Here is the beginning of a Morel out of Walnut. I first turned the wood block on my lathe until the desired shape. I then marked the mushroom cap with pencil and marker marks for the design pattern. I then used my Craftsman mini drill and burrowed the holey design. Walnut is so messy. I am now covered in wood chips.
So why make mushrooms? Well to swap of course! Thanks to KnitSonya a group of us crafters will hand make 5 mushrooms to swap with eachother. Sounds awesome right, how could I pass this opportunity! Super fun!!! I will keep you posted on my progress! I love Knitsonya!!! Also - my current knitting project is her OWL design. Too cute to be true. To see more hand made mushrooms check out the group's flickr site.
In other news:
A Verb for Keeping Warm has TWO NEW sock patterns for sale - designed by Marlowe Crawford. 
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Making Mushrooms for the SWAP and NEW Sock Patterns!
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3 comments:
Oh my god. You and your morel. So amazing. You love me? I love you!
That looks so good!
If it were me, I'd sweep up all that nice walnut sawdust and boil it up to see if I could get some sort of dye out of it!
I wish I could be down there trading mushies with ya'all.
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