Hand-knitted Scarves

The scarves seen below are my first two attempts after a crash course from my wonderful mother-in-law and a month of practice pieces. The first was made with large gauge knitting needles and is not the traditional tight knit that many are accustomed to. The second one is more the traditional, but I still put a little spin on it.  The matching child's hat was done a knitting loom. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

My Lil' Tea Squirt

The ceramics room where being fired is a really GOOD thing! This has been in the making for a month and I finally finished it. For those interested in how I created it read on. If not stop now and just look at the pictures.

So here goes...4 pinch pots... 1 for the base, 1 for the stem, 2 in a potato shape for the body. Add a couple of tubes on top, a handle and shape them appropriately.  A whole hoard of handshaped strawberries partially hollowed out. A pasta maker dodad (a technical term) to make the roots. Then hours of painstaking acupuncture with the standard pointy tool, a knitting needle and a curved spear tool to carve out the ribbing. Holes made in all the applicable places. And I have a beautiful little teapot that resembles a sea squirt... I LOVE MUD!

WiP: Tea Squirt

Ceramics was not a class I took during my undergraduate work. So I am making up for it now and having a blast!  I spent 5 weeks last summer getting in touch with my inner mudbug and was able to return to it this spring for Ceramics 2.  The first project... a FUNctional piece.  I was determined to create a teapot.  So here it is in its initial form...