canada I’m finally getting round to working up some stuff from it. Quick watercolour background for some #Beading #HandEmbroidery #WorkInProgress

(Other Red Bay stuff on the drawing board too, including mappy things!)

Looking down the spiral of a Russian spiral bead weaving with the beads and beading mat in the background

Russian Spiral technique bead weaving in an s shape showing the gradual fade of green pink and yellow beads against a neutral grey beading mat

Long string of Russian spiral bead weaving on a 1 cm grid green mat. The beads subtly change colour and the spiral changes diameter as different sized beads are used.

Russian Spiral bead woven necklace showing transitioning colours and that my cardigan need debobbling.

Using #RussianSpiral, a new #BeadWeaving technique for me. Keeping the base bead consistent and fading three different colours. Managed to make it long enough to go over my head when the ends were joined together. Accidental #Necklace

Reminds me of the terrible cold I had over the new year. Got through two boxes of tissues in three days.

My husband works away a lot and one night when he was home I half woke to hear breathing in the bedroom which totally freaked me out until I remembered he was there.

Yep! I haven’t checked but he’s probably old enough for a free bus pass. That might be useful.

I live in Norfolk. Both rural roads and public transport leave a lot to be desired

and could probably walk to the main road and get a bus

Screenshot from the AA route planner showing route from Sandringham to Yarmouth and the time it takes - 1 hour 33 minutes

An hour and a half commute each way, and that’s assuming he can pick up a reliable used car. Public transport would probably take most of the day

A slightly bemused looking golden retriever wearing a red hanky round his neck, a plastic roman military helmet and roman armour.

It's National Golden Retriever Day and that's all the excuse we need. 🥰🥰

Strip of dark blue fabric with gold template outlines and fabric scraps pinned or sewn onto it under a sewing machine

Scrap paper template in a sort of petal shape with hem allowance and the number 6 in pencil lying on a gridded mat showing it is approx 6x 9 cm

Round vessel made up of 6 pieces of sewn and appliqués fabric with an aperture at the top and a plain wonky bottom you can’t see because I carefully photographed it to look good

Another view of the round vessel made up of 6 pieces of sewn and appliqués fabric with an aperture at the top and a plain wonky bottom you can’t see because I carefully photographed it to look good

Quick freehand #MachineEmbroidery make using fabric scraps and a simple template. Six pieces with #appliqué scraps sewn together to make a small vessel.

Ah yes, the sea hedgehog. Can be a little test-e?

It drapes in a wonderfully fluid way and feels lovely.

Tube of woven beads (Russian spiral) on a green 1cm grid mat. The colour changes gradually from the centre out from pale yellow through pink to a sort of green. I like it.

This is as far as I got this weekend. Not quite long enough for a necklace. Might as sone plain spiral at both ends or try threading an appropriate colour ribbon through it.

Five classes I took at university

1 Tropical Crop Science - the only practical exam where you could eat the question after you’d answered it.
2 Flowering Plant Taxonomy
3 Plant Pathology
4 Microbiology
5 Crop Protection

Illustration of a white sperm whale with a blood-red eye swimming in a black sea.

Matt Kish’s illustrations for this last chapter are really evocative. I’m trust I’m not giving anything away at this point by posting them. 🧵

Matt Kish's Moby Dick in Pictures, Ch 135: “Moby Dick was now again steadily swimming forward.” 🐋

everypageofmobydick.blogspot.com/2011/01/moby...

Clever use of the lightwell for the basement bedrooms. But 5 mil and parking for one car. Glad I’ve never had to live in London.

Tube of woven beads in an s shape on a grey beading mat. The colour changes gradually from pale yellow through pink to a sort of green. I like it.

Rather enjoying the subtle colour change on my Russian spiral sample

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Coloured map of the Atlantic including navigation lines, illustrations of ships and sea creatures and including a wonderful illustration of #whaling - Map of North Atlantic by Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius circa 1592.

Zooming in to the whaling illustration showing the brightly coloured clothing of the whalers except for the totally naked bloke in the middle giving us a very good view of his beautifully rendered buttocks

I think I’m in love

With this gorgeous #map

Illustration of #whaling from Map of North Atlantic by Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius circa 1592.

a small tan dog with a graying face sits on a white sofa and looks up at you with large brown eyes. his ears stick out on either side of his head like airplane wings.

You can find ways to support families and pets in Minnesota, as well as organizations working to defend and advance the rights and opportunities of immigrants below

campsite.bio/wrdsmm

My version in textile of the medieval story of a whale being mistaken for an island by a sailor with unfortunate consequences for all.

At least they didn’t mistake it for an island. I made this a few years ago.

International Analog Day — Badass Cross Stitch

@maryldixon.bsky.social got so excited listening to yall talk about more analog.

Thought you would want to know about this intitiate me and the crew are leading www.badasscrossstitch.com/internationa...

Double gold bugle beads form the sides of a diamond shape with dark green beaded corners. Not enough large green needs so thought red might be fun in two corners of one of the three diamonds

A squarish woven bead sample using muted greys and other colours. It iota on a 1cm grid indicating that it’s about 2.5 cm square.

A square beaded shape made of iron beads in green orange and white. It’s about 6.5 cm wide.

Today’s #beading #BeadWeaving experiments. A trio of diamond shapes for something I’m planning. And two squares of very different sizes and vibes.