Great Tuesday, all fiber all the time, and other things

Gary is going away for a couple of weeks, so he entrusted this anthurium plant to me, no pressure there..Someone else is watering his houseful. 

And I have another mystery plant suddenly showing up. 

The leaf is a bit geranium like. What do you think? This is what happens when you strew seeds in a carefree way then months later find puzzles growing.

Before I went to the Tuesday Knitting Group, I was overcome by the need to do this project. Including finding the materials, 15 minutes start to finish of doing, then  left it to dry while I was out.

Nice random speckly design. The spaces where the straws and spaghetti were suggest trees.

Speaking of sudden ideas, I just discovered lumra work, hooking roving through canvas. Thinking about a little mat for my feet at the sofa.. 

The knitting group was lovely, beginner knitter soldiering through a lacy pattern, experienced knitter helping her,  beginning crocheter continuing her first chain, now with her own hook and yarn, and signing up for the classes another member is teaching.

Shawl needing minor repair, done by another participant 

Who is knitting a hat for her mother, and a matching cowl.

Chat ranged over plumbing excitement, playing with babies, Aida,  movie locations, The Sound of Music, aging parents, local memorabilia, Elsie the Borden Cow, local resident, Elsie was her stage name, buried here, upcoming singing recital, stitch markers and Rhinebeck.

Then home to Textiles and Tea, which presented a brilliant young fiber artist,

who incorporates her Indian heritage and materials, including her grandmother's saris, into her work. 

She interprets Indian culture and tradition, the male gaze brought by colonial rule --when women began to wear a blouse with the sari-- the expectations in earlier generations about widowhood, in amazing dyed, spun, crocheted and woven enormous installations. 

Her work is powerful and she'll be an artist to follow, still so young but so wise and intuitive.

Happy day, everyone, this was another cool Tues.

Trying to keep my election nerves in place. This too shall pass.