So I Go to a Plant Sale - And I Come Back With Yarn

I can't stop buying yarn.  I usually do not need what I buy.  Yesterday I went to the Cranbrook Wildflower and Perennial sale.  They have it once a year and have a great selection of wildflowers and some native Michigan perennials.  This year a group of students had a table with some plants that can by used for natural dyes such as madder an calendula.    Of course I bought some of those.  Along with a skein of yarn that they had dyed with Marigolds.

But I also bought way too many plants.  Bought a red trilliam, two types of fern, foam flower and others.  Hopefully I will start planting them tomorrow.

Keeping Babies Warm

Finally finished the baby blankets for the twins.  Gave it to them at their Christening.  They were six months old - at least they were not grown!   Took me a while since I normally sign up for a class where I use one of their bit looms.  Couldn't get into the class so ended up waiting until my friend Chris finished a project on here loom and used that.  Thank you Chris!

Gina and the blankets

Riley and her blanket

Johnathon and his blanket

Loud Thanksgiving?

So far it has been a quiet Thanksgiving.  Watched the parade in my pajamas on TV, went for a walk and will go to friends later this afternoon.

Because I LOVE cranberries and they are traditional today, I thought I would share last weeks picture from my photo class.  Every week that a big project is not due, we turn in a "Pic of the Week" with a different theme.  Mondays theme was LOUD so I showed the start of my cranberry sauce in the blender.

Ghosts At Greenfield Village

Since it is Halloween night - thought I would post a picture I took at Greenfield Village at one of the houses decorated for Halloween Nights.  

Fake

I have still been taking photography classes for the last two years but haven't posted much from them since it was a film class and so didn't bother to digitize the prints.  But now I am back in digital.  Unfortunately I took the beginning digital over two years ago and am now in advanced and I haven't forgotten most of my little photoshop skill.

Besides the regular assignments - he has assigned us a PIC of the week.  He does a quick evaluation so you can learn from it but you get 10 points as long as you turn it in, 0 if you don't.  I was impressed with the amount of work a couple of the kids did in the class (unlike my film classes - I am the only one who seems to be older than 40 in this class).  Some are also quite talented.

The first weeks assignment was: FAKE

He thought the right side of the photo was too blown out (I agree) and I should of done a simpler background (I am not sure about that - I wanted to tie the color of the foot to the Navajo rug).

I Create and Crate

That is a line from the novel I just finished titled "An Unnecessary Woman" byRabih Alemeddine.  In the novel the women translates books and when she is finished - she boxes up the completed translations then starts another.   She is committed to the process but not the final product.

I feel like that with my weaving frequently.

The book claims: "None of this art business is of any consequence.  It is mere folly"

But still some of us must do it.

Just finished some samples for a weaving study group.

These won't be create and crate - but will be sent out to others in the study group.

Warp Finished

The painted warp that was on my new loom is now done.  Finished the third of the table runners.  For this one I took two patterns from the Laurie Autio workshop that the Michigan Weavers Guild had and combined them.  I am getting more adventurous!

I have to leave this loom for a while and weave samples on my other loom that I have promised to do.