Textiles

Fleece Navidad

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart! A warm and wooly one. Thought I’d take the little bit of downtime this weekend to share with you my last knit projects of 2020.
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Humming Along

The last two months (August and September) have blown by, and here we are over a week into October. There’s been a lot going on. We took a week off to recharge in the mountains in August. I painted my first plein air watercolor there and finished the Lily of the West—more on those momentarily.
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These are a few of my favorite things.

That’s the title of my latest completed watercolor, Favorite Things. I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I’ve been having fun using my masking fluid and entering an Alphonse Mucha inspired phase that started with revisiting Wolf Rules.
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Pardon Me, I Arted

I’m sure you’ve noticed. The boundaries of the world have changed.
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Bus Knits

It’s time for another fiber arts roundup. Today’s theme is pieces inspired by life with our Volkswagen.
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Fueling a Creative Holiday

Most years we have the opportunity to take off or greatly reduce our workloads the last two weeks of the year. We focus more internally and work through personal projects. It feels natural when we honor it, the winding down of one cycle as another begins.
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Lily Pads

As I finished up these leaf lace socks and I tried them on, my big ole feet reminded me of lily pads; so off I set to find a crochet pattern for lotus flowers. Found it on Make My Day Creative. The sock pattern was what first attracted me to the Knit Noro book, and the interesting vest constructions have got me plotting my next big yarn purchase. Mentioned in the last textile post, the socks are knit in malabrigo sock, fresco y seco. The lilies use embroidery floss, separated into 3 piece strands; a .85mm crochet hook and attach to the socks via safety pins for lots of accessory options: pin them to a hat or wear them like a brooch.
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Knit Wit

“Knit Wit,” my husband claims is his most recent term of endearment as I show off my knitwear to his grandmother. She just calls me a smart ass.
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Completion

With the wintery days, there’s been plenty of time to complete a few projects while warding off cabin fever. It’s so good to see the snow, which has drastically changed our drought map. We guesstimate we’ve seen about 5ft in the week since Valentine’s!
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So Much Creativity, So Little Time

Do you have a stack of projects in progress PLUS a mind full of all your next great works? I sure do. I’ll try to catch up here on some better photos from my last roundup, what’s done, what’s in progress or temporarily on hold, and maybe a peek into some future ideas.
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