A while back I was in Hobby Lobby and they were having a super sale on their Eternal Bliss Yarn. I bought like a dozen skeins in Olive and Taupe. They have been in the way for like a year in my yarn room/photo booth/guest room. After my surgery I was having weird cold spells and I decided to crochet a blanket so that when I was cold it would keep me warm.

I used a 25 mm cook (it's massive) and made myself this blanket. The yarn is super soft. It's nothing more than a giant granny square and I tried to change colors on a row change. I'm really happy with how it turned out, but it totally needs to be blocked. I have nothing that will block anything this big, any ideas?

My experimental turkey is my favorite piece in this kiln. I think I need to make some more turkeys so I can play with them some more. Peacock + turkey = awesome.
I did also learn some things about doing resist on Laguna 60. My favorite glazes to use when doing the resist are the Amaco Celadons. I love how the lighter celadons look on Laguna 60, but they don't provide enough contrasts on the tan clay. In the future I will be sticking to the darker colors when I use this clay like Deep Sea, Storm, Mulberry.

Laguna 60 Mayco Light Flux W's around the rim. Dots of Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Dandelion Body and Feathers: Mix of Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, and Java Bean Eyes: Mayco Bluebeard Beak: Mayco Dandelion	Laguna 60 Mayco Light Flux W's around the rim. Dots of Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Dandelion Body: Mix of Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, and Java Bean Feathers: Amaco Oatmeal - really old slightly dried out (which is why I think it has texture I wasn't expecting, but really like) Eyes: Mayco Bluebeard Beak: Mayco Dandelion
Hat: Mayco Tuxedo Nose and Eyes: Mayco Black Designer Liner Nose: Jack o Lantern Whole thing dipped to the hat in 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Amaco Mulberry x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3	Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3
Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sea x3	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco Light flux sweeps Dipped in 2167 clear outside
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Rasberry Mist x3 Mayco Peppered Plum x2 Dipped in 2167 clear outside	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Rasberry Mist x3 Mayco Amaryllis x2 Dipped in 2167 clear outside
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Green Opal x3 Mayco Blue Hydrangea x2 Dipped in 2167 clear outside	Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sea x3 2167 clear brushed over the tree
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Birds: Mayco Hot Tamale Trees: Mayco Cotton Tail 2167 clear brushed on Amaco Snapdragon x3 on the rim and back	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Birds: Mayco Hot Tamale Trees: Mayco Cotton Tail 2167 clear brushed on Amaco Snapdragon x3 on the rim and back
Laguna 60 Spectrum Sangria x2	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Mayco Norse Blue x3 with Mayco Light flux sweeps Dipped in 2167 clear outside

Gobble, Gobble! I started glazing these turkeys and it hit me - these would be a perfect match with the peacock technique. I only had 3 so I decided to go drastic on the third one - and it's my favorite.

Snowmen are also back. They always look so uniquely individual even though they start out the same and have the same glaze colors.

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