Hearth & Home II Wk 10

It was a night for rug projects, but most of the class were working on their presidents, which are coming out very nice. Teri, Karen M, and Linda work on making the gold cords for the tags.

There are only two presidents left (Buchanan and George W. Bush) to be taken (update: Buchanan is taken). Linda mentioned that we should buy the $2.77 wooden stand at Hobby Lobby which is the middle size. Karen M. and Linda showed us how to add hair. Karen's tip is to use glue under the hair to keep it in place. She uses a glue called Unique Stitch (I think) because it dries fast and clear if you just use a dab. We also need pictures of the presidents as soon as possible so Leslie can enclose them with the letter she is writing to all the presidential libraries. Lynette called her presidential library and received a lot of good information. She also found out a lot of steamy information on Harding from classroomhelp.com that is loaded with details on the presidents.

There are only two more classes left in this session. The third session starts on March 29.

And, don't get too comfortable in your seat because starting next week we will be mixing it up in class, meeting new people.

More monsters were available to make double point needles. They went quickly.

Next Week
We will make a small sample of the Woven Woolen Rug. This is a good stash buster using a size 10.5 needle and 1-3/4 oz. of yarn.

Mermaid Class
Here is the photo of the cute mermaid that Linda will teach with PSA.

Pine Needle Basket Class
A flyer is available with the details for this class in Folsom. The date and place is mentioned in last week's blog.

Spring Break at Auburn Needle Works
On Wednesday, April 4, Linda will be at ANW to help us on the presidents. Please RSVP to let her know if you will be there, or you may miss her. We will not be in class that week for spring break.

Third Session
For the first night of the third session, 3/29, bring the following supplies if you are yarn bombing:
Chair or stool, sharp scissors, muslin or cheap solid colored fabric such as a sheet, and a tape measure.

Pat is finally done with the Golden Ratio scarf using the first 43 digits. She will be giving it as a gift this weekend.

Louise made a cute zebra pillow from one of our handouts.

Nancy is happy to have finshed her yarn caddy.

Nancy also finished her looper rug.

Claudia experimented with dying dogwood. It made this beautiful blue gray color.

Enjoy your week and knitting!