At WNK, we had a very small group this week. Too much partying this week? Ahhh! Ethel and I went over some possible spin-off activities. Our art course has thus far has included sketching and painting a still life with acrylics. Now we are semi-committed to do at least a sketch a day for the next month.
Another art niche Ethel wants to get into is jewelry making, at which she is already very experienced. I want to say yes to it, but I am already involved in many things. Still, the allure is very strong…oooh, sparkly, shiny things, presh—-shhhhious….
Needless (and I mean needle-less) to say, I didn’t do much knitting this week. I made another attempt at my previous project and still ended up with the wrong number of stitches, so “rip, rip!” I watched Ethel do her new technique, sometimes called “Viking Knitting”–here’s a link with a tutorial, from abigailscraftshowto.
So, this is how Ethel combines love of knitting and love of jewelry! Gorgeous, fun to do, and something new!Oops, I almost forgot to report the actions of Deb and her achievement day girls: they “heart attacked” our cars Tuesday Night for Valentine’s Day, and left us each a heart-shaped craft basket of goodies!
Each woven paper heart basket had a ribbon for hanging, and was stuffed with cinnamon red hots, hearts and a little candy bar! Sweet!
Hummmm . . . a combination blog. I did wonder what you would come up with this week. Anyway, I enjoyed our visit and show-and-tell session.