KnitSteph

So here is more stuff.  When I went to Gulf War over spring break, I took a class on bobbin lace. I had a blast and now I want to do more. Here are my two (very feeble) attempts at bobbin lace. Be Kind.

This is two patterns (whole cloth and I forget the other) done in pearle cotton.

This is a really bad pattern done with linen thread. I was getting tired by the time we got to this piece and then I ran out of time, so it’s not so great. The lady that taught the class has a website, Lacemaker and I hope she comes back to teach again next year. I can sure use A LOT more hands on instruction.

I did a bit of weaving while I was gone also.

Since I’ve been knitting stockings, I figured I needed garters too, so these are two garters (one for each leg). So far I’ve been tying them around my leg, but I think I want to find some small buckles and sew them on the end, maybe something like a watch buckle.

And finally, Wednesday my history class went on a field trip to Oakwood Cemetery in Tyler, Texas. We did tombstone rubbings and some investigation and we’ll summarize our findings next week when we meet again.

I took quite a few pictures, but here’s a couple of my favorites.

There’s a bunch more photos here for those that are curious.

In other news, BOTH of my computers (laptop and PC) are now dead so I’m only able to get online at my moms or at school so postings may be slow, and if I don’t get to check my email as much as I’d like. Hopefully things will be remedied before too long and I’ll be back in working order.