HRH-Delirium

No, I didn't make a typo. Many (most?) knitters and crocheters are aware of Ravelry. It's a forum/pattern database/hub for those of us who like to play with sticks and string. This also includes weavers and yarn spinners and every year during the Tour de France spinners can participate in the Tour de Fleece. Not strictly a competition, it's an opportunity to chat, learn and show off your yarn creation skills. I've missed the last couple of years but was encouraged to join in again this year and considering how large my stash of spinnable fibre is, it was about time I started to use it. It's only day one so there isn't much to show but I expec

No new drawing today but that's because my crochet mojo has returned to me!!!! Today's pictures are of the work I've been doing in the last couple of days. It's part of a club by Jane Crowfoot who is a wonderful designer. It runs for 6 months. You get the yarn as part of the club and then every month you get a new set of patterns (Feb-Jul). I am 3 months behind but given my year so far, I'm just glad to get anything done. You can see the completed pieces from the February and March patterns in the other photos I posted. Jane Crowfoot has been heavily influenced this year by Persian rugs and accompanying art (last year it was Victorian styles,

I think I love the quality and vibrancy of Derwent's Inktense watercolour pencils. I only have 5 so I can't be sure yet. I'll have to get more to be certain... ;) I've been practicing/playing with using watercolours over the last few days on smaller pieces than the first one. 'Watercolour Ensemble 1' and Watercolour Ensemble 2' are the pencil sketches I did last week. I photocopied the sketches,  traced over the photocopy with a black fineliner pen (Staedtler Triplus), then photocopied that onto sketchpad paper. A fussy process but it means I can reuse the original over and over again without losing the sketches. Yes, I could draw the again