WOYWW 817 Whooshing

Hi all, I’m back for our mid-week desk share care of Sarah’s Craftshed. Here’s my art class desktop. After painting our bugs, we then had to doodle below them in the style of the artist Carne Griffiths. 

One of my classmates looked at that and said ‘Whoosh!’  so that’s what my dragonfly painting is called. 😻

Brian’s slipover was finally finished, as he models it below. 

I fell in love again with shade 22 of Hobbii winter glow when doing this crochet so I’m making myself a top from this shade. Bella’s supervising and sends you all purrs. 

I lost my 4mm crochet hook this week. I was chatting online with Noel Bryson of Henryetta’s Hooks, who’s making me another. When I told him it had slipped its leash and gone into a black hole he suggested there must be an alien somewhere, knitting itself a nice scarf. 

Hence Tiny Clanger!

The leash for my hooks is a glasses chain. 

I’m just watching Inside the Factory on BBC1 which shows how Clays, who printed my book, are printing a new edition of 20,000 copies of Pride and Prejudice. I guess mine was printed in the blink of an eye! I see the paper book of my ‘A Sense for Silver’ is only £2.51 now on Amazon so if you’re looking for a present…

A Sense for Silver: 1 (The Ellyn Boswell Paris silversmith series)
https://amzn.eu/d/6H4EBi5

On Thursday, as well as celebrating Brian’s 70th birthday, we’ll also be raising a glass to our dear friend Elie Colnat, who died in November. I’ve been organising this do, which has local friends and ex-colleagues. It’s a bit like herding cats! Brian always describes Elie as a pint-sized Pavarotti 😻

And finally …

I always liked Wile E. Coyote and have a motto from him: ‘Don’t look down!’

I’ll be back to visit after my class. 

Happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 816, dragonflies, crochet and logs

Hi all,

In contrast with last week where I didn’t show any dragonflies, here are two versions! This one was my original but I overworked the body and the wings. 

I tried to sort it out but it wasn’t working. So I started again. 

I think this one needs a teensiest bit of detail on the wings. Claire suggested I print it with net but I’m not having much luck with that so I’ll ask her at class tomorrow. 

Brian’s slipover is nearly finished. It’s already keeping Bella warm. 😻 She sends you all purrs. 

She’s a bit disgruntled today as we locked her in for our log delivery. 

All that (3 cubic metres) is now either in the log pile or in another pile out of the way of the car. 

And finally…

I’ll  be round to visit your desks care of Sarah’s craftshed when I get back from art class and lunch. 

Take care and happy WOYWW

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 815 crochet and dragonflies

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly bloghop care of Sarahscraftshed.co.uk. 

I forgot to photograph our Wednesday art class desk last week, but we were mainly doing splashy underpainting, and discussing’what next?’ 

We know all our councils are short of cash but Kent Adult Education is only interested in vocational classes now, and no repeat classes. Pensioners are not of interest at all, even though we pay for our classes. All the staff, managers and tutors, are having to reapply for their own jobs or apply for redundancy so I think we’ll be in an independent class next year. The way it’s being managed is less than ideal. 

 My dragonfly will be more interesting after this Wednesday’s class!  This is my reference photo, which I’ll be doing without the branch. 

My crochet is progressing and I’m determined to complete this without buying more balls of Winter Glow. I love doing this in Herringbone stitch. More details here, if you like: Herringbone stitch pattern

I’ve finished the back and have started on the front. I have my trusty supervisor as ever. 

Bella sends you all purrs. 

I’m doing all blue tones this time. 

And finally…

This was just a picture of a Mongolian girl that made me smile. 

(Not really 😀 we’ve had hardly any snow here. We are keeping our bird feeders full though. Does anyone know where all the birds go on the weekend of the Great British Birdwatch? I can guarantee lots of interesting birds visiting our garden every other day!)

I’ll be back to visit after my art class. 

Take care all and happy WOYWW

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

Herringbone stitch

Here are the details of the Herringbone half-treble stitch I’m using. 

This is the pattern. It’s written in US terms (our half-treble is a half-double in US terms).

I find it’s a quick and easy stitch but it’s harder to keep the edges straight. Because of that, I put in a stitch marker on the turning stitch at each end and move hem up as I go. 

I hope that’s helpful!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 😙 

WOYWW 814 A new year

Hi all, 

I hope the new year sees you happy and well. Here’s my desk, where I’m working on my colours notebook, so I can see what shades I have in every medium. I’ve yet to do the watercolour pencils and Inktense. The circles are samples of A. Gallo’s new iridescent colours, which I’m hoping to use on a new project, an insect in flight. I’ve chosen to do a dragonfly. I’m scheduling this post as I’ll be at art class on Wednesday morning. 

Collecting and curating art supplies is as much of a hobby as painting, I think! 

My Twixmas project was a crocheted waistcoat US=vest)  for me using Hobbii winter glow. I’m not sure about the way the collar lies but I’m pleased with the colour and the big pockets.  I might add some triangles in yarn to the back of the collar.

Bella sends you all purrs. This photo of her was lucky 😻

She’s less happy about the builders working outside. Our porch has a new roof and they’re doing some drainpipe and pointing, too. She’ll at least be pleased to have a porch roof that doesn’t leak again. 

And finally…

Happy WOYWW, hugs

Lynnecrafts xx