Hats, hats, hats

All these hats are my original designs. To the right is an alpaca hat with white angora trim.

Below is a wool hat done with simple knit-purl combinations.

Entrelac!

This gray hat and the next two purple hats are wool with felted bands, knit with Lanaloft.

What a beautiful model I have!

Mohair Sweater

I bought this yarn - it was in the form of a kit - from a resale shop in Flossmoor IL that is long gone. The cover of the box that held the yarn identified it as dating back to the fifties. I do not even remember the design that the knitter was to follow, but it might have been some variation of a twin set. The main yarn is mohair and the dark brown is 100% angora. I knit from the top down just like a raglan, but rotated 45 degrees.

WIP

I think this will be a really nice sweater when I get around to finishing it. The trouble with working from the top down is that the fun part came at the beginning, and now comes the long stretch.

Finished!

Uh oh, this sweater has gone to live in Delhi with Alice. I am actually making another one, this time from the bottom up. Just for my own amusement. And because I have enough of this yarn on hand.

Pinch Pots

I might just make a whole set of dishes this way.

These pinch pots are porcelain clay with a clear glaze.

Knitted Sweater Vest

This beautiful yarn is from Spincycle Yarns in Bellingham, WA.

The stitch pattern is from Barbara Walker's 1st book,

and is called "pinnacle chevron."

Beautiful Bellingham

Ceramic Bowl(s) from a Bisque-Fired Mold

In the lower left corner is the bisque-fired mold I made out of clay; I threw it on the wheel, and then carved the design. At the top is a clay slab still drying that was formed by pressing it onto the mold. Lower right is a finished bowl, green celadon on white stoneware.

87% clay shrinkage, and that's not including how much the bisque-fired mold shrinks.

It is called Portion Control.