I know I make a lot of things in crochet, but this tank is the hippiest (is that a word?) I think I've ever made.
I started with this pattern for the Kanata Kerchief Tank, but I made some changes. The first change was that I had this 6 pack collection from Fiber Optic Yarns in Kashmir. I made the squares with one color inside and a different color outside. I also changed the pattern to repeating rows of puff stich, double crochet, and v stitch. I'm really happy with how it came out, but it might be too hippy for me.
Been making more mugs in 60 an Brown Bear. I still really like bmix, but also having a bit of a love affair with them as well. These are textured, but also made a bunch of blanks to play with Cricut stencils on.
These are laguna 60. The waves are made with a rolling pin from Jessica Putnam Phillips. This clay is rather groggy so I've been using my white sponge from mudtools more.
Brown Bear is really smooth like bmix. I love the way these stamps from De La Design Gifts.
So as I was sewing this together today wearing a purple shirt I made maybe a month ago I realized I made nearly the same shirt twice. The one from a month ago is a gradient that I made in two giant granny squares. This one was made in rows, but with the same stitch. Clearly I see purple yarn and think - 3 half double crochet!
Cast on any number of stitches in a multiple of 3 to desired width.
Row 1: 2 half double crochet (hdc) into the 3rd stitch from the end. *skip 2 stitches. 3 hdc. *repeat until the last stitch. 1 hdc in the last stitch
Row 2: ch 2. 2 hdc into the chain stich. *3 hdc into the last chain of the 3rd hdc below. * repeat until the last stich. 1 hdc in the last stich
Repeast row 2 until desired length
Make another identical rectangle then sew together leaving space for the neck and arms
Izzy came over about a month ago to play with some clay. She made a few cups (handbuilt and thrown!), but her prize item was this rat. I was really worried that even after a month it wasn't dry enough, but no explosions!
On Saturday we went to our first party in 2 years. It was Willow's first party ever and River's first party since she was about 6 months old. They were so very tired on Sunday.
Plates take up so much room. You can basically only put one plate on a shelf and then surround it with some small stuff. So getting plates through the kiln is a bit of a slow process.
That tray came out amazing! It's KY Brown Bear Clay with Honey Flux and Blue Rutile.
I've been making many garden stakes for my plants this year. I only usually picture one of each color, but for stuff I have multiples in the garden I made more than one as you can see on this top shelf.
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