ugh.

I have a problem.

I keep giving people stuff before I have a chance to take pictures of it. I need to get a small, cheap, digital camera to keep in my work bag. What is the use of this blog thing if I can't post pictures of what I'm doing?

Nell's camera case

This just happened to fit her camera perfectly. And her birthday was coming up...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!

I knit.

I have been assimilated.

Resistance was futile.


Damn, Damn it to heck.


At least now I can have a greater colour choice with what I am doing. It will allow for stronger projects as well (in theory).

Plus, I learned today that I can needle felt applique on a cotton hoodie. Yea for books!

small stuff...bigger

My second bag is just a bit bigger. Same technique. To get the finer lines for outlining, I "unplied" the yarn and used single or double plies in places. The brown corner is where I demoed the technique for someone at Knitch. Oh well. I use it as a tool bag.

Small stuff

My first small bag. I wanted something that looked like a printed circutboard. This was a test of colour really. I think it will work. The lines are wool yarn, again. My first attempt at felting the seams shut as well.

The bag

This is going to be a messenger bag when I get done with it. The picture shows the front flap.

My first major project is going to be mostly applique work (at least that's what I call this) so I wanted to see how it worked on a larger scale. The base is a russian 100% wool army blanket i purchased.

The central design is supposed to be a dorje, a buddhist thunderbolt. I did it from memory, freehand, if that explains why.

Second attempt... same as the first!
The small circles on this and project one are actually small balls I felted on. I needle felted the base and then did the purple. black outline on this is black wool yarn. On the first it is actually pulled roving.

On with the project pics...

Attempt one:

I basically wanted to just get used to the material. It isn't anything specific.

Oh, well.

Well, I finally have enough roving that I had to reorganize my bag and take some out. I also removed some tools that I really don't use much now. I'll guess I'll just have to put together a demo bag or something....

Oh, shucks.

I am so put out (tee hee).


My problem is that I love this woman's roving, but you can only purchase it in a 2 oz. multi colour pack. Only ONE colour series has the red I want.

http://www.leighradford.com/wool2Cart.html

Inspiration

I have always admired the work of Leon Bakst(1866-1924), a Russian painter, costumer, and set designer. Probably most famous for his work with Ballets Russes on the set and costume design for Scherherezade, I would really like to be able to become good enough to produce some of his patterns in my work.

For examples see:

My photobucket album:

http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g215/iaymael/Leon%20Bakst/

And Fine Art Museums of San Francisco Image Base:

http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?artist=Bakst

First time

Screw gentle. Dive in headfirst, that's me!

Well, apparently this is the inaugural post of the Third Steppe from the Left.

I have to apolgize beforehand...I have never been good at this journaling thing.

But as EVERYBODY seems to do this now a days...Bandwagon!

This is mostly going to be felting projects and the odd "other" projects page. I getting sick of myspace, and most everyone I know has sort of grown out of it. SO....

Here I is.

Teehee.