The trees were perfect, although I wanted them to be a bit more green so I'll be adding a little more glaze to those that haven't gone through the kiln yet. The giant mushroom was from my class back in May and it finally worked out that it fit. It's just so tall, I'd get to the last shelf and it would miss by like 1/4 of an inch the last few times.

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This weekend 10/19 and 10/20 is the Havre de Grace Art Show. I was there two years ago and it was a great two days with spectacular views. I'm looking forward to it again this year and hoping for good weather.

I've been busy making and glazing to get ready for all of these shows. This kiln has the first of the Christmas Trees. I always breathe a big sigh of relief when they come through the kiln. The trees are so fragile until they're glazed. Well, they probably aren't as fragile as I think they are after bisque, but I still worry about knocking leaves off.

I think I've finally gotten the kinks out of the kinks making my globes. I've been extra careful with the joins.

It's not visible here, but this is the first of several kilns of a whole lot of crabs. I made a whole lot of crab things (and I'm still worried it's not enough).

This is my second poncho made with a Fusion 1000 kit from Cat Mountain Fiber Arts. These come as a kit with 10 different yarns of a similar color but different textures. This one is blacks and greys and I used almost all of it.

I wanted something that would match a lot of things, but that I could also wear at work.

This pattern uses a 5 mm hook.

Stitches:

ch - chain
sl st - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
bobble - yarn over, pull up, yarn over, pull up, yarn over, pull up, pull through all the chains
inc stitch - whatever stitch you're doing two in the first inc, ch 2, two in the second inc




I started with the softest yarn because that's what I would want on my neck.
Chain 30 and sl st to join making sure you haven't twisted the chain.
Mark 15 stitches apart.
Row 1: ch 3, dc until your first stitch marker, in the same stitch (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc), hdc to the second stich marker, in the same stitch (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc), hdc until the end and sl st to join
Row 2: ch 3, sk st, *bobble, ch 2, sk st. In the increase stitch do hdc not bobbles. Repeat from * all the way around, sl st to join.
Row 3: ch 3, 2 dc in the chain space. In the inc stitch do your dc. Sl st to join.
Row 4: ch 2, hdc all the way around except your inc stitchs. Sl st to join
Row 5: ch 2, hdc, ch all the way around except your inc stitchs. Sl st to join
Row 6: ch 2, , hdc all the way around except your inc stitchs. Sl st to join
Repeat rows 1-6. For the first yarn I made sure to save some because I wanted to go back and do the collar so I only did 5 rounds before I switched. For all the other skeins, I used them until they were gone and then just wove in the next yarn. I didn't worry about only doing it on a new row.
For the arm openings I went with row 18. You might want do to it earlier or later depending on how where it feels comfortable for you. I decided which side I wanted to be the front and then experimented with where the arm holes should go. They ended up much wider than I thought, but that was where it was most comfortable. I had the arm holes start 19 inches from the inc, including the inc stitches but not the chains - mark it. Then I counted 12 stitches inward and mark that.

When you get to the first marker chain 14 stitches loosely then join at the second marker with whatever stitch you are on. Do the same for the second arm hole. In the next row treat the chain stitches as if they are normal stitches for the row.

Boarder: Save the last skein for the boarder. I ended on a hdc ch row and I think that made for a nice alignment with the boarder. Boarder row 1: ch 6 (counts as a dc and 3 ch), sk a chain space, *3 dc in the same chain space, ch 3, dc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *. Sl st to join. It worked out perfectly for me to do 3 dc in the inc stitch so I went with that.
Boarder row 2: ch 4 (counts as sc and 3 ch), *in the second dc stitch (2 dc in the same stitch then ch 6 then sc in the 4th chain, ch 3 then 2 dc in the same stitch), ch 3, sc in the next dc stitch, ch 3. Repeat from * around sl st to join.







I had just enough of the boarder yarn left to add a row of hdc around the sleeves. No particular reason other than asthetics. I also added a button on each one to be able to close it.

The last thing to do is add your collar. I had enough yarn for 4 rows. For the first 3 I did hdc skipping a stitch every 10 stitches to decrease it a bit. The last row I did hdc then chain.