tarn (t-shirt yarn)

Making "tarn" (yarn made from t-shirts) has been appealing to my thrifty/recycling nature for awhile now.  Tonight I finally got around to trying it.  For my tarn I used an old t-shirt that I had set aside to make into rags.  I cut the shirt into one long 3/4" wide spiraling strip.  The resulting tarn ending up being about a super bulky weight. 

 I tried both knitting and crocheting a sample with the tarn.  I personally didn't care to knit with it.  Crocheting was much more pleasant.  It worked up very thick.  I thought it might make a cute chunky bracelet but I didn't care for the one I made.  Rugs are about the only thing I can realistically see making from it.

landscape number 2

 Landscape number 2 - only 198 more to go.    This watercolor painting was inspired by a recent trip to Gaylord, Michigan.  It isn't quite finished yet.  I'm not sure what it needs so I will just put it aside for now.

acrylic painting no. 1 - finished

Finished up the acrylic painting I started a few days ago.  At least I think it is finished.  I am going to leave it sit for a few weeks before I decide if it needs more work.  It is not quite what I has envisioned, but I need to be able to look at it without that in mind to really decide if I like how it turned out.

Sock knitting

Another sock knitting Sunday.  I have almost finished the lace & cable socks, just about 1 or 2 more inches to go on the cuffs.  I have also started a new pair - toe-up circle socks.

Acrylic painting no 1 continued

Continued working on the acrylic painting that I started yesterday.  I decided to stick with the collaged bird theme.  It still has a ways to go.

 I probably won't have a chance to post anything tomorrow.  I have a wedding to go to.  My niece is getting married :)

acrylic painting 1

This is the rough beginning of a new acrylic painting (20"x24").  I'm thinking it will be somewhat similar to the bird painting I did about a week ago.  However, I don't pre-plan these acrylic collage paintings so it may end up very different than the bird one.

landscape number 1

 Did some plein air painting with my brother over the weekend.  I painted a couple of watercolors of the old pine tree by my uncle's cabin.  I can't say I am happy with where I'm at with my landscape painting.  Inspired by a conversation I had with my brother I've decided to paint 200 landscapes.   He read somewhere that it takes about 200 paintings to find your own unique style.  Sounds reasonable to me, it took about that many figure paintings before I was happy with my "style".

landscape 1a & 1b