We Were Brave!

I've cut out the whorl for my yarn bowl. We watched a YouTube video a few times, practised a few times on a rolled out scrap, went for a fortifying cuppa then did it! Not helped by Liz videoing or by us both breath holding.

On Tuesday I need to hacksaw away the rim which remains in place until the clay is bone dry. Then Liz will fire it, and we hope the whorl survives!!

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

Very creative. Are you going to paint it before you glaze it?

[JackieR]

@swillinbillyflynn the plan is to let it fully dry, gently rub away sharp bits (i've already neatened it up from this shot). My friend will fire it and then I'm going to dunk it in a blue/brown glaze and she'll fire it again and fingers crossed the glaze doesn't block the gap!! She says she has no desire to make these items to sell!!

[Taffy]

Wow -- very creative process and a good looking yarn holder.

[Susan Wakely]

Good to see your work in progress.

[katy]

Very ambitious endeavor! So looking forward to seeing the final results. I am loving your series.

[Gillian Brown]

Very clever.

[Corinne C]

It's looking great!

[Dawn]

Really taking great shape

[Monica]

It looks fabulous!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Nice

[Babs]

Nice work in progress. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Mary Siegle]

Oh, my! Good work there. Reading your description above in response to the question about paint or glaze—can’t wait to see the finished product!

[narayani]

Well done!

[JackieR]

@narayani thank you, means a lot from you x

[Kathy A]

I revise my previous comment now that I don't see the pig in this shot. Looking forward to seeing this bowl when it's finished.

[JackieR]

@kjarn pig will appear again
@mcsiegle I'm excited too
@onewing me too
@365projectorgchristine ta
@monicac hopefully it'll be nice
@Dawn one more bit to shape
@corinnec it's going to I hope
@gillian1912 my friend really is
@grammyn a lot more ambitious than I'd anticipated
@wakelys I'm hacksawing it next week
@taffy hoping it will be

[Brian]

Well done. Love your creativity bearing fruit

[wendy frost]

Wonderful work look forward to seeing the completion.

[Kathy]

Nice close up of the process. The potter who sponsored the fiber guild I belong to for a yarn bowl making session was the one who cut out this part. Can't wait to see it when it's finished.

[JackieR]

@randystreat Liz is experienced in cutting, but was keen I did it all!! Does your yarn ball work??
@wendyfrost oh me too
@briaan slowly getting there

[Kathy]

Jackie, the yarn bowl works, but I don't use it much. The bottom of mine is not particularly smooth. I roughed up a piece of sofa cushion where it sat (and slid around) a bit. I didn't want it to scratch up my floor. I should have put some felt on the bottom, but ended up finding it easier to put projects in bags so they would be more portable. A good idea that I found wasn't as handy as I thought it would be in my mind. I do have it sitting next to me on a table and it catches pieces of yarn I can use to offload stitches for trying on or moving to another part of a garment. It also has a lot of the rubber bands that used to hold my newspapers together. So it's still useful, just in another way.