Reminder to self, Tuesday Knitting Group, Textiles and Tea

Here's a good perennial reminder 

Only a week since the election and so much has changed. But that wisdom is still there 

Today's Tuesday Knitting Group had a post mortem about the successful first crochet class on Sunday, and I've been roped in, I mean warmly invited, next Sunday to come and help. This means I need to brush up my granny squares, because that's what they're learning. 

One of today's participants was working on her crochet skills with help 

And I've finished the gloves, ready to press and ship tomorrow with the two pairs of socks.

Chat ranged over Dewali, hip replacement, football, ballet, crochet patterns, the weather, Indian food, cane skills and the relative value of hiking staffs, and more.

Then home to  Textiles and Tea celebrating its 200th program with a tapestry artist, Alex Friedman, who has studied with the best, namely Archie Brennan, the father of modern tapestry weaving. 

She had art talent all her life,  but a first job in architectural design was not to her interest.  So she switched to tapestry.  

She gradually  moved away from the linear, realistic style she started in, into more indirect expression. She uses slits,, with warp and weft pulled and manipulated for better effect. Anyway, look

This is a water color design for a tapestry. The hand you see on her work is her signature, a respectful nod to handmaking.

she references the environment, the wonders of the natural world and our obligation to care for it, and works in raw silk and wool wefts, using cotton seine warp thread.

Happy day everyone, I feel a little tapestry coming on..and if you want to put your money where your political heart is, here's a bit of help.