Posted in Uncategorized, art, painting, goats, tagged goats, paintings on August 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This goat was from the fair last year, even though I have got a boatload of terrific new faces from THIS year’s fair. Why let a sweet expression go to waste? I love getting my camera home and finding I’ve captured a smile at just the right moment.
10″x10″ oil on stretched extra-deep canvas.
Posted in crafting, knitting, Uncategorized, tagged crafty, knitting, mspt on August 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I am happy with craftsy.com, I can pick out a knitting pattern AND find the right yarn to use and know I’m not buying too much or too little yarn for the project. Because I always buy too much, just in case, and I hate that.
This pattern is called Over the Sea to Sky, and it is a quick knit–like two weeks of evenings, or so. Easy, repetitive stitches, so it’s hard to make mistakes. And I love the yarn–Cloudborn pima cotton. The hand feel is just right, creating a loose and soft shawl.
Yes, the point is off-balance, so you have an extra long tail to wrap around one more time. I think this color is called “Pearl.”
I would make another of these, but in a brighter color.
Pattern and yarn found here: https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/kits/over-the-sea-to-skye-lace-shawl-knitting-kit/60879
Posted in art, dogs, painting, Uncategorized on August 17, 2017| 1 Comment »
I haven’t been showing off what I’m working on, so I’d better start doing that before people start thinking I’ve given up painting! I really am painting, but it’s either special requests or things I’m putting aside until closer to Christmas. I really should just list them as I go, right? Yeah, I will try to find time to take the photos. This summer is super busy! And I haven’t even been to the pool. How does this happen?
Didn’t she turn out beautifully? I was trying to use the technique, “scrumble,” which works really well with acrylic paints, but I found it doesn’t work so well with oils since the paints are too thin and wet and slow drying. So it took a LOT of time for the layers to dry, and then go back and add more. Also, I started out with a whole rainbow of colors in the blanket, but the reds covered up the other colors too well. Scrumbling definitely works best with acrylics, I would try this again only on a very limited basis with oils.
But I’m happy with how she turned out. 🙂
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Posted in around home, crafting, sewing, Uncategorized, tagged crafty, sewing on August 13, 2017| 2 Comments »
Daughter won a Grand Champion ribbon at the fair for her tea towel embroidery. She spent 3 days working on it, in a last-minute dash to have something to put in the fair.
Yay, she really really really wanted to win a ribbon. 🙂
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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