I spent the afternoon working on horn carving, the "practice horn" I had already written "Odin - Thor - Frey" in runes on. Today I carved out a norse-ified boar picture, and while it's not art it's so much better than I expected that I'm absolutely thrilled.

Now to figure out what to use to paint it so that the carved areas show up.

On a positive note, we came back with a flexi-shaft for the dremel, so hopefully from now on I can carve horns withoug taking gouges out of my hand when I drop the heavy thing!

So obviously I need to practice this, but late last night I got out the dremel and set to work on one of our drinking horns (one with a crack but fairly thick). Wow, that's fun! I just wrote "Odin Thor Frey" in runes, but it looks pretty cool. Rustic but cool :).

Well, I've gotten a start. Not only have I gotten a start, I (think that I) understand what I am doing. Cut the yarn, threaded the cards...and, and, AND! I warped the loom. That was the part I didn't think I'd get. The directions suck. But Dan did it a month or so ago and he had some suggestions for interpreting them ( Read more... )

Okay, latest report on the papier mache experiment--my thought is that this stuff is great for wearables, possibly not so great for display pieces. (Although I made a thicker version and we'll see whether that one is firmer.) I'm also thinking that the girls' papier mache masks might not be ready to paint tomorrow ( Read more... )

Dan put up my altar to Dionysos today--it's still empty, but looks good anyway. I'm so pleased to have it up ( Read more... )

... because I've been sick all day, and am hoping it's not an oncoming flu :P. I suppose it could be something I ate. (We do have all that Halloween candy around ( Read more... )

We're finally getting some fall color; it's a bit muted compared to some years, but still lovely ( Read more... )

I have had no cause to decide otherwise on the point that the best yarn in the world is Berrocco (sp?) Cotton Twist Colors. It is still awesome stuff. I'm using a blend of colors called "Lingonberry" to make a cloth for the heathen altar, gorgeous mauve-to-deep-blue.

Still can't knit anything but rectangles, but that's cool too.

...when I spend time doing hand needlework, I'm back to knitting altar cloths.

Have I mentioned that Berroco Cotton Twist Colors is the best yarn in the world, and that I want it in all available colors? (Happy sigh. :))