Today and tomorrow are the last two days of the MacKenzie Childs Artisan Festival in Aurora, NY. Come out to see me if you're in the area.

These snowmen are so stinking cute!!! It really brings ceramics and crochet together really embodying The Ceramic Knot. These hats and scarves were done with the ends of yarn that are just in these giant bags in my spare bedroom. It's fun to find a use for them. I'll have to figure out more ways that I can combine ceramics and crochet in the future.

All of these will be with me this weekend September 29th-October 1st at the MacKenzie Childs Artisan Festival in Aurora, NY.



I was originally thinking that I would glue on button eyes, but after I made the hats I felt like they weren't needed. I did try to put eyes on one of them when I was glazing, but with the coils it just looked weird so I stopped.

Some really cute fall and winter things in this kiln. The snowmen aren't done - stay tuned later this week. Also a couple of refires in here. I'm getting more confident about refiring work that I'm not happy with. If the answer is toss it or try again then the only thing I'm using is some more energy. The glaze chip plate in this glaze load is totally worth the second firing.

Hat: Midnight Ceramics Sexy Mermaid x3 Spider: Amaco Cozmic Tea Dust x3 Body: Mayco Passion Flower x3 Nose: Midnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3 Touch of Mayco Tuxedo on nose Boots: Mayco Tuxedo x3	Hat: Clayscapes Garden Green x2 Spider: Amaco Cozmic Tea Dust x3 Body: Mayco Peppered Plum x3 Nose:Midnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3 Touch of Mayco Tuxedo on nose Boots: Mayco Tuxedo x3
Laguna 60 Hat: Mayco Pasison Flower x3 Body: Coyote Oasis x3 Nose: Mayco Cutie Pie Coral x3 Beard: Coyote Cotton Tail	Refire from a few weeks ago. This was a FLX plate that the colors didn't pop. So I added another layer of Amaco Smoke and then glaze chips. Love it now!
Nose: Mayco Jack o Lantern x2 2167 Clear dipped	Nose: Mayco Jack o Lantern x2 2167 Clear dipped
Laguna 60 KY Mudworks Hydra dipped Mayco Light Flux on Rim	Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sea x3	This was a refire. I tried to do Amaco Mulberry next to Mayco Tuxedo but you couldn't see the words. I added more Mulberry and some Amaco Seaweed and it covered it up
Mayco Black ug wiped back. Clayscapes Oribe dipped	Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x3
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top

I'm glazing a lot right now as I get ready for fall shows. Things will slow down soon, but many of the things in this kiln will be with me this weekend September 29th-October 1st at the MacKenzie Childs Artisan Festival in Aurora, NY. Anyone near the Finger Lakes I hope to see you there.

The snowmen at the top of the kiln are exciting, but they aren't done yet. I plan on making them hats and scarves with some leftover yarn. I can't wait to see them.

Two more Squitches peaking from the top as well. I just love them so much. There are also a lot of crabs in here because I just can't seem to make enough!

There are a lot of big things in this kiln that came out amazing. I've made another globe leaf bowl that is awesome. I had a lily pad platter that I decided to go off script on that came out amazing. I'm also really pleased with my pumpkin bowl and platter.

Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Root Beer x3 on the bark, Amaco Sky x3 inside On the leaves Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Sunkissed, Just Froggy, Fruit of the Vine watercolored with 2167 clear on top	Clayscapes Cobblestone x2 Lake blue x2 on the rim
Clayscapes Nutmeg x2	Clayscapes Nutmeg x2
Georgie's Indigo Wiped back Georgie's Zinc Free Clear on top Sides and back Amaco Deep Sea x3	Hat: not sure KY Mudworks Triton or Hydra?? Spider: Amaco Cosmic Tea Dust x4 Body: Mayco Frosted Lemon x3 Amarylis x2 Nose: Midnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3
Laguna 60 Laguna Monstera x2	Laguna 60 Laguna Monstera x2
Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x3	Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x3
Laguna 60 KY Mudworks Hydra Dipped Mayco Light flux thick on the rim	Laguna 60 Mayco Red Gloss x3, Blue Gloss x3, Green Gloss x3 Mayco White Gloss Dots thick
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco light flux sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear on top

Not a ton in this kiln because there are a few large items. I've made another leaf globe that you can see on the top that I'm super happy with. I love how these come together. They always look so cool.

I made another squiggle bowl with some leftover squiggles I had when I was making snowmen. I decided to make the colors on this one a little more muted.

This kiln also has the forbidden leaf mugs and some really large pumpkin platters that I can't way to see.

This is based on the Let it Bee Wrap from Heart, Hook, Home. However, instead of making a wrap I made a cute little cover up.


I wish I remembered what this yarn was. I've had it for years just staring at me. All I remember is that it was made with real silver in it. I had a couple of balls in my stash just laying there for a while and I decided to just figure something out. This is probably closest to a sport weight yarn and I used a 4.5 mm hook. You could easily make this with any yarn and just adjust the width and length to what you want it.

I still cast on 68 like the pattern said. I had 5 balls of the green and 4 of the silver. I did as many rows as I could with what I had off 2 balls of the green then switched to the silver. At the end with the last ball I was able to add 2 rows to each size and that still left me enough to sew it together. I ended up being able to 5 rows of green then 5 of silver ending with 2 rows of green. Make 2 identical panels. Again the exact length can vary based on your taste.




Once you have the two panels - sew it up. I wanted the neck to be fairly loose so I left a 13 inch neck and I left 7 inches for each of the sleeves. Unlike my usual patterns I didn't leave any slack on the side. This is because I wanted to finish it with a row of sc all the way around the bottom. I really like the way this turned out considering I started with no real plan :)

Some of my choices in here didn't quite pay off. I'm not sure that I'll have time to make more before the show at MacKenzie Childs at the end of the month so I'll have to go with what I've got because a couple of others turned out amazing.

Mayco Fundamentals Black Wiped back Clayscapes Oribe Poured	Mayco Fundamentals Black Wiped back Clayscapes Oribe Poured
2167 Clear	2167 Clear
2167 Clear	Clayscapes Garden Green
Laguna 60 Mayco Jack o Lantern x3	Laguna 60 Amaco Snow x3
Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x3	Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x3
Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x3	Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x3
Laguna 60 Left: Amaco Smoke x3 2167 Clear Right: Amaco Tangelo x3 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Top: Amaco Deep Sea x3 2167 Clear Bottom: Amaco Lavender x3 2167 Clear
Mayco Fundamentals Black Wiped back Clayscapes Oribe Dipped	Laguna 60 Mayco Wine About It x3 Amaco Smoke x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Mulberry x3 2167 Clear	Colors for Earth Laurel Green and Bright Violet 2167 Clear Rim and Back Mayco Lavender Mist x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Mulberry x3 Amaco Seaweed and Mayco Dark Flux on rim 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Mayco Tuxedo x3 2167 Clear Inside and rim Laguna Power Turquoise x3 Mayco Night Moth x2
Laguna 60 Amaco Lavender x3 2167 Clear Mayco Dark Flux on rim	Mayco Red Gloss, Blue Gloss, Green Gloss x3 Mayco White Gloss x2