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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Pre-17th Century Music Instruction

The cover illustration below depicts the Guidonian Hand, one of the devices which helped early musicians sing the very complex compositions of their day.


Quilt Experiments Become Needle Cases

Wanting to make odd experiments into useful objects, I ended up with several nice, new knitting needle cases:

Outside of "lazy snakes" quilt sample

Inside of "lazy snakes" case for circular knitting needles

Outside of table runner utilizing procion-dyed samples

Needle case made from procion-dyed table runner

Large knitting needles in a case made from upholstery scraps

Buttons for Sweaters

Finished two sweaters (from yarn I dyed and spun). Button placement seemed the hardest part...