Mom helped in the hauling, setting up, and making sure all the items were level. (Thank you, mom!)
MoonTree is a great studio in the county over. It is a brainchild of the sisters of the Poor Handmaidens of Jesus Christ at the Center at Donaldson, Indiana. Sisters Nancy and Mary Baird are the two wonderful, creative women in charge there. As the mission statement says, MoonTree "challenges people to experience mindfulness as they fearlessly explore the interconnectedness of art, nature, and the Spirit within."
Sister Nancy
Me, Sister Mary Baird, and Peggy Dawson
My loving husband built me that hap (shawl) blocker out of beautiful walnut wood. It did its job wonderfully as I strung up my Estonian shawl and blocked it. Nancy, Rachel and I worked to hand it in the Southern window. It mimics a stained glass window as the sun shines through it.
Sister Nancy and Rachel
He also built me two mitten mobiles. Here, Sister Nancy and Rachel are figuring out how to hang them from the huge barn beams overhead.
So, if you are available (and close enough), please come to the reception for the exhibition this Saturday, January 21st, from 1 - 3p. I hope to see you there!
Christmas was a good time last month. I tried to limit my handmade gifts in order to enjoy the season more. But, I still worked on a pair of socks for my honey.
I got this snazzy sock yarn from Steve Be's in Minneapolis, all because of the name of the color line. Ready? "These are the Droids you are looking for." Who could resist that? I even knit on it while watching the new Star Wars movie in a theatre just before Christmas.
Unfortunately, the colors ran with the first washing. :(
I also made a large collection of knitted, spinning angels for my local spin group's gift exchange.
I made 12 in all, in 10 different patterns. Each of the skirts, bodices and wings are different. It was the first time I had starched a project and it was all very fun! Each angel is spinning some camel/silk blended roving. Heavenly!
The family and I went to Chicago a couple days before Christmas. Here is our obligatory photo with the silver bean in Millennium Park. (I guess it's actually called Cloud Gate.)
The start of cold weather means the genesis of a new knitting season.
Oh, don't roll your eyes at me!
I've had a great month: teaching at the Nordic Knitting conference and a smaller conference here near home. I've taught some new knitters and I've taught some new spinners as teaching older knitters some more difficult techniques.
New knitter!
Jazz hands!
Audrey pieces together her FIRST KNITTING PROJECT. That's right: a lace, long-sleeved tunic!
I've finished up a group of Christmas presents, and a project for the Spring 2017 Love of Knitting magazine. I can't post pictures of those, yet. So... here's a hat for a friend's daughter. She is in (her first) semester at a boarding school in Vermont.
warm and snuggly, no?
Today, I hope to finish knitting the body of a vest I started six years ago. I rediscovered it about 2 weeks ago and put it in the queue. I had stalled on it after two days of knitting in November 2010, because I had a sizable mistake in the fair isle pattern measuring about one inch by two inches. I had the option of ripping out five rows, or dropping 8 stitches four rows down. Well, six years later, I chose the later. It took about one hour to correct (well, an hour and six years) and I was on my way.
It is a deep V, steeked, two-color argyle vest by Eunny Jang. The pattern is so clever! I'll have some pictures later, but first I must knit the last four rows...
