Saturday, November 15, 2014

Reverse Bucket List

I've made some starts today but they are all gifts I cannot share. So I consulted my 93 ideas for nablopomo and decided to make a "reverse bucket list," instead of a list of to-dos, it's a list of dones. I will focus on needlework, otherwise, we'll be here all night.

Recently I bogged that I was no longer taking classes, and Jo asked if I'd done stumpwork and punchneedle. And I have, in classes. In fact I learned stumpwork back in the olden days of Spirit of Cross-stitch (mid90s).

Done That
Assissi
Bargello
Bead embroidery
Blackwork
Candlewicking
Crewel
Cross Stitch
Drawn thread
Filet lace (Lacis)
Hardanger
Lacis
Needlepoint
Pulled thread
Punchneedle
Ribbon embroidery
Stumpwork
Surface embroidery

So there are definitely things I could learn, like Schwalm, Mountmellick and other whitework techniques, goldwork, Japanese embroideries, Wessex, and the list goes on.

Whenever I make lists like this, I am reminded of my idea to make a Stitcher's Life List ala the Knitter's Life List. It's in there people, It's just a matter of it coming out of my head before it comes out of someone else's!

6 comments:

Marie said...

What, no tatting??? :-) I want to learn how to do this but never see any local classes.

I would love to learn stumpwork, Do you have pieces of your work you could share pics of?

Hazel said...

Wow that's a cool list! You've done a lot already. X

Susan said...

Just have to say that I didn't take classes for a long time, either. Then, last spring, I fell in love with a project by a designer who does not publish her designs for retail sales. I took the class and actually learned quite a bit to improve my finishing techniques.

Margaret said...

You've learned so many techniques! I like this reverse bucket list. Very cool!

Linda said...

Great list Nikki. You've done a lot of different techniques. I have done needlepoint, cross stitch, crochet, knit and latch hook. I'm to old to want to try anything else. I love what I do now.

Linda

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I am impressed! I have done eight of those techniques, plus latch-hook. I made a rug, it took an entire year.