So finally I have taken the plunge and started talking about the psychic side of my life, but first I wheelbarrow some greenery, which has a sprinkling of worms, round to the chicken patch so the chickens can partake of the lushness of the grass, etc.....
Then I stroll round to the front garden, have a rest for a while to gather my thoughts, and off I go.....
I describe the various ways that I, or anyone else, can be psychic:
Clairvoyance:
Is ‘seeing’ pictures, or parts of pictures that have
nothing to do with imagination.
Clairaudience:
Is ‘hearing’ voices that don’t come from another human
being.
Clairsentience:
Is ‘sensing’, or ‘knowing’, or having ‘heightened
intuition’.
Mediumship:
Is something else: it is not ‘talking to the
dead’.
Healing:
Is being the centre part of a transfer loop of energy.
For me, being psychic is a mixture of all these senses, but I only lightly touch on each of these in this video, as I shall be making individual videos eventually.
It is a joy being psychic, but it does make for a complicated life. This I shall describe in Part 2.
Meanwhile, I thank you for visiting, and I hope you visit again soon.
Rushing in from chasing the young calves round the field so we could get them inside the barn for the night, I had a short time to post a video while Lester was busy with milking Bonny and Lissie, which is why I was short of breath and soggy. (It was raining)
So this was my first crafting update:
Knitting:
Introducing the green jumper using Stylecraft Life DK in the colour Mint. This my own design, just a simple raglan jumper with a pattern across the raglan shaping which I have not invented yet.
Socks, and the need to sort myself out with getting them finished off. I have been knitting socks in the flat, using two needles instead of the usual dpns or circular needles, which is alright when knitting an individual sock, but come the time to sew it up (it has three seams) I hit a blank about doing so, preferring to 'leave it until later', which we all know is just another excuse not to ever to it. And so I end up with a pile of unfinished socks and having to borrow my partner's socks because I have none to wear.
Now this will not do. So I have crossed over to the magic loop method of sock knitting, and have just finished my first sock using this method. I shall use this method in the future. The flat method makes for a neater looking sock, while the magic loop method looks scruffier, but this might be because I am still a novice at that method.
I used: Scheepjes Cotton 8 yarn, and used 5 of the 6 balls bought. The colour was blue/grey.
This was a good make, and easy to do. It was a four row pattern, with two of those rows using double crochet (USA) / treble crochet (UK). The only fiddly parts are the last few rows, but they are still relatively easy. This was my first shawl pattern, and it was very enjoyable.
Sewing:
Drip Mat:
I was left with a heap of off cuts after finishing Lester's fleece jacket recently, so what to do with them...... 'make a mat to catch the water drips when we come our of the shower' posted itself into my mind. This I have been doing, using the random patchwork method. It is not in the colour which I was wanting for the bathroom, but my 'interior designer self ' will make it work. It is only a temporary mat anyway, and will find its forever home eventually.
Gate Ties:
We have several outside gates which have lost or broken locks to them, so they are held shut by string. This string is recycled from the hay bales, and frays and splits itself up, which is annoying and time consuming and looks horrid.
So Angie from YarnNYarns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHHoQmYDvg suggested making some crochet ties. An excellent idea, I thought, but to make them in fabric instead as wool would not be strong enough. And the fabric? Lester's old shirt, waiting for repair which was never going to happen because it was not worth the effort of doing. This is work in progress.
Pinnies (Aprons):
These are also works in progress, being four in the queue waiting for completion.
These are 'proper' pinnies, being roomy of skirt, with a large top to protect me from splashes, and are made from the fabric stash.
Garden Apron:
I need a large straight apron with roomy pockets for when I am out in the garden, in particular for when I am cutting the brambles down.
I am using a pattern: Simplicity 8816, and using denim from the stash for the fabric.
Sharing with you my pleasure at having the fleece jacket done, taking you on a quick trip to my village although didn't stay long, and my Sandra Paul's Victoria Shawl Project.
Now starting to sew the fleece together, and it proving not an easy task because of lack of instructions, the work sheet belonging to the paper pattern having been lost since I last used it. This proving more of a problem than I had originally anticipated, but not to worry, we are carrying on with the make.
This is mostly a sewing vlog, done mostly without any speaking because my partner was working on his computer while I was sewing and I did not want to disturb him. I write notes to you instead, and hold them up to the camera.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video, I know I keep saying this, but if it was not for making this blog and these videos I would have probably never started the fleece, or if I had, then I would still be in the very early process of putting it together!
After a good nights' sleep I woke up with a surprising peeve on me. Here's how I got rid of it, but please forgive the appearance of my early morning self. It did improve during the following hours......
Saying thank you again for all the support I had from my 'Snippets from Labartere' friends after I posted on YouTube my first effort at vlogging, which has encouraged me to continue on with vlogging, and also kept me on the Catch Up With The Sewing project.
However, I have taken the plunge and changed the name of the vlog to 'The Psychic Craftswoman' which was posted into my head by the Universe a week or so ago, and which I argued with myself about using as the vlog name but have now come to accept.
So here is the first 'proper' vlog, there is still much room for improvement and my editing skills are still in their infancy, but here it is:
The ongoing saga of getting my partner's jacket made, husband or partner chat, the chicks and Nearly Dead, me and my dearly deads, the need to float and not sink, and the Green Jumper Knitting Project.
