I love to teach, and teaching polymer clay classes are a great treat. I got to teach a two hour session at a women's drumming retreat last weekend and it was fabulous! I had created some Goddess figures and djembe blanks in advance for everyone to decorate. We also made beads. It was great, and I had such a talented bunch of women.
I'm hoping to teach a class this summer at a small store in my hometown, it should be great fun, too!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Crochet excitement
Although I have never offered any of my crocheted items for sale, many of you already know that I love to 
crochet. I've been on a quest the last year or so to learn "real crochet", rather than the self-taught one or two stitches I worked with for years. I'm actually almost reading patterns now, and have branched out into amigurumi (love it!!) and lots of beautiful cotton hats, dishcloths and towels. Recently I ran across a pattern for a pair of fingerless mitts, and being a sucker for fingerless mitts, decided to give it a try. I have made my first pair ever this weekend, followed the pattern, re-worked the pattern a bit, and am ready to start on a second pair!
A dear friend of mine passed away a few years ago, and I begged the administrator of her estate to let me have some yarn or fabric from her stash. Quite a bit of her massive collection had been ruined by a collapsed roof, but I ended up with several boxes full of fabric and yarn, and some finished and partially finished pieces. A lot of them were granny squares of all different sizes and types, and I hope someday to put them together with squares of my own into a wild crazy lap quilt.
Sunday I d
ecided to rummage in her stuff to see if I could find some new yarn for a second pair of mitts. I came across something I don't remember seeing before - a bag with several skeins and partial balls of a really pretty acrylic pink sparkly yarn. When I say pink I mean a BRIGHT DEEP WILD PINK! The photo doesn't do it justice, the sparkle is muted and it feels so soft to the touch. It's gorgeous and just my style. In the bag was also a mostly finished cloche hat. I decided it was a gift from Stu, and probably sign of her approval at all I'm doing with yarn these days. I fiddled around and think I know what size hook she was using, and (although I seem to crochet much tighter than she did) I'm blending in fairly well with what she was doing. It's almost finished, then I'll start a pair of mitts. I found a couple finished granny squares in this bag, too, so I'll use whatever is left to make more to match and form the center of my crazy lap quilt.
I'm getting ready to bring all my yarn up from the tubs in the basement, sort it, and put it into space bags. I bought some cubes, the kind that you use a vacuum to suck the air out. I intend to use up my stash of mostly acrylic yarn as quickly as I can, I have plans to make some dog/cat beds to donate to shelters. I also have a lot of cotton yarn that I'm using to make hats to donate to a couple different cancer centers. They are light and comfortable, and perfect for wearing in the summer. That's the same yarn that I make my dishcloths and such out of - Lily's Sugar 'n Cream, and some Peaches & Creme. In fact, I'm working on some washcloths and towels for my kitchen right now.
I have more projects that I have time for, especially given the new jewelry I'm working on to add to my Etsy store. Always fun!
crochet. I've been on a quest the last year or so to learn "real crochet", rather than the self-taught one or two stitches I worked with for years. I'm actually almost reading patterns now, and have branched out into amigurumi (love it!!) and lots of beautiful cotton hats, dishcloths and towels. Recently I ran across a pattern for a pair of fingerless mitts, and being a sucker for fingerless mitts, decided to give it a try. I have made my first pair ever this weekend, followed the pattern, re-worked the pattern a bit, and am ready to start on a second pair!A dear friend of mine passed away a few years ago, and I begged the administrator of her estate to let me have some yarn or fabric from her stash. Quite a bit of her massive collection had been ruined by a collapsed roof, but I ended up with several boxes full of fabric and yarn, and some finished and partially finished pieces. A lot of them were granny squares of all different sizes and types, and I hope someday to put them together with squares of my own into a wild crazy lap quilt.
Sunday I d
ecided to rummage in her stuff to see if I could find some new yarn for a second pair of mitts. I came across something I don't remember seeing before - a bag with several skeins and partial balls of a really pretty acrylic pink sparkly yarn. When I say pink I mean a BRIGHT DEEP WILD PINK! The photo doesn't do it justice, the sparkle is muted and it feels so soft to the touch. It's gorgeous and just my style. In the bag was also a mostly finished cloche hat. I decided it was a gift from Stu, and probably sign of her approval at all I'm doing with yarn these days. I fiddled around and think I know what size hook she was using, and (although I seem to crochet much tighter than she did) I'm blending in fairly well with what she was doing. It's almost finished, then I'll start a pair of mitts. I found a couple finished granny squares in this bag, too, so I'll use whatever is left to make more to match and form the center of my crazy lap quilt.I'm getting ready to bring all my yarn up from the tubs in the basement, sort it, and put it into space bags. I bought some cubes, the kind that you use a vacuum to suck the air out. I intend to use up my stash of mostly acrylic yarn as quickly as I can, I have plans to make some dog/cat beds to donate to shelters. I also have a lot of cotton yarn that I'm using to make hats to donate to a couple different cancer centers. They are light and comfortable, and perfect for wearing in the summer. That's the same yarn that I make my dishcloths and such out of - Lily's Sugar 'n Cream, and some Peaches & Creme. In fact, I'm working on some washcloths and towels for my kitchen right now.
I have more projects that I have time for, especially given the new jewelry I'm working on to add to my Etsy store. Always fun!
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