Tuesday with knitting and reading and flowers and Textiles and Tea

Tuesday is always fun, and packed.

Yesterday I did a little here goes nothing painting/drawing

Something about July makes painting and drawing happen.

And I'm reading a series of books none of whose authors I knew before they came recommended in Max Daniels' column from Modern Daily Knitting. All good so far.

Currently it's 

I don't have much interest in weddings or in bridezillas but to my surprise I absolutely had to find out how this came out. Credit also for good writing, good usage and general literacy, rarer than a person might think.  Great summer reading.

And look who showed up this morning 

Angel Eye hibiscus. This afternoon Breck emailed a request to review it. Do these guys read my blog? 

Then this afternoon the Tuesday knitting group was fun again, two new people, one returning person and all the usual suspects. 

Skilled knitter helping a novice get organized 

This is a bunny in progress. Difficult pattern.

Cotton sweater under way 

This beginning embroiderer has reawakened my inner stitcher 

Here's a total beginner, doing her first slip knot 

And here she's well under way 

Our sashiko stitcher returned with the finished work 

This is a truly superior knitter, with yet more beautiful socks and wearing a sweater she made.

It was a lovely afternoon with convo ranging over music performance, weaving, honorific titles, confidence, sewing without a pattern, travel, jetlag, tatting, conferences, textile history, thrift stores and more.

Then to the bank to yay, deposit my real estate senior refund. 

Then home to Textiles and Tea with brilliant tapestry weaver,  writer, drawloom weaver, Joanne Hall. 

Just marvel at her work.

This sky series is about Montana, the big sky state, and was commissioned for a public building there. 

It was the Montana weavers guild who sponsored this episode of T and T, very proud of her.

Making any tapestry is demanding. Making giant ones single-handed is an amazing feat. This one is in a hospital in Texas, featuring Texan wildflowers.

This was her first work on a draw loom, many years ago

This is a cartoon, the artist-created tapestry pattern that goes behind the warp threads as a guide

and here's a  tribute to her American and Swedish heritage

And a whimsical wooden shoe design.

She's such an artist, good humored and a great teacher by all accounts.

Happy day, everyone! I certainly had one.