learn to spin wool
Fran joined us to explain how to transform a dirty, smelly sheep fleece into a beautiful soft yarn for knitting etc. Some of us struggled to create a beautiful soft yarn, it takes some practice! But we learnt how to card, snip and pick and spin with a drop spindle as well as having a go with a full-sized spinning wheel.
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Some beautiful work by Diana and Marie-Paul
a busy week
A good papier maché session on Tuesday morning
On Thursday more painting
jeudi le 9 avril
Jan and Eric were starting new paintings today
I was painting for the Elephant Haven
Mary started another box and Anne was painting a rabbit
mardi crafts
Birgitta had made a gorgeous decoupage tray that looked like watercolour painting
and then she started a goose !
mardi et jeudi
Diana was doing some beautiful sketches of shells
On Tuesday there were trays, mats and boxes
On Thursday we had a nude, knitting, peacocks, Venice and some other lovely works in progress
jeudi le 19 mars
We had a visit from L’Université de Pays this afternoon
mardi crafts
Sue had an idea to make a mould in papier maché from an existing bronze bust. She is going to cut it in half to extract it and then stick the two sides together. This could work – watch this space.
Birgitta has finished her large papier maché bowl and her decoupage tray
Jennifer was also covering a plain tray with ‘cutlery’ napkins.
Jeanette was continuing with her cross stitch and Mary with her painted box
crochet workshop
A very lively workshop taken by Ruth Trevenian at Crochez Moi. Look out for further dates
mardi crafts and jeudi art
This week we had knitting, decoupage, papier maché, oil painting, zen tangle, abstract, cross stitch etc…
