Education in Creativity

Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Matriarch and Patriarchs

i've been working on the matriarchs and patriarchs for months. I finally completed Jacob.

I got my mojo back -all of a sudden I had ambition to do things. I've had some material kicking around for over a year, and I made some aprons and curtains. I used my own imagination to design the curtains and they're not as nice as I would've liked, but they work and the apron-I found an old apron I bought years ago and copy the style from it.

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Tunic knitting project

I'm working on an eco duo project- that is the name of the wool. it has not been died. It is all natural colors. The wool is 30 % merino and 70% alpaca and is buttery soft.

Painting of Castle Huntly

I found out in 2023 that I am actually not of the Brandlin bloodline. I am of the Pugh bloodline. Then I found out that a few generations back there aren't many Pughs.(my newly found cousin told me).. The bloodline is Patterson. Which means Patrick's son in Scottish. It is a Scottish name and I have 3% Scott blood in me. I looked up the Pattersons and I found there is a lot in history about them and one Patterson acquired castle Huntley in 1776 for his wife who was a Grey because the origin of the castle was Grey. I looked online and found this castle that is now a Scottish prison that was once owned by a Patterson in 1776.

Friday, January 10, 2025

Hooded Scarf

Years ago a mysterious package came in the mail, a black hooded scarf. That was in the nineties. This year i had a skein of yarn and I

started a black hooded scarf. I had to go get a second skein at Fiber arts in the Glen. I had just enough to finish it! The pattern is on ravelry- "Sophie Hooded scarf".

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Fingerless gloves and the tubular cast off

This weekend i mastered the kitchner stitch used with the tubular cast off- first I botched the finger portion but then i conquored the thumb- thanks to Suzanne Bryan of youtube and ravelry.