As you can see if you look closely at the notebook, I have started and restarted this darn thing three times now. Third time is a charm, right?
I also attended a webinar tonight featuring the new book Master Class put on by Alison Lee of Craftcast. Sounds and looks like a great book to obtain.
Tomorrow I will be working on a b-lessing shawl and this cardigan as I am on the road to LLano to look at retirement property. With a little luck, I'll be back to polymer by Sunday afternoon or Monday night and we can get this challenge rocking.
Thomas Edison is supposed to have stated he did not fail at making the light bulb thousands of times, rather he learned thousands of ways not to make a light bulb.
Day 9 has been a complete and total bust. First, hours in the studio and nothing, nothing turned out even remotely good enough to put in the oven. I learned many, many ways how not to make a cane today and generated lots of debris for natasha beads, swirl beads, lizard tails, etc.
So, I then went back to the b-lack lacy mini cardigan thinking I would complete the sleeve and at least have something to photograph. No such luck. I had made a mistake and had to start over. Not too bad. I can write about that. Then, moments ago, I found I had fobar-ed again. No sleeve. Starting over......again. So today, when all has gone terribly wrong in the creative world of Dakotah Flannery, is my BEG OFF DAY.
Wish me luck for tomorrow.
I got so caught up in television and knitting I almost went to bed without today's post. Since the gauge was correct I started the sweater today. I plan to knit the body in the round and so started with a sleeve. I have gotten 4 inches on it completed today - about 2 hours work. I set it up on the pattern photo so you can see what i am making.
So the answer the question, "can she polymer with her dominant hand in a splint?" is, yes, sort of. It just does not feel very good and I have to take breaks. But I did get 3 texture plates, each 4" x 4" made from b-ake and b-end clay. I am in a swap featuring texture and hearts so I started that task. I'm not sure these are good enough to swap so I will try more either tomorrow night or on Tuesday.
This 4" x 4" knitted lace square for gauge does not look like much for a challenge day until you know the background. It took several days of going through pattern books and magazines to find one that would work. Then trips to 6 yarn shops before I found the perfect yarn to make the thing. When completed (and I'll post a photo of the pattern photo soon) it will have a grossgrain ribbon on the inside ribbing with many snaps so that different bottoms can be attached. I am making this specifically to wear at Synergy3 this year.
On a separate note, not sure I won't have to use some of my 52 off days soon myself. Tonight, David brought in the new gallon of liquid laundry detergent and set it on the washing machine, which was in use. We heard something fall but couldn't figure out what and where until......while going to the closet for shoes, I slipped in the mess. The closet is next to the laundry room. Down I went with the entirety of my right side slamming into the door jamb. Currently we are hoping my right ulna is not fractured. We have it splinted and will see how bad it feels in the morning. Wish me luck.
So I tried, over and over to do that lovely leave tutorial and all the results were dismal. And time was running out. So I tried to use what I had and this poor excuse for polymer art is what happened. I tried to make it a petaled bead. Doesn't look like much does it? Luckily for me the word B-ad starts with a B and thus meets the parameters for the challenge. Tomorrow is a trip to the yarn store for B-lack yarn and help with the "B-obble, B-eaded dress" I am working on. We'll hit polymer again Sunday.
Today's offering is a simple and sweet little B-arrette. Not much but I didn't sleep last night and I really didn't want to go into the studio at all, so I am feeling good about posting this completed polymer item.
The background is the project which did not work (a leaf cane four photo tute on facebook by Meg Newberg). While slicing the unacceptable item to re-mix/condition I saw the stripes and decided they would make the perfect background for some flower canes.
