I finished knitting the beret - yay! Sadly, as these photos show, the beret is FAR too big! Perhaps I have a tiny head? Lol!
Despite the inaccuracy with the sizing, I am very happy with the quality of the knitting. I really feel like I’ve finally mastered it. I’ll just notch this one up to experience and turn it into a cushion.
After many false starts I finally managed to master increasing and got this far but, sadly, ran out of wool, otherwise I would have got it finished today. Not very happy. I bought two 50g balls as per the instructions in the magazine, but I clearly need another. *fume*
Today, I made a pattern for the gift to our extended family’s newest addition. It’s an underwater theme that will read the new baby’s name, date of birth, weight, and length. I drew it out on graph paper.
This is not a new thing, but it’s a follow-up to the unfired plate I posted about last week:
I hate it.
Can any experienced potters out there give me a hint about some way to do this design that would not have come out a gloppy, uneven mess? Laying down a solid orange ground under the brown (except where the blue is) would have helped, I’m thinking, but how can you tell where you’ve already painted, when you’re trying to get a deep color? I’ve clearly got four layers of glaze in some places and one in others. (It only looks blotchy on the unfired photo because the last coat hadn’t yet fully dried; once it’s dry, it all looks the same.)
I’ve been obsessing over antlers and design that features them recently (as design, not taxidermy, like in ceramic or mirrored, etc.) so I thought I’d make some more patterns. The first was a mistake, but I ended up liking how it looked (doesn’t that always happen?), and the second is just repetitive. I’d love to find a better-resolution image.
cross-posted to lekkercraft.
I created some patterns out of my illustrations to be interpreted on leather bracelets. For this particular pattern, I used this illustration. See it large.
Yesterday as part of my friend Sarah’s bridal shower festivities, I went with a bunch of friends to a paint-your-own-pottery studio. I picked out a large square plate, not coincidentally of a size suitable for displaying a cake. For the design, I knew I wanted it to be very simple, but what? Well, I really like the print on the dress I was wearing, so . . .
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I was playing around with patterns today and came up with this floral Easter theme design.
This is the artwork that I will use to screen print for another Thing-a-Day challenge.
For Day 9, I will print and frame some inspirational photos for my yoga area.
I silk screened the covers of these books today, and then I put the books together. It was only my second time silk screening, so I am really happy how it turned out. Check out some more pictures of these books!
I played around with making some patterns from numbers. I picked fonts and numbers arbitrarily and worked with whatever came up first until I had pattern I liked. It just so happened that I ended up with 7, 8, and 9.
There are a few more details on my blog.
