After almost a week of drying I was able to stand up my lamp last night. I had to cut down the bottom a bit to make it level. I still have the plastic inside to help it stay upright, I'll be taking that out by the end of the weekend. Will keep drying really slowly.

I've had 6 skeins of of Aran tweed from Briar Rose for a few months. I had a vision of this ruana in my head, really happy how it turned out.




It's made from two rectangular panels sewed together.




Cast on as many stitches as you need to reach the desired length. Mine is 116 stitches.
First row. Half double crochet (hdc) 3. *Bobble stitch hdc 10* until end of row hdc to finish.
Odd rows hdc to one stitch past the bobble, bobble - repeat
Even rows hdc to one stitch before the bobble, bobble - repeat
The bobble should cascade




Make it as wide as you want for one side. Make second panel. Sew together half way.
You could make this all one color. Alternate colors. Make stripes. Mine has two longer stripes then two shorter stripes. This would work with any weight yarn.

I've had this ready to glaze for a couple of months and just couldn't decide how to do it knowing I wouldn't have a second chance. I ended up doing speedball black wiped back with Amaco Deep Sea watered down.


I love that I can even see his fur. Miss you Boris.

There's been a lot of chatter online about making lamps recently. The pattern for this came to me while I was working and I had to create a pattern out of paper. 

The big test will be to get it upright, here's hoping it survives. It needs to be a lot drier before I try. 

This is what it will look like when it's stood up.


Top View




Side View

I've been drawing this flower design for a week. It got into my head and ever doodle seems to end up being this. So I decided to try to carve it into clay. I'm pretty happy with the results. Now have to figure out how to glaze it. 

Also a few more gnomes.




I swear they do this on their own and I don't pose them.