BLOGGING AGAINST DISABLISM

As it says above I am less able person.

Normally I do not acknowledge the label "Disabled". However, as I have hit my mid fifties I have also hit what I perceive as a glass ceiling when it comes to both treatment and care from "the system".

I have found it impossible to access any physio, from our National Health Service, and eventually found private treatment.

After a great deal of angst and means testing I have finally been allocated extra hours of care.

I am a fairly intelligent articulate person, and this has been an uphill struggle.

My question is, how do less capable people access the system? Who speaks for those who are unable to speak for themselves?

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

These pictures were taken at our local Agricultural College

KEITH AND JENNY

  

REMEMBER THAT BIT OF FELT?

Well my pal Ros wanted to see the results of the experiment, so off it went to Cumbria. This came back - can you see the felt? You can learn more about Ros here.


  

THE OTHER SIDE

This is gold organza embellished on to black felt shown from the reerse side.

  

FELT

This is merino roving put through the machine with no backing. It can be worked from either side, and because there are no feed dogs the density depends on the free motion movement.


  

VERY FIRST SAMPLE

This is the very first attempt - it is the sample project that came with my machine.

  

EMBELLISHER

An Embellisher is a machine that makes felt. It enmeshes the fibres using 5 barbed needles - see the useful finger guard. The results are very intereesting, dependent upon the raw materials used.

I plan to experiment further using silk instead of roving. The first piece was merino wool embellished into calico.