This cute little cardigan came together quickly. It uses 3 skeins of Malabrigo Rios Worsted weight yarn. Each skein is 210 yards and I used almost all of it. Unfortunately it does not have a dye lot or a colorway and I can't remember where I picked it up.

I've been into the 3/4 length sleeves lately. In this particular case it was necessary because I definitely didn't have enough yarn for full sleeves.




For this pattern I used a 6 mm hook.
Stitches:
ch - chain
sk st
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet

Back Panel
ch 70
Row 1: dc in the 4th chain from the hook, *ch2, sk 2 st, dc, dc. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Row 2: ch 3, dc in the ch space, * ch2, 2 dc in the chain space. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Repeat row 2 until its 32 rows long (or your desired length).

Side Panels - Make 2
ch 30
Row 1: dc in the 4th chain from the hook, *ch2, sk 2 st, dc, dc. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Row 2: ch 3, dc in the ch space, * ch2, 2 dc in the chain space. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Repeat row 2 until its 32 rows long (or your desired length).






Sew together the top of the sweater and down the sides leaving 7-8 inches for the sleeve opening.

For the sleeves you're going to repeat the same pattern, but alternate directions.
Row 1: ch 3, dc in the ch space, * ch2, 2 dc in the chain space. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and sl st to join
I picked up 11 of the dc around. Repeat row 2 until you have 15 rows. For each row change directions so that you have a chain space.

Turn the cardigan inside out.
On the edge of the sleeve: Row 1: *ch 4, sc in the chain space. Repeat from * around, sc at the start.
Row 2-3: Repeat row 1.




Collar

Row 1: * ch 4, sc in the chain space. Repeat from * around, sc to end.
Row 2-5: Repeat row 1

Pockets - make 2

ch 18
Row 1: dc in the 4th chain from the hook, *ch2, sk 2 st, dc, dc. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Row 2: ch 3, dc in the ch space, * ch2, 2 dc in the chain space. Repeat from * across, ch 2 and dc in the last stitch
Rows 3-8: repeat row 2
Sew on pockets

Some fun new combos in this kiln, plus some old reliables.

I love how my little Calla Lily experiment came out. I think I want to turn this into a menorah.

The ring holders are really cute. I think my favorite are the ones with Clayscapes Coastal Blue on them.

Clayscapes Garden Green Cream on the tip	Mayco Sunkissed line down the middle Amaco Honeydo x3 Starting from the top in irregular bands Amaco Chun Plum x2 Amaco Smokey Merlot x2 Blue Rutile x2
Mayco Sunkissed line down the middle Midnight Ceramics Boxed Wine x2 Sexy Mermaid x2	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Trees and Birds: Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 Rim and Back: Amaco Snapdragon x3 Sunrise: Mayco Sunkissed, Jack o Lantern, Hot Tamale, Fruit of the Vine 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Trees and Birds: Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 Rim and Back: Amaco Snapdragon x3 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Trees and Birds: Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Trees and Birds: Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 Inside and rim: Mayco Frosted Lemon x3 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Trees and Birds: Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 Inside and Rim: Laguna Power Turquoise x3 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Clayscapes Cream Swipes Coastal Blue Dipped x2	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Left: Clayscapes Briar Rose x2 Middle: Clayscapes Briar Rose x2 Wild Aster Right: Clayscapes Wild Aster x2
Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Pluto x3

Got some new Calla Lily Candle Holders just in time for my show this weekend at Hershey Art Fest. My first time at a show in PA. It's just far enough for me to want to stay in a hotel so I don't have to get up quite so early on Saturday to drive. I'm looking forward to it and hope to see you there.

I took everything else out of the top shelf so I could analyze the damage. It was clear pretty quick that the globe and the vase were stuck together. I ended up having to tap them on the table to get them to come apart.


You can see that its just barely touching the wall on this side, not really all that bad. It could have been worse.


Side note - all the blog pages are now updated! Need to figure out how to do the glaze pages next.

My first show of the year is this weekend at Hershey Art Fest in PA. First time at this show, but I have high hopes.

This last weekend was the Maryland Sheep and Wool and as always a lot of yarn was purchased. I feel like I purchased less yarn than last year, but still it is a lot of yarn! One of my favorite yarn suppliers Briar Rose - wasn't there this year. I saw on their web site that they are taking a break as well. I do hope that nothing is seriously wrong and they will be back making their wonderful yarns soon!

I piched up yarn from many of my favorites - Miss Babs, A Hundred Ravens, Kim Dyes Yarn, Into the Whirled - as well as a few new places. New projects coming soon, just as soon as I finish winding it all.

So the globe split open. It didn't damage the kiln too much, just a little on one brick that I was able to sand down. It did also stick to the vase next to it. Going to have to figure out if I can save that one - it also ran at the bottom so refiring seems risky.

In good things I tried out running hot chowder for the first time and that came out awesome. I also tried doing some spoon rests in Obsidian with the birds that look amazing. The refire of the trees plate fixed the spots they had. Overall mostly good things.

I continue to make good progress on the blog. I've got the images fixed all the way back to the beginning of 2022 at this point. We're reaching the point where I was posting less frequently so I should be able to finish soon, especially now that I have a few weeks at home. I was basically on the road for the entire month of April. It was a lot and I am very happy to be back in my own bed every night.

Anyway, when I finish all the blog entries then I'll go through and update all the glaze pages. I'm still not entirely sure what the most efficient way will be to do those, finding all the images in the posts will be just as hard as finding them going through my pictures again. That is the next problem, the current is to fix all the blog pages and like I said I'm making headway.

Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Firebrick x3 Seaweed x2 Swirls of Spectrum Running Hot Chowder	Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sienna Speckle x2
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear
Laguna 60 Bottom - Mayco black ug wiped back 2167 clear Top - Mayco Red Gloss x2 White Gloss Dots x2 Green Apple x2	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug, Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Langern, Sun Kiss, Just Froggy, Fruit of the Vine as water colors 2167 Clear
Refire: Just added some smoke over the spots	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Spectrum Autumn Purple x2	Laguna 60 Left: Mayco Kings Blue ug wiped back Amaco Sky x3 Middle: Mayco Lavender ug wiped back Amaco Lavender x3 Right: Mayco Dusty Rose ug wiped back Amaco Cherry Blossom x3
Amaco Deep Sea x3 Snow x2	Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x2
Amaco Deep Sea x3	Amaco Obsidianx3
Mayco Lavender ug wiped back Amaco Lavender x3	Refire: didn't add any glaze just trying to fix pinholes and it just ran and still has pinholes
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug, Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Langern, Sun Kiss, Just Froggy, Fruit of the Vine as water colors 2167 Clear Inside: Amaco Sky x2 Outside top: Mayco Rootbeer x3	Amaco Emerald Falls x3