Sheila Pepe

Wow, hearing Sheila Pepe talk about her art and her journey was completely invigorating along with seeing old art friends and professors. All I want to is make art and discuss my experience with my students. I am too excited to sleep, I feel like I have met my twin expect older, from a different home and a different sexual orientation. I love the composition and form of the modernist but also self-expression and the special change of installation art. It was so wonderful to hear that art dose not have an intention and I always felt that I was missing something or dumb because I make art to learn, heal and live. I also loved the fact that she did not explain her piece with normal bull that I have a feeling most artist talk about. It is up to the viewer to interoperate why should the artist preconceptions get in the way. When I first saw her the notices and postcards I thought it braids and noted string, in the lecture I was crocheting some random piece just to keep my hands busy and my mind focused. As she was talking and shoeing her pieces, my own crochet was getting lacier. I was really great to see instant inspiration translated into my art. My first semester of collage here at Wayne I wrote a theory of that Detroit has many parallels to New York when it became the world art center and that Detroit could easily become the next art hot bed. To hear that out of someone else’s mouth made me so happy because I have heard some many people “say keep dreaming” or giving this look of you nuts lady. At the moment I cannot express how she has influence my work and me. It is all fresh the information as to sit and ferment into something that I can express with worlds.


I started student teaching and the kids are great. Elementary is sill not my cup of tea but this week has been great.

I am finishing my BFA in fibers. When I told my fibers professor he was very excited. ^^ ha

All in all a good day

Tomorrow, I have teaching, getting finger printed for teaching in MI, Greens and the dollar store for art supplies and I am going to Sheila opening

Tubey Head Hat Pattern

Tubey Head Hat

Yarn- bulky thick and thin hand spun merino yarn or any bulky weight yarn
Note- choose a yarn that has memory, and is light, otherwise you tubes will drupe
Needles – US 10 ½ double point needles, and straights/ circulars and a size K crochet hook
Gauge- 3sts per inch or 9 w.p.i.
Notions- stitch markers, 2 stitch holders

Hat is made for a 22-inch head

Earflaps Make 2 Knit Flat Knit St st
Cast on 3sts
All odd rows knit straight
All even rows increase one alternating at the beginning or the end of the row
Row 2- make 1 (knit front and back) purl to the end
Row 3- knit
Row 4- purl 3, make 1
Increase until 10 stitches
Knit St st until the flap measures 5inches
Last row increase every 2 sts.
14 sts total

Hat body knit in the round using double pointed needles
Note- When using the double point needles distribute evenly on needles
CO 7 st
Knit one flap on
CO 24 st
Knit second flap on
CO 7 st
Put on a stitch marker
Knit in a round St st for 2 in
Dec 1 every 10 sts
K 2 rows
K 8 put 9 st on holder Co 11 st behind stitch holder K 25 put 9 st on holder Co 11 st behind stitch holder K 10- the holder sts will become the tubeys
Dec1 every 6 st
K 1 row
Dec 1, K 16, Dec 1, K 18, Dec 1, K 14, Dec 1 (Dec 4 sts)
K 1 row
Dec 1, K10, Dec 1, K 12, Dec 1, K 12, Dec 1, K 8, Dec 1(Dec 5)
K 1 row
Dec 1, K14, Dec 1, K 16, Dec 1, K 9, Dec 1 (Dec 4)
K 1 row
Dec 1, K 8, Dec 1, K10, Dec 1, K 10, Dec 1, K 5, Dec 1 (Dec 5)
K 1 row
Dec 1 every 4 sts
K 1 row
Dec 1 every 3 sts
K 1 row
Dec 1 every 2 sts
K 1 row
Dec every sts
Cut off yarn leaving a 10in tail, thread the tail though the live stitches and pull tight, weave in the ends

Tubes Make 2 Knit in the round
Put stitches on the holder onto double point needle, pick up 2 st on the side of the opening between the live st and CO edge. Pick up 11 sts on the CO edge, pick 2 st on the other side.
K round for 2 in
Bind off
Note- for stiffer tubes that will stay up better use a smaller needle size.

Finishing
Weave in ends
Single crochet around the hat base 2 rows
Single crochet around the tubes 4 rows
Add braids for ties
6 -1 yard strands folded in half


Appendix
Dec- Decreases knit two together
St- Stockinette
st- stitch
Make 1- knit in the front and back of the stitch
K-knit
CO- cast on
w.p.i.- warps per inch

Do not sell hats made form this pattern with out permission.
Please feel free to ask questions and post suggestions or corrections.
please post pictures if you make it or send them to me at kylacrawford88atcomcastdotnet

Earth and Sky Hat

This hat is a commission work for someone who saw my Ketchup and Monster hat online. ^^ I dyed the wool and knit up the hat with the extra yarn I knit a neck warmer or scarfllet.

Earth and Sky

I dyed this yarn for a commissioned hat.
It started as http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3053&PRODID=prd33461 the turquoise and cream
I created the color way using the color lovers website it's lots of fun http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/234714/earth_and_sky

Ketchup and Mustard Monster Hat

I dyed, spun, designed and knitted this hat for one of my best friends. She loves yellow and red together and I thought that she needs a fun and funky hat for winter. I hope she likes it. When I was knitting it every thing just worked out it was nice. He hat was meant to be. I have to make small plush monster pins for it still.
The yarn I dyed and spun. It is called sunspots. About 9 wpi and I spun 4 oz, 240 yrds
It is merino, mohair, sparkle, sequins, and gold thread



The hat was knit flat (because I didn’t have DPN’s) on size 10 1/2 needles and a size K croquet hook. The tubes were knit in the round with 3 different sizes of needles because I didn’t have 10.5 double points. I don’t recommend this. I singled crocheted around all the edges and added the braids. It took about 160 yrds to make that hat.







I plan on posting the pattern for free once I refine it and type it out.

busy busy kyla

I have been extreemly busy with school and hopefull will fave time to post . . .

Stitching Wrists

Wrist cuffs embroidered to look like the inside on the wrists XD
yay!!

I had the idea while embroidering in my fibers class, with my angry writs. ^^

I found a bunch of images on line some from real anatomy classes with cadavers *shiver*
I want to donate my body science or my organs to people. It a good thing.
These images look nice to work off from. . .http://www.theodora.com/anatomy/the_muscles_and_fasciae_of_the_hand.html
it is Gray's not Netter's. I ran to library to find Netter's but it is on reserve for med-students.
Thank good for sister's who are docs and art lovers. Especially medical art lovers. I called her to ask if she had her book, and teller my idea. She was very excited and would like a pair. . . I have to see how they stitch up. The first pair are mine so I can have some healthy writs to wear over my angry ones.