Wind Farm

We took advantage of the fine weather over the weekend to explore the Makara wind farm near Wellington.
Daughter  4 and Hubby and one of the huge turbines:

Daughter 4 and me :

Spectacular views of Cook Strait and the South Island and looking North up towards Kapiti Island :


I have also finished the blanket I was crocheting:

And I have warped the loom for a baby blanket to welcome a new niece to the family due in June :

Finally a big thank you to the people who bought my prints at the exhibition a couple of weeks ago that I mentioned in my last post. I sold ‘le Tour’ , ‘Woven study’ and an unframed print!
R x

A finished project and more underway

Well,  a combination of a wet couple of weeks and a cold going through the family means some projects have been finished and some have had to wait their turn.  I finished crocheting the ‘Granny Square ‘ blanket and sewed it up this weekend . A total of 19 balls of wool and at least 12 colours I think. It looks good on the couch in my lounge :

It’s great for snuggling up under by the fire !  When you crochet the resulting garment is twice the thickness of a knitted garment so it’s toasty warm.
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I have managed to spend a little time in my studio and made these two books from a couple of recycled whiskey bottle boxes.  They turned out quite well I think – I used my new ‘corner’ punch to round the corners of them . Each has about 30 pages of lined, graph and plain paper. Simple pamphlet binding.



Hubby  has already grabbed one – said he will use it for ‘tasting notes’  : )
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I also have made a new screen and have some fabric printing underway :

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And I found this book in a second hand shop and have ‘warped’ my loom again and am experimenting with ‘texture and pattern’ in some sample weaving :

I was really please to find this as the publishing date was 1980 and I don’t think it’s in print any more!

Hope you are keeping warm where ever you are.
R x

Making

I haven’t been in the studio much lately but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy . . .

A ‘before’ shot of one of the computer chairs.
And ‘after’ . . .

And a Granny Square rug in progress:

I have another 20 or so squares to go.
R x