This is the first of the last 2 kiln loads of the year. This has some more cats, bigfoot, and a lot of santa gnomes.

I took my little crochet samples I made a few weeks ago, soaked them in starch and then let them dry for a few days. The drying definitely took longer than I thought it would.


I used bmix because I didn't want any of the grog from the 60 in the template. The lines look crisp in it and I'm hoping that translates when I press clay into it as a template.




The next step is to let these dry slowly between boards to prevent warping. Then they will get bisque fired and I can try them out for mugs.

Over the long weekend I was making a vegetarian shepherd's pie and decided that I needed some bread. I had time so I made a challah which came out sooo pretty.


It got me thinking about how could I incorporate plaiting into my pottery. I was thinking maybe this could be a bowl/basket wall. That's the best I've come up with so far. Any other ideas?

At a work dinner a few weeks ago I was talking at dinner about mugs and we came up with the idea of Alien sucking up crabs. I finally had time over the Thanksgiving holiday to start making them.

I've been wanting to make crochet templates in pottery for a while now. I made these at my last show and now I need to figure out how to make them stiff enough that they hold shape when I roll them into clay. All of these are stitches that I've used in recent sweaters.

I've been in a holey sweater mood. This doesn't look like it should be warm with how many holes it has, but its a nice fall sweater in fall colors. It was pretty simple to put together. I used this mixed woven mesh stitch from Nordic Hook. The yarn is Crumble Slumby from Kim Dyes Yarn. I used a 3.5 mm hook. It's the same stitch for 2 rectangles and the arms.