Home for a few days

I've been busy in the last two weeks.  Before my presentation last Monday, Me and dad went over to Henley to join Margie and Mel.  We had an early Christmas celebration because Mel and Chris are going to be in America for Christmas.  It was a great weekend.  Because I don't have money this year for presents, I worked in the print room in college to create a woodblock print for Mel and Chris.  This is the finished result (1/3 "Bailey & Bindi" 2008). I'll add a pic of Mel's edition soon.  The cats are Bailey and Bindi.  The print contains 10 different colours and is printed from one block of MDF 6mm that I had to cut into with woodcut scribes.  10 colours means 10 steps so it was a lot of work, but enjoyable and well worth it.  

For Margie's christmas present, I'm still working.  It's going to be three hearts with a gingham pattern.  The squares are a nightmare to cut out but once I start printing, I'll have some fun!  

Because it's very time consuming I don't expect to finish this piece until after Christmas.  So, I've already shown it to Margie.  A good thing about making prints as Christmas presents is that it means I can document the steps and results in my notebooks.  I'm delighted to say that I got my result for my research and presentation and the combined result is a B+.  I'm waiting for my essay grade on Friday to see what I'll get for Christmas!

Margie went to Vienna and brought me back lovely wool, Lana Grossa Primo and beautiful needles.  The pattern is created by the wool as you knit.  I'm knitting a pair of socks, following a Jo-jo heel sock pattern I found on the Lana Grossa website.