It was when I was bored and subsequently sick for a few days in Pamplona, in the early stages of our walking the Camino di Santiago, in 2023, I thought I might try dyeing some threads with whatever I could find.
I had bought a reel of fine white mercerised crochet cotton in Burguete and so I decided to dye it with some used tea bags. I knew I would get a result – nothing exciting but something.
We’ve been back from our walk on the Camino de Santiago for some weeks now and I have finally started to sort through the photos. Another thing that brings back many memories is the stitch journal that I took with me.
My stitch journal was made from some cleaning up cloths left over from my gelli printing. Along with some threads I took with me and all sorts of bits of string and a lot of other stuff I found along the way I added to the fabric.
I didn’t stitch on it as much as I had hoped to, but, often at night, if I couldn’t sleep I would work on my stitching.
I have now put a video together of this piece of work which you can see here. I hope you find it interesting.
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