tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765949860675134142024-03-05T16:19:02.274-05:00Annie’s Hands™After twenty plus years as a massage therapist, I retired and started to crochet. Huh. Annie's Hands still works.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-43073328455833886912018-04-01T14:54:00.002-04:002018-04-01T14:54:52.993-04:00Segmented Stuff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what Rudy and I have been up to. Segments! Segmented bowls have captured both of our imaginations, and we are having more fun than is probably legal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rudy cuts out the segments on a table saw that he has set aside for this purpose only. He glues each batch of segments into a ring, and then hands the several rings over to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stacking the rings into a bowl must be done on the lathe, so that they are centered with each other. And only one ring can be glued to the next at a time, so this part is very time consuming. Luckily, glue sets up quickly, so I can often glue two or even three rings in a session.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the glue has dried completely, it is treated like any other bowl. I turn it, sand it, and finish it. And, as you can imagine, Rudy stays ahead of me by quite a margin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little beauty is Ambrosia Maple with a Cocobolo base. Cocobolo is beautiful, but does NOT like to be glued. We won't be doing that again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a little beauty. Well, not so little, measuring 13 1/2" by 4 1/4". The little black and red thingies are <span class="Y0NH2b CLPzrc">Huayruro Seeds. I brought back a mess of them from our trip to Machu Picchu last year. They are a symbol of good luck in Peru, and you'll find them featured in lots of jewelry. Not being a jeweler, I decided to feature them in a bowl. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Y0NH2b CLPzrc">Hat tip to Brendan Stemp, who demonstrated how to set the epoxy resin into the bowl rim. Taking the concept a bit further found me setting the seeds into the rim, the base, and the center.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the new territories we are exploring is the making of urns. I made one for our doggie Sydney, and folks liked it so much that more were requested. And so more were made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is Marblewood and Apple. I'll have another finished in a couple days, and I'll show you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These three are the grandchildren of a dear friend who was once a student of mine. I've known them since before they were born. They each have been models in my classes, either as the star of the show for infant massage, or center stage along with their mother for pregnancy massage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Their mother Amy had sent me a photo of a blanket, asking me to make her that. I charted it, made it, and sent it. And the pattern for her blanket is the bottom-most row on each of the kids' blankets. It can be seen most clearly on Mitchell's blanket. The top-most bit is also the same on each, Celtic hearts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitchell pointed out that as they had each received the gift of a fleece onesie, they would surely be warm THIS Christmas eve!</span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-71177628271376825902016-04-18T15:41:00.004-04:002016-04-18T15:41:49.949-04:00Birdhouse Ornaments Revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After making some more, a word has appeared to describe my work that I would have never before used. The word is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It sort of shocked me, and even frightened me a bit when I first heard that word issue forth. But there it was. Cute. Undeniably cute. What can I say? I like the little rascals. But I refuse to put tiny little birds on the perches!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-49957862062501983532015-12-25T15:47:00.000-05:002015-12-25T15:48:15.524-05:00Birdhouse Ornaments: How To<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam Angelo, AKA Wyoming Woodturner, is a go-to source for </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">instruction and </span> inspiration. His videos have given me much over time. This little video is what got me going with birdhouse ornaments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Watch his video, and then look at what I did:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first thing I learned is to coordinate my tools. The top and bottom halves of my birdhouses didn't match up and needed to be sanded into shape. Plus, I didn't have a chuck that would hold the size pieces I was making!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This problem was solved pretty neatly by bringing Rudy's set of Forstner bits to the lathe, and trying various bits with various chuck jaws. Turns out my smallest set of jaws (I use Nova chucks) would both grab a one inch spigot, and expand into a one inch recess. Having the toolage worked out this way saved a lot of time in the changing jaws department.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been using 2" X 2" X whatever" spindle blanks, which makes a pretty good sized ornament; in fact, some people have remarked that they were surprised at how large they are. The problem with using the same size blank for both top and bottom halves of the birdhouse is that so much of the wood for the bottom half needs to be wasted in order to make it smaller in diameter than the top half. The roof of the house needs to overhang the bottom half, otherwise your little imaginary birdies get all wet! So if wasting wood is an issue (if only because of cleaning up extra shavings, not to mention the expense of the wood) try using a smaller diameter blank for the bottom half of the house. Just be sure to coordinate with your Forstner bits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut the blanks into 2"ish long chunks. This does not need to be an exact measurement. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can eyeball them, work around any flaws in the wood, and have them all come out different. </span>Or you can measure the length of your blank, divide by two inches, allow for the kerf (the amount of wood lost to the blade doing the cutting) and make them exact.Suit yourself. But whatever you do, make these cuts as perpendicular to the length of the wood as possible. I have had no luck with my band saw, and with the miter saw the bits of wood are too small for me to safely hold. I've been using the table saw, Very Carefully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take the chunks for the house half to the drill press and decide what size hole you want for the entrance of your birdhouse. It is way easier to drill this hole into a square blank than it is to try to hold a rounded one. Find the center, vertical-wise, of your blank. Drill the hole deep enough so that it goes about halfway through the blank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This brings us to the third bit of wood involved in this endeavor. The perch. Real birdhouses should not have perches. Birdies don't need them, and perches give aid to potential predators. But they are so dang cute! And nothing says "birdhouse" quite like that little stick. So figure out what you want to poke out. I use a 1/8" dowel, and played around until I found a drill bit to make a hole that would hold that dowel securely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Change bits and drill the perch hole below the house hole. Get them on center; it looks better. Mass produce them. Do all the house holes, then change bits and come back to do the perch holes. Don't have a drill press? Use whatever you have for hole-drilling, you poor sod. One note: place the house hole not too close to the end of your blank. There must be room for the roof blank tenon to nest into the house blank mortise. And now your house blank has a top and a bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Find and mark the center of each end of your little blanks. Yes, both ends. Do this with the house blanks with their house- and perch- holes, as well as with the roof blanks. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You'll thank me later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mount some jaws into a chuck that will hold whatever size blank you are using. With my Nova chuck, this means the step jaws. Into the tail stock, mount your Jacob's chuck. This is a deal breaker - you need that Jacob's chuck. Here's where you use the size Forstner bit you determined would work with what jaws you have. When mounting the house blank into the jaws, make sure the top end of the house is facing the tailstock-Jacob's chuck-Forstner bit assembly. Use the tip of the Forstner bit to help you in centering the blank in the chuck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's go back to the house blank. If you trued up the mortise end, it will be pretty easy to seat it onto the tiny jaws. For clarity's sake: the jaws go inside the mortise, in expansion mode. Once again, use the Forstner bit tip to help in centering and steadying. This is why I had you mark the center of both ends of the blank. You may thank me now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any time you reverse a piece of wood on the lathe, you find out how well you did at finding the center. Chances are, the blank will need some truing up. True up and move on. Round the rest of the blank and shape it however you like. Some folks like spindles; just take note of how far down the hollowing goes. Others like a flat bottomed approach, so the ornament can stand on a table. Burn lines or whatever embellishment you like, such as color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So much for the house end. Now mount the roof end into the jaws, with the jaws in compression mode this time. Use the Forstner bit to guide the centering process. Making a little hole in the center of the roof gives you a starter hole for mounting and hanging hardware later on. Carve your roof into shape, sand, finish, embellish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some days my brain works pretty good, and on others, it has no idea. Yesterday was one of THOSE days. An idea for a birdhouse ornament had come along, and all sorts of way to try and make this idea come to fruition were whirling around. How to make the crenelations of the castle? Band saw would be too wobbly since the blade wanders this way and that, fence notwithstanding. Scroll saw? I have little to no experience with that particular machine, but am always willing to give it a try. Before I had a chance to get all bogged down in learning a new machine, along comes Rudy, just in time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He reminded me of what I already knew but was too brain dead to remember. Table saw! You know, that nasty machine that once bit my finger. So I was content to stand back and watch as Rudy cut the crenelations for me. Then it was back to the lathe to make it all round and pretty.</span><br />
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whipped out the first batch of ornaments,<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> sold them the next day, </span>then said, Huh! How did I do
that? It seems that when I come back to a project after not having done
it for a while, much of it has to be reinvented. In this case a
couple things needed to be adjusted since parts weren't fitting
together as well as I would have liked. And I don't consider myself able
to do something well until I can teach it to someone else. And so a
protocol has been documented. I can teach this!</span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-34568202058388742002015-11-25T00:06:00.006-05:002015-11-25T00:14:53.778-05:00Annie's Hands conduct the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One thing led to another and now I am their very first artist! They are selling my swifts and Spin-Rs, and I am looking forward to turning more sorts of wooden doodads and thingies for them. Go see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Aren't they just the cutest things? Like just about everything else I make, I saw a picture somewhere of something like these, and set out to make it myself. Which means I have to figure out the chucking and the steps and design and all that. And these came out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think they are about three inches high. Having left town as soon as they were completed, the task was left to Rudy (the shop owner) to photograph them for me, and I forgot to ask him for measurements. Suffice it to say, they are itty bitty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bowl making is still da bomb, but there are many other things that can be turned on the lathe, and I am beginning to explore them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here, for example, is a bird feeder that was more an exploration in techniques than an out-and-out project. How to chuck up the various pieces, making them fit together, assembling the parts in such a way that it will contain the bird seed, dispense it, and also be easy to fill. And it worked!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since this was a discovery of protocols, one slight detail was overlooked. The roof does not overhang the seed tray. Oops. Ok, so it gets hung out of the weather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two are from the tree I think of as THAT Cherry Tree. The grain patterns and colors are simply stunning. It is quite humbling to have the task of bringing them to light in a pleasing form. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Charlotte Karges shows off the bowl she sold to someone. It's lucky I don't know who bought it, or I would be bugging them to borrow it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Charlotte owns<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Etc/303206113191564?fref=ts" target="_blank"> Etc.</a> Art Gallery, Jewelry Store, Antique Store. She displays my work, among many other treasures. Stop in and visit. Charlotte is a delight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This Black Walnut bowl is 13" X 6 1/4". It is from a tree in Avella, Ohio that was removed in order to expand an existing business there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Art Gallery - Jewelry Store - Antique Store</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wheeling, WV 26003 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are just three weeks away from the first-ever <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fpghcreativearts.com%2F">Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival,</a> and summer is flying by! We have been busy with preparations and details for the upcoming festival, organizing the raffle prizes, donations and goody bags.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks to the generosity of so many of the people and companies that have stepped forward to support this new show, we will have goody bags at the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fpghcreativearts.com%2Fadmission-tickets%2F">Friday evening reception</a> for the <strong>FIRST 150 PEOPLE.</strong></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We will also have lots of raffle prizes for which you will receive tickets. Some of what you can look forward to include: fabric bundles, charm packs, jelly rolls, buttons, beads, specialty papers, fibers, thimbles, silk ribbons, yarns, notions, handbags, jewelry, books, magazines, notepads, needles, threads, patterns, kits, greeting cards, burlap, totes, accessories and more. Wow!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At this writing, our sponsors and supporters include:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shopmartingale.com%2F" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">Martingale</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fstorefront.unitednotions.com%2FstorefrontCommerce%2F" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">moda fabrics</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.louet.com%2F" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">Louet North America</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buttons.com%2F" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">JHB Buttons</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dill-buttons.com%2F" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">Dill Buttons</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makeitcoats.com%2Fen-us" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: black;">Coats PLC</span></a></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our Grand Prize drawing, with a winner selected at the end of the day on Saturday, is a <strong>One Year Membership to TechShop Pittsburgh</strong>, in Bakery Square. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techshop.ws%2Fpittsburgh.html" target="_blank">The TechShop</a> community-based workshop and prototyping studio is on a mission to democratize access to the tools of innovation. Its seventh location, TechShop Pittsburgh, is excited to offer the Pittsburgh maker community more than 16,000 sq. ft. of workshops equipped with world-class tools and equipment, computers loaded with design software featuring the Autodesk Design Suite, hundreds of classes each month, and the support and camaraderie of a community of like-minded makers. An amazing facility! Come both days and get<strong>TWO </strong>chances to win the membership to the TechShop... a $1,395 value!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As a reminder, we will once again be a drop-off point for the Western Pennsylvania Division of the Salvation Army's <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=46645558&msgid=700017&act=TY4H&c=524158&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.use.salvationarmy.org%2Fuse%2Fwww_use_westernpennsylvania.nsf" target="_blank">Annual Fabric Fair</a>. The collections are not limited to fabric... you may also bring notions, yarns, threads and most craft-related items. There are special sections at the Fair for each category. I know many of us clean out during the summer months; I've seen lots of these items at sales this summer. This is a great way to support the Salvation Army and to feel good about donating your unused items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brouhaha is posing with three of the seven cherry logs given me by Chris' coworker. Word has gotten out about me and wood turning, and trees have been coming in from everywhere. And you would not believe the work that goes in to cutting up logs like this for turning blanks, even part way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The problem with trees is that once they are separated into log chunks and the sap stops flowing, the wood begins to split. Look at any piece of firewood that has sat around for any length of time and you will see it splitting. This is problem number one, and it is a big one. If I get a piece of tree onto the lathe and that tree has splits that I haven't dealt with, that chunk of wood is liable to fall apart and go flying off in all directions - possibly clocking my noggin in the process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So the first thing that needs to be done is to cut off anything that might have split, and to remove the very center of the tree, called the pith. Go look at that firewood again, and you will see that the splits begin at the center, at the pith. So that has to go. Then what is left can be cut up into blanks. I could chainsaw one of those cherry logs into usable chunks in the space of a day. One day, one log. So that is a day spent with the chainsaw, and NOT with the lathe. And when someone gives me a quantity of tree parts, this has to be done NOW. The longer you wait between falling the tree and cutting up the tree, the more of the wood gets thrown away. BUT, it does make for nice firewood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been blessed. I acknowledge that. Trees have been coming at me from all directions, and I now have a variety of types of wood for turning. And the leftover bits go to the firewood racks that we have all over the place. I even had to go to some auxiliary storage out behind Rudy's shop. We now have enough firewood stored to keep us warm for the next several years. And I have enough blanks cut up and sealed. I probably have more blanks than I can use in my lifetime. So it is time to say, enough. I have enough apple, maple, black walnut and cherry to last me for years. Then there's the misc. department, which is substantial. Unless you have a variety of tree that I don't have, and it is spectacular, I can't take it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But thanks.</span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-88090396088048400572014-06-11T23:52:00.000-04:002014-07-07T23:03:32.401-04:00Physically demanding<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't know what I was thinking. Could there BE a more physically demanding hobby/pastime/pursuit than wood turning? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The turning is hypnotic, with the shavings flying and the bowl taking shape before your eyes. But there is the tool to hold, in just the right way. All the voices from massage therapy training whisper in my ear, "Relax. Drop your shoulders, bend your knees. you don't need a death grip on the chisel." but it is hard work, however you tend to your body mechanics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then there's the acquisition of the wood for turning. Which means going and purchasing it (yeah, right) or getting out there with the chain saw and harvesting. I have been very blessed in this department and now have more blanks than I can probably turn in a lifetime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turning stock comes in logs and branches that I first have to schlep home to my little corner of the back yard. The shocks on my car are just about shot since there have been many occasions when the car has been stuffed from back to front, side to side, floor to ceiling with trees. These tree trunks and assorted branches then must be converted to turning blanks. With a chainsaw. Which is heavy. And there is plenty of lifting, heaving, bending, twisting, hauling, pushing and pulling involved. </span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Festival has continued to grow during all these years until now. 2014, we celebrate the tenth annual. And this time I will be vending something other than snacks and drinks for a non profit. This year, Annie's Hands will be an exhibitor! Ed and I will be there, selling yarn bowls, swifts and spinners. </span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd better get back to the shop - I got inventory to make!</span></span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-89289035130220375162013-11-11T18:30:00.000-05:002013-11-11T18:30:28.860-05:00A Craft Show - My FIRST!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="spotlight" src="https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1390522_10202269058029150_1461358999_n.jpg" style="height: 386px; width: 685px;" />Ed and Chris were the best helpers ever at our first craft show. This was at a church in Wilkinsburg, which is in Pittsburgh. We had a lot of fun and met a lot of fun people. And most fun and most surprising was that there were friends who came out to visit, having heard of the whole bowl turning adventure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And my favorite bowl (so far) was sold to a very dear friend. John, I hope you will let me come visit it sometimes.</span><img alt="" class="spotlight" src="https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1009888_10201631159122076_2031229122_n.jpg" style="height: 486px; width: 648px;" />Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-62963100994309014392013-11-11T18:19:00.002-05:002013-11-11T18:19:23.077-05:00Annie's Hands are Turning<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earmuffs are not so dreadfully important when turning, as that is a relatively quiet activity. Sanding, however, is another matter altogether. But these earmuffs are so easy on the ear I just forget to take them off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The red apron is made specifically for turning. It comes up into a turtleneck so as to keep shavings out of my shirt, and from there to my bra. Many times in my pre apron days there would be a goodly amount of shredded lumber spilled out of there. And there are pockets! My friend Anna Troxler custom made this for me, so it is all kinds of comfy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And this brings us to the grid arching over the workspace. Wood is unpredictable at best, and outright dangerous at worst. A piece that you have worked on for hours will suddenly turn on you (pun intended) and flat out explode. This happened to me once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's walnut, it's heavy, and it was seconds from being finished when it blew up. Lesson learned. LISTEN to the still small voice when it tells you to stop for the day and finish tomorrow. IGNORE ego when it insists that you can take it home to show Chris in just a few minutes more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was mid September, and it is now mid November. The swelling is gone, but there is nerve damage that may or may not resolve. You just never know with nerve damage. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The two day class on bowls whetted my appetite, so I signed up for the five day training. I showed up, and was The Only Student! Once my jaw got picked up off the floor, we got to work. In the picture I am holding my bowl gouge. I hadn't had one before the first class, so Ernie loaned me one. And boy, did I get to use it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are Rudy and Judy Fazzini. When they attended massage school many many years ago, I was among their teachers. We kept in touch over the years, and when I moved to Wheeling, our friendship kicked up a notch or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You see, Rudy has a workshop. A full on, all the bells and whistles, wood shop. And he was willing to teach me! He gave me rights to the shop, to come and go as I please, and believe me, I have taken advantage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In that shop, over in the corner, covered in junk and clutter, was a lathe. Could I maybe play with that? Sure! And a new passion is born. Annie's Hands are turning wood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since we heat our house with firewood, there is always something with which to practice. These two sticks are from a particularly nice pallet, and one of those sticks has been turned into a candlestick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Along with the lathe were some tools, and I used most of them making this. Looking back, after having taken a class and reading a lot, I don't know how I came up with this. I doubt I could do it again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First training, really, was and continues to be <a href="http://www.eddiecastelin.com/">Cap'n Eddie Castelin</a>. He posts videos on You Tube, and I eat 'em up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-76622128675671699492011-03-14T00:32:00.005-04:002011-03-14T00:42:36.543-04:00More than just a crochet hook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaUVciyu6cVMOU4DVkA4vOZgroKVcpHnxQTflARGCrT-i8INq3hmt2JnylMNNtnFSPX13wEhcpOxkGzB-xpam668Qtix8dxR4CauSc_KyO1mWUshPpAfOvY0JqsZmuMmohhi9R4pJmSPu/s1600/DSC_0176.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaUVciyu6cVMOU4DVkA4vOZgroKVcpHnxQTflARGCrT-i8INq3hmt2JnylMNNtnFSPX13wEhcpOxkGzB-xpam668Qtix8dxR4CauSc_KyO1mWUshPpAfOvY0JqsZmuMmohhi9R4pJmSPu/s320/DSC_0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583788984908183426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">It's a riddling rack! Riddling is a part of the process of making champagne. The bottles are put into a riddling rack, and whatever sediment is in the bottles comes to the cork end of the bottle. Every day or so, someone comes along and gives each bottle a shake and a twist. Finally, the cork end is frozen, the sediment is taken off the frozen end, the cork reinserted, and on with the rest of the process.<br /><br />I just thought it was a pretty cool way to store wine bottles in a house that has precious little floor space left.<br /><br />The wood on the face of it - the parts with the holes - are made from what used to be a door frame. I found that on eBay. The side panel is from wood that used to be a fence and was </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHgC44HIk_21o6XKnipauzSxNKYSCgcJ5vFTzJuiX59SJV3_74Aqncm-rQBjFUY1Ka4YhKZjtsnd_CJDLUfTFwdBggn8FradZlWvOlnfq6xyZzhV7gGNs2BjRjKfrOOl9KzhyphenhyphenJEhSs0Yp/s1600/DSC_0178.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHgC44HIk_21o6XKnipauzSxNKYSCgcJ5vFTzJuiX59SJV3_74Aqncm-rQBjFUY1Ka4YhKZjtsnd_CJDLUfTFwdBggn8FradZlWvOlnfq6xyZzhV7gGNs2BjRjKfrOOl9KzhyphenhyphenJEhSs0Yp/s320/DSC_0178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583790341691107458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">going to be burned. My buddy Rudy saved it from the fiery fate and gave me a piece of it. It is ALL oak, which matches everything else in our house.<br /><br />It hangs on the wall next to the kitchen door - handy for dinner, yet out of the way. The good people at True Value Hardware are my go-to peeps for all things hardware-ish. They helped me figure out a way to attach it to the wall. So far it has @ 15 bottles, and it is holding up nicely.<br /><br />And I don't even drink wine! That's Chris' territory.<br /></span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-58479482202513099622011-03-01T22:07:00.006-05:002011-03-01T22:28:40.514-05:00Aunt Joy<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EE_7cuHbnZNr7t3Lb3J9txtWLUqGWWnVBQovPopActIHTDYcRI4-H_p7qFcCHFkotevon46uFVxJKnmNEADvsnD9LptAfp57td0aZ-dC4Ok0onnTbib1ZDD7rfR2BK9PaaqxgqEn8QMk/s1600/Aunt+Joy+and+Ana.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EE_7cuHbnZNr7t3Lb3J9txtWLUqGWWnVBQovPopActIHTDYcRI4-H_p7qFcCHFkotevon46uFVxJKnmNEADvsnD9LptAfp57td0aZ-dC4Ok0onnTbib1ZDD7rfR2BK9PaaqxgqEn8QMk/s320/Aunt+Joy+and+Ana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579314362308876738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Please click on any photo to see it enlarged.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is my Aunt Joy and her doggie Ana. Joy is my mother's sister, and had a large part in getting me started in the world. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">When my dad died, she came to the funeral, and at that time invited Chris and me to come visit in Sugarland, Texas. We decided, on sort of short notice, to take her up on her offer. I worked furiously, but was unable to finish a blanket for her before we left. I brought it with me in the hopes that I might finish it while on vacation. Pack the hook, the yarn, find some kindergarten type blunt nose scissors, the label, needle and thread. Good idea, but I forgot one essential item. The pattern.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dward was taking care of our kitties back at the house, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EBs573LvmGRQhETfO6sOQObFyWn2quf_BMV-dw9zg3doK7w5UWXVXFZ9FZMWNTGBx-SFxvZGsg3amKFudncnD6iZq7k0f94ddw730XgZ9KSTSqQ_TPFKSJchjq55nflroYQDlFzSK7el/s1600/DSC_0167.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EBs573LvmGRQhETfO6sOQObFyWn2quf_BMV-dw9zg3doK7w5UWXVXFZ9FZMWNTGBx-SFxvZGsg3amKFudncnD6iZq7k0f94ddw730XgZ9KSTSqQ_TPFKSJchjq55nflroYQDlFzSK7el/s320/DSC_0167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316128456645218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">so I asked him to send me the file in an email. The two days I could have been crocheting non stop were the two days I spent waiting for that file</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. After it arrived, there was too much else going on, what with seeing the sights in and around Sugarland and Houston, so the blanket got finished after we got home again.<br /><br />Here's the clip art I used as a template for the dove, along with the finished product. Finding just the right font, size and position for the name was something Chris and I spent a fair amount of time working out.<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78iXMi2bKfSUMliq2dhigHuJ8E0LosoWXRZHCVvV0MWvBkBi1uKYcprMmQYz_aLsEvK9_wyQStxRLldImpC7sk-aUnS8Q6OS6giqsbrM-Qc5ArhtKyxXAod_ju57FfZn_QitgU8Zfnep6/s1600/Dove.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78iXMi2bKfSUMliq2dhigHuJ8E0LosoWXRZHCVvV0MWvBkBi1uKYcprMmQYz_aLsEvK9_wyQStxRLldImpC7sk-aUnS8Q6OS6giqsbrM-Qc5ArhtKyxXAod_ju57FfZn_QitgU8Zfnep6/s320/Dove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316889380041298" border="0" /></a></span><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qbKCBFE8_1pRk542bk-Nil_ZzDh0xhcg-wnh_sYelsXx3fkHDq2pVY6zZ2W7_gclsQq0pUze5utV4QZKG8XQcn_ZH01M7nE_Qt-KZG7ak3VUoAv76lqB0Ih0c2prVa5tb-XneuxNe61J/s1600/DSC_0168.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qbKCBFE8_1pRk542bk-Nil_ZzDh0xhcg-wnh_sYelsXx3fkHDq2pVY6zZ2W7_gclsQq0pUze5utV4QZKG8XQcn_ZH01M7nE_Qt-KZG7ak3VUoAv76lqB0Ih0c2prVa5tb-XneuxNe61J/s320/DSC_0168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579316792286241826" border="0" /></a>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376594986067513414.post-15913042641146697452010-09-19T20:23:00.006-04:002014-07-07T23:07:39.338-04:00Let's Try Something New<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qq5fWepGBZVUbA-tCXqLsRdDV7gkObzXdT8UYn2Y730quCP6vIP9SkYT3MvCJ-9yeqEFN_eQu-FONmD0dBHE6bf1W4fXus0WiBaWLgPql7yr6G41xGcq0TdslIZu1b1HEbzG6e68dV-7/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qq5fWepGBZVUbA-tCXqLsRdDV7gkObzXdT8UYn2Y730quCP6vIP9SkYT3MvCJ-9yeqEFN_eQu-FONmD0dBHE6bf1W4fXus0WiBaWLgPql7yr6G41xGcq0TdslIZu1b1HEbzG6e68dV-7/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518785255259668418" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 213px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" /></a> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TapestryCrochet/photos/album/2122278187/pic/list" style="font-family: arial;">Inspiration!</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> This guy Bob, nicknamed KnottyMale, makes some knockout stuff. Click the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TapestryCrochet/photos/album/2122278187/pic/list">link </a>and go see his work. I've admired his artistry for some time, and decided to try making a bag. A simple bag - how hard could it be?<br /><br />Ok, it's not a flat surface like a blanket or a rug, but I bet I can figure it out.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">No, once again no patterns were made. I just made an excel file for the swirly design, and off I went. It was well under way, and got ripped out again and again to correct small issues. Then I decided that if it was worth doing at all, it was worth doing well. There does not seem to be such a thing as a practice piece when it comes to crochet. With all the time I was putting in to figuring this out, I wanted to have something nice at the end of it. So it all got ripped out again, down to the first row.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">Part of the issue was the inside of the bag. Why not </span><span style="font-family: arial;">get it to look </span><span style="font-family: arial;">nice?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtaT9Q_oeg38tiFhFtjLbflObg6Dge58LVLoc_Ee-aZNQNvMkx0bqempVIaDC7hWQ9C_gyGc9FZ4D3n2uIGR_9Fydu_CqDBnLsMjdBHlYI8oOUpDAUxYe-qrc1c5pYuEQZOw_bwhl5p3g/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtaT9Q_oeg38tiFhFtjLbflObg6Dge58LVLoc_Ee-aZNQNvMkx0bqempVIaDC7hWQ9C_gyGc9FZ4D3n2uIGR_9Fydu_CqDBnLsMjdBHlYI8oOUpDAUxYe-qrc1c5pYuEQZOw_bwhl5p3g/s320/DSC_0027.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518789838009702002" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 213px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a> <span style="font-family: arial;">See the pretty row of purple stitches up </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the inside? They line up just so now.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">They don't show on the outside.<br /><br />The handle was fun. Remember, I had never done this before. I have no idea how other people put on their handles, but mine is a continuous sort of thing. The handle or strap makes a half twist from one side of the bag to the other. That way, I could make the purple line that runs through the handle. Make sure it twists at the other end where it attaches again. Then you just follow it around the rim, over the handle, around the other rim, over the handle again, etc. until it looks like it is done.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Most of my work is crocheted back loop only. In this piece, the</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EdnavtZXTKOnya8Fxd3C5zHVndX51ys-0__NzG2KG06e7P-7SJFUYyB612j3mO_t20bpFobsPlle-_DFaP5cTYzib8Qu8f17VINQRMDc3kUpMm4RHauL25i1_RsDSl4GQJp8MdKR3zqn/s1600/DSC_0030.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EdnavtZXTKOnya8Fxd3C5zHVndX51ys-0__NzG2KG06e7P-7SJFUYyB612j3mO_t20bpFobsPlle-_DFaP5cTYzib8Qu8f17VINQRMDc3kUpMm4RHauL25i1_RsDSl4GQJp8MdKR3zqn/s320/DSC_0030.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518796279919153266" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 192px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 291px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> purple, ONLY the purple of the design is worked in both loops. This was an attempt to do away with the line that appears across work done back loop only. But I failed to take into account that that dreaded line shows up better the lighter the color of yarn. So although there is no 'line' in the purple design, you don't notice it. Maybe next time the body of the piece will be darker and the design in a lighter hue.<br /><br />This is Caron One Pound Acrylic Worsted Weight, done with an I hook. It is tapestry crochet throughout, to make the fabric denser and sturdier. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It covers the carried yarn quite well, I think.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> The spiral design is from Celtic Charted Designs by Co Spinhoven.</span>Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577299092186608240noreply@blogger.com0