It is the supposedly the first
day of spring but it is very cold. We
haven’t got much snow but there is a very bitter wind blowing the snow
around. It is a good day to stay inside
and get some knitting done.
I have finished another piece of
my quilt – this is Percy named after my 4th cousin, twice removed
Percy James East. He was a Private in
the 6th battalion of the East Kent Regiment (known as the Buffs) and
he died on 18 March 1916 aged 24. His
occupation is listed as a bottle-washer.
I admit I am not sure what one was – I assume he washed bottles! A lot more bottles were reused in the past
whereas now they would be broken up and used for something else.
This piece is also to remember
Oswald Thresher who was the husband of my 3rd cousin, twice
removed. He was the manager of a wine
and spirits depot and I wondered if he was connected with the off-licence
Threshers. I don’t know. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers
who died on 2 Oct 1918 aged 36.
I hope it is obvious that the
design is a small group of bottles. It
was inspired by a Kaffe Fassett design of a large group of bottles. The piece has 67sts and 132 rows. I used quite a lot of the dark brown Rowan
Felted Tweed. This piece is intended for
the opposite side of the quilt to that for the Tea Packer which also used quite
a lot of this shade.
I have a few ideas for the next
pieces but I am not sure yet which one I will do next.
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