Color Techniques III Wk 4

We are back from spring break, and we were excited to start seeing finger puppets. All of them are adorable and fantastic! By the way, all fingerpuppets are absolutely due next week. After some discussion, we decided to use double-sided sticky tape to hold the puppets in place. Karen passed out a form for us to write down information and the order of our characters for the label she is making.

Babar by Louise

Narnia by Priscilla (Linda's daughter)

Hamlet by Linda

Robin Hood by Linda

The Wizard of Oz by Debi

Under the Big Top by Kelly

The Stages of a Butterfly by Teri. In her absence, her husband kindly brought them to class.

This week Linda demonstrated the duplicate stitch to use as details on our intarsia projects.

Next week we will begin Fair Isle. Please bring two colors of scrap yarn. Think about doing one of three projects that are in our packet. Linda showed us samples of these:
1. Andean folk bag (simplest).
2. Tam using either finger wt, sport wt, or worsted wt yarn (not difficult).
3. Norwegian gloves (most difficult).

Wagon Wheel Rug
We will receive a materials list for this class next week. Debi said that Grocery Outlet carries the large hula hoops. (I bought two of the largest ones after class.) The Dollar Tree near Belair has a smaller size.

Summer Retreat
Debi and Linda L. will look into setting up a summer retreat. Most of the ladies were interested in getting together during the summer for a one night (Sat/Sun) trip. Debi will find out about the house in the Bay Area and suggested having her sister cook for us since she is a professional chef. Linda L. feels the Bay Area trip will be less complicated than the So. Lake Tahoe trip.

Cartons and Liter Bottles
Linda will help her daughter teach a summer art camp for childen in Florida this summer. She is asking us to save milk/juice cartons and 1 liter soda bottles for her. They will be making recycled art projects.

Show N Tell
Debi's Shawl using the purple yarn she won on Lorna Miser's blog.

Diana is selling these beautiful felted pins. They are $14 each, but she is selling it to us for only $12. She made copies of the delicious ginger cookies for us.

Pat made this soft, delicate garter for the bride using the couple's favorite colors.

Rosemary made several baby hats using Cascade Fixation, an elastic yarn, that she bought in Crescent City.

Cynthia made a pair of short top socks.

I hope there are no sweat, tears, or giving up on completing the finger puppets this week. Keep Calm and Happy Knitting!