calendar challenge - February 2011

My February page for Calendar Challenge

 

Unlike January I managed to write every day (on the day) and I found it quite easy.

calendar challenge

foam stamp, paper flowers and end of a paintbrush dots

clingfilm

sea salt

I've prepared some more pages for the Calendar Challenge

knitting - intarsia

My N and A are finished and so is my Beginners Guide to Intarsia on The Woolly Brew website.

Hopefully I'll get some photos of the finished poem (explained here) in the next few days.  Spent time today with some of the other participants sewing it all together. 

It went better than expected - even managed to whip up a Y to fill a space!

sketchbooks

I've just found this website (Sketchbooks in School) which led me to this website (Access Art) which led me to these pages (Sketchbook Space).

"Sketchbook Space encourages the use of sketchbooks amongst informal adult learning. A development of the Sketchbooks in Schools website, the Sketchbook Space resource bank is full of ideas and tips to make sketchbook use in adults a rewarding experience."

lots of good stuff for children and adults.. whether you are teaching or learning yourself.  The Scrappy sketchbook download is quite cute, although I wouldn't print it - easier on the ink cartridge to simply collect your own scrap and decroated papers and staple together.

St Monans International Food Festival

Each year St Monans has an amazing International Food Festival.

There are many tables of different cuisines all cooked by enthusiastic amateurs.  Tables in the past have featured foods from amongst others Japan, Mexico, France, Eastern Europe, Australia...  There has also been a pudding table and last year for the first time a cake table - manned by me and Karen and featuring the culinary talents of the Tuesday night knitting group and friends.

Last year I made - Lamingtons (ok), chocolate babka (lovely!) and orange scented semolina cake (not so lovely)... but this year I am going to make these courtesy of my Beautiful Baking book...

Bara Brith

Spanish orange and almond cake

glazed mango sponge

These photos are from the Reader Digest book and not from my kitchen.... 

St Monans International Food Festival, Saturday 5th March, Church Hall, St Monans.  Tickets at the door.

giant pin cushion

Using my felted cardigan.

It measures 14 x 12cm and is 6cm tall

I think I might add a pocket on one side...

knitting - A

My second intarsia project for this.

This one is done in cotton yarn.

Although its blocking just now, I don't think the stitches are as even or the tension as tight as the N.