Starting a crocheting project |
Crocheted lace trim and embroidered initial K |
Sewing the cuff of my blouse |
My very first quilting project |
My thimbles |
Vocabulary
spare time (idiom) -- free time
hobbies (noun) -- interesting and creative things to do when you are not working
embroidery (noun) -- creating pictures, words and so on with a needle and thread
needle (noun) -- a sharp, pointy metal object for sewing
thread (noun) -- a long piece of cotton, nylon, wool, or silk used for sewing
thimble (noun) -- a small metal cap that protects your finger when you sew
in pursuit of (prepositional phrase) -- in order to, for this purpose
Royal School of Needlework (proper noun) -- a special school for learning about embroidery
London (proper noun) -- the capital of Great Britain
crocheting (noun) [crochet-verb] -- making something with a hook and yarn
Our Anju with her crocheted yellow blankie |
1. When sewing or doing ___________, I need a ___________, __________, and ___________.
2. I like when I am not working. In my _________ _________, I can practice my ____________ for fun and to create new things.
3. When I lived in _____________, I attended the __________ ___________ ___ ___________ to learn about working with gold threads.
4. In __________ of improving my ______________ , I make small cat blankets.
Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns
Some of the nouns in the entry are common nouns and others are proper nouns. Common nouns are written in lower case letters, whereas proper nouns are in upper case. Write five sentences in which you use both a common noun and a proper noun, Be sure to use the correct capitalization. For example, in the following sentence, you should capitalize the city Paris and the first word of the sentence: my sister lived in paris for a year. -- My sister lived in Paris for a year.