Today you get a snap of Seashell in portrait mode. Yes, I followed the chickens around the run. Yes, I aimed my phone along their back and waited for them to look at me in askance. My chickens are very calm and put up with my shenanigans. Mostly.
Seashell is definitely not show worthy, nor should she ever be part of a breeding program, but she is my healthiest and best groomed hen. I like her color too, even though it is non-standard.
I think this, with some composition tweaks, could make a nice painting/drawing/still life. Such a happy cat in her basket, and it is her basket. One of the tweaks in arrangement would be to have her laying on combed fiber. Naughty kitty. But content.
Maybe some lighting and POV adjustments. The background would definitely need different elements. Hm. Sticking this one in my “potential” list.
I finished my spun mohair fiber page. This mohair is from Rutabaga the Angora goat and is from her first shearing.
I did a knitting swatch in stockinette stitch with a garter stitch border, crochet round, a minute weaver, and a nålbound swatch.
This might be a little whisky.
For my fiber book, I made a nålbinding swatch with hand spun mohair. The thing I love about nålbinding is the ability to cut it. Nålbinding is usually worked in the round, and each loop is connected to the next as well as to the row below. This makes it possible to cut the fabric vertically or horizontally and still have interlocked rows.
When nålbinding is cut, there are portions of loops that can be removed. I left the side edges raw, but removed the loose pieces along the top. This is going to be mounted on a page in a book, so won’t see too much wear and tear. It will still be interesting to see how it fares over the years.
Critters and Craft 