This group of apprentices is a crafty bunch. Knitting, woodcarving, sketching, sewing, felting, spinning, dyeing. Since we spend so much time living on top of each other, once one of us picks up something, the rest usually follow pretty soon. Right now I'm finally knitting myself a headband. All of the other apprentices gals have had one for a couple months, but I was late on the headband wagon.
My favorite craft is felting.
This may or may not be because it is by far the easiest learning curve. It just involves rolling some fleece and poking it with a barbed needle. Pretty much instant gratification-- I made a rotund pumpkin in about twenty minutes. Next I'm working on little elf/pixie people. They are adorable, let me tell you. It's amazing how much detail you can put on using just one tool.
Our kitchen table is covered in various projects. Right now across from me, Nellie is starting a knitting project with the yarn she dyed herself, and Chris is working on knitting his hat. A wooden whale is on my right, Stephanie's crocheted bikini is on the table next to Nellie's fingerless gloves, a greasy rag from oiling finished wooden spoon is at the far end, and the centerpiece is the foam block for felting.
Craft-o-mania!!!
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