It's not fiber, but it WAS cool ... we took a glass fusing or "hot glass" class at
Sundancer Stained Glass last night (thanks to a deal through Living Social!). We won't get the finished product until Friday, but this is what our pieces looked like going into the kiln:
Top row: Keara, Jen, me; bottom row: Sheila
Keara and Jen used dichrotic glass pieces and textured glass. I used colored" stringers" on a white background, and Sheila made a mosaic piece with a lot of different kinds of glass in shades of green and blue.
Patrick chose to make his piece with millefiore -- tiny glass rounds with intricate patterns.
Stay tuned until Friday to see how they all turned out after firing!
The green-dyed unknown sheep fiber has been spun into a single, which I brought yesterday to the Portland Fiber Gallery. They graciously spun it into a center-pull ball for me; next step is to ply it with itself.
My kindly fiber-genius sister helped me dye the formerly-white Merino top this pretty shade of purple. It's only 99 yards, so I'm still debating what to make of it. Probably not enough for a scarf ... but maybe a short, narrow Spring one? Stay tuned ...
Bought this bit of green sheepy loveliness at The Big Thaw craft fair last Saturday before work. I was craving color and springy things (who am I kidding? I still am!) and this caught my eye. I have no idea what kind of fiber it is, though it's almost certainly sheep of some kind. Sorta scratchy, but the color is so vibrant and wonderful, it could be steel wool for all I care. After finishing plying the Merino top this morning, I couldn't resist starting to spin a little ... the sun was shining and I still had some time before sprinting for the bus. So far, so good!
My talented sister has promised to help me dye it on Saturday (Shearing Day!), so updates will follow ...
I thought I had hidden this gigantic ball of yellow Red Heart yarn, but Taco found it last night. The trail of yarn guts goes from the kitchen to the dining room to the living room. Looks like he had some fun!
