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This is the main tumblog of Silvie Kilgallon. I'm a conceptual artist and my work is largely influenced by my academic interests in classics, ancient history, translation, and philosophy of language. This blog details conceptual, casual and personal projects on which I am currently working. To see the Stitched Iliad project, please check out the Stitched Iliad blog below.

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I Looked Up From My Work For A Couple Of Seconds To Watch The Kittens Play, And When I Looked Back Down

I Looked Up From My Work For A Couple Of Seconds To Watch The Kittens Play, And When I Looked Back Down

I looked up from my work for a couple of seconds to watch the kittens play, and when I looked back down this little punk was crawling over it.

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11 years ago
Day 72. I Took A Few Days Off Because I Need To Buy More Thread And Needles, An Because Of Our Minor

Day 72. I took a few days off because I need to buy more thread and needles, an because of our minor heat wave. I do not function well in heat.


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11 years ago

As you may recall when I posted about it before, Anchor have changed the dye lot for their red 19 colour. It is visibly different, and useless to me.

And it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to find the old one, and I reckon I need at least 12 more skeins.

So, here’s the deal, if you have...


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11 years ago
20 Bunnies Finished Up Over The Last 2 Days By Another Artist And Myself (the Original Squares From Which
20 Bunnies Finished Up Over The Last 2 Days By Another Artist And Myself (the Original Squares From Which

20 bunnies finished up over the last 2 days by another artist and myself (the original squares from which the bunnies were made were knitted/crocheted by a larger group of crafters). This is a small part of a far, far larger project that's in the works.


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11 years ago
This Is The Start Of The Piece For The Winner Of The Giveaway. The Road Not Taken, By Robert Frost. I

This is the start of the piece for the winner of the giveaway. The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. I spent a lot of time figuring out the exact lay out of this one. I ended up writing the pattern out four or five times, but I think I've finally figured out how I want to do it, so here we go. I also think I'm going to make quite a lot of mistakes in this one.  I've made it pretty complicated, but hopefully it will be worth it.)

Incidentally, the winner was allibys. 


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11 years ago
Stitch Play. Originally I Was Just Intending To Try Out The Thread Itself, To See What Stitches The Variegation

Stitch play. Originally I was just intending to try out the thread itself, to see what stitches the variegation would work well with, and then I just ended up playing with stitch ideas I'd had in my head for a while. Unfortunately, this thread wasn't really the best for some of the chain stitch variations, so I'll probably do those again on another sampler.


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