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My Chinese Yixing Clay Tea Pet
I was drinking Chinese tea on Sunday and decided to film my tea pet spraying water. 🙂 He’s a tiny pig made out of Yixing clay.
“One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes”
I made a miniature felted rose under a glass dome! This is part two in my “Little Prince” series. The sickly sheep is here.
If you remember the book, the rose demands that the little prince place her under a glass dome every night to protect her from drafts.
I gave this to a close friend as a present 🙂
Handmade Shea Butter Hand Balm
I made an ointment for the first time! This was for my battered hands.
Ingredients: beeswax, unrefined shea butter, grape seed and pomegranate seed oil, lavender and rosewood essential oils.
I put too little beeswax and too much carrier oil so it ended being really soft. Works well except for being rather greasy so I use it before bed. Will put more beeswax and less oil next time. I don’t really like the smell of rosewood but am trying to use it up. Despite all the essential oils I put in it, the smoky, nutty smell of the shea butter was still quite strong.
Am wondering if I could use this to polish wood…
I poked it as it was setting in the refrigerator, That’s why you see a smudge..Ughh
Spunky Eclectic Falkland in the “Autumn” Colorway
Last month’s 4 oz. Falklands handpaint has finally been plied and finished! If you remember, it originally looked like this:
Spinning in progress:
This braid had a melange of colors and I tried to separate the main colors but there was some blending and muddiness because of the way it was dyed. I then chain-plied everything. This was my first attempt at chain-plying.
Three-Ply Bluefaced Leicestershire Wool Humbug Mix
My first attempt at 3-ply. The end result looks grey but it’s really a mix of light and dark wool. BFL is softer than the Romney and the Shetland I’ve been spinning earlier.
Comparison with the 2-ply Shetland. As you can see, the three-ply is rounder and thicker.
“Draw Me a Sheep” Dessine-moi un mouton
Needle-felted Sheep Bag Charm
Well, I needle-felted one but I never needle-felted an animal before so I’m afraid this sheep looks a bit…sickly…perhaps.
In honor of the famous scene from Le Petit Prince.
