The Holidays have been busy! So busy I haven’t
blogged. Although I did a lot of knitting, I did not work on any of my projects
and patterns. Instead it was a nice break to knit other people’s patterns,
mostly for holiday gifts.
The highlight was learning a new knitting skill
by participating in Fringe Association’s Log Cabin knit-along. I had not tried
log cabin knitting before and thought this was a great opportunity to jump in.
I took the Alber’s Cowl patten and altered it a bit to make an oversized
cowl/hood. And of course I had to base it on my favorite Albers in the UMFA
collection. Our collections manager at the UMFA was kind enough to model it for
me right next to the real thing (which was not on display but down in our
storage area).
I have made knitted patterns based on our art before
(see Jasmine Sidewinder) and I love this Albers Cowl. I am definitely going to
make some more based on the art that I look at and teach from every day!
Hopefully, I will be able to blog more and at least keep track of this year's goals which include getting ready for an exhibition of all my pieces from my Great Basin National Park Artist-in-Residency and creating a new collection of art pieces based on salt from Great Salt Lake. And my perpetual goal: knitting everything from my stash instead of buying yarn.
