What an exhausting week! But it’s that good kind of exhausting, where I’ve done exactly what I love to do all day long.
Tuesday, we did the “Freeform Knit/Crochet an Underwater Scene” class. Stephanie combined elements from several pictures for the background, and crocheted a fish to live in the scene. It is a work in progress, she says. She plans to add some yellow seaweed to show the fish up a little better.
I made progress on my own crocheted underwater scene, adding a few pieces to the foreground. Charlene, another class participant, showed me how to achieve mitered corners for my binding. Hurray! It’s a very sensible technique, now that someone has explained it to me.
We knitted “Cables, Bobbles, and Braids” on Wednesday. So impressive and so easy to learn! We worked so hard, I forgot to take photos.
Thursday, we made buttons, buttons, buttons. The polymer clay buttons were favorites, of course, and everyone made a bunch. As usual, I was inspired by the color combinations that people came up with. Now I want to go home and play with clay for a few days. We also made felt buttons and needle-worked buttons. They aren’t quite as exciting as polymer, but we got some very nice-looking specimens by the end of the day.
Charles and the girls visited Sand Dunes National Monument yesterday. Charles said, “We’re going to go play in a huge sandbox with no cats around to mess it up!” They were three very sandy persons at the end of the day.