still plugging away...

where to begin? first with the "icing on the cake" hardanger
embroidery piece. i got caught up on the homework and have
all the kloster stitches and the ship motifs done. at the last class
we learned how to make eyelets and the buttonhole stitch.
now i have a lot more homework. i am pleased with how it is coming along. the next class we will be cutting the threads in the squares at each point of the piece which will be very exciting!
i have also been working on the "bookworm vest" and have finished
knitting the two fronts and am almost finished the back. i'll post a picture when the back is done.
i had a great pottery class last friday unlike the previous class the week before. the previous class was a disaster! i tried to learn a new technique for the initial opening of a plate. my mind knew what had to be done but my hands did not respond well at all. i ended up with two rather small plates and a bowl instead of the larger plates i was trying to form. well the class last friday proved that determination to "get it right" can produce the desired results. i was able, with guidance from suzanne, to throw a lovely large dinner plate! i also got the plates and bowl from last week trimmed ready for the bisque kiln. all in all a very good class.
i have been spinning up the last of the first batch of the aldo/polworth blend. i'm not sure yet what i will ply it with as i am quite distracted by all the other projects on the go at the moment. i will take some time this week to spin and think about projects for what i am spinning up. this will help to decide what to ply together to come up with the yarn desired for the new projects i will be knitting. so much to do! so little time!