I don't know where my yarn winder is; I have one, but don't use it because I like hand-winding. However, I thought the gradient blank from last week would show better when wound in a cake. So I used some Michaels vouchers and a coupon to buy a new one, and after a few minutes of work, wound from the blank into a cake:
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Also shown, the notebook I am using to record the processes. I think of it as my lab notebook for dyeing. |
I haven't started anything with it yet; I am debating between a
dragon egg bag and a
Bohus-inspired hat. In the meantime, I took some leftovers with me on a quick overnight conference trip, and made mitts:
I finished a mindless scarf (no photo) and started another, and I've packed some balls of yarn and needles for this week's trip. Three days, three hats?
I had to frog and restart my next shawl, of the handspun I bought in Paris and an unrelated pattern (it was created for a commercial yarn) from the same shop. I put it down just after starting a pattern section, and couldn't get started again, and it was easier to frog back into the first section and restart.
I made the stitch marker from a couple bits I picked up near the Louvre in the early morning where hawkers would set up later in the day. These must have fallen off some of the tchotchkes they sold.
I've been back to the fused glass studio, making jewelry and picking up
the items I did a couple weeks ago. The jewelry uses a small kiln you can set in a microwave oven, which is much too tempting.
Above are the before and after of my original pieces. The long one, which will be a pendant, started from a leftover piece in the bin to which I added more bits. The other two are a pair of earrings. One of the instructors noted that my compulsion to design pieces that are mirrored, so they will look the same on each ear, is a sign that I am a jewelry designer.
Here are the other pieces I made, two pendants or pins, and another pair of earrings:
I'm a bit sad that the coloured stringers disappeared in the pendant, so it doesn't match the earrings as well as intended. But they all look rather pretty.
This week I was back to more traditional fused glass:
In two weeks I'll pick up those pieces, and maybe make some more jewelry. And possibly add some to the piece at the top, depending upon how it ends up looking. I am in the "open studio" phase where I pay for time and we weigh my pieces and I pay for glass. Upside is that if there is a cool piece I didn't use, I can add it to the weighing and take it home for later use. 😊