This bowl kept having problems; I kept finding solutions.
But it won yesterday when the tenon I had formed on the back fell apart and threw the bowl off the lathe!
It chipped it in one place and cracked an inch off the other. See the metal bit in the center? That is where the wood screw that held it on the lathe for the first part severed.
I had the last word. Yup--it was fuel in the fireplace and warmed up the room nicely so I could knit in peace watching it burn.....!
Yesterday, woman visited our quilting group and brought this for show 'n tell--it is done in single crochet stitch by colored stitch following the chart you see peeking on the middle left. This was truly amazing and looked like a woven blanket! (I would say it is most like intarsia in knitting because no yarns are carried along the back!)
She came back later on and dropped this off for me--a beginner's pattern so I could try it! This might be my 'new' stitching skill for the year!
