DAPHNE'S GIFT

One of my very favorite parts about teaching art is that I get to make demo. pieces

where I stay one day ahead of my students.

I don't believe in working on my students pieces when they have questions;

I like to show them on my own pieces.

This keeps my design mind and my hands crazy busy.

One of my least favorite parts about this job 

is that I rarely take the time to finish my demo. pieces

because keeping this blog going takes up a lot of my free time.

But over the recent winter break I took a 2 week break from the blog 

and worked on a very important piece that I'm really proud of

(be showing it off in a couple of weeks.

But...

keeping my hands busy at stop lights to and from school

I was able to finish my demo. scarf 

for my Knutty Knitters  :) 

Here it is in all it's glory,

a finished piece!!

WOOOO HOOOOO!!!

This is a shot of it after I blocked it but before I sewed it into an Infinity Scarf.

I worked with two bulky singles yarns that I thrifted at a garage sale.

One was a Noro wool/silk blend from Japan, 

the other a wool from Manos de Uruguay. 

The kids learned nine different knit patterns.

In these close ups you can see many of them.

But the best part was that now that I had a finished piece,

 I was able to gift it to one of my favorite students who graduated last year,

Daphne Chiang,

class of 2015.

I sent it to her at Georgetown University in D.C.

 in the autumn 

when the weather was turning brisk.

Perfect scarf wearing weather  :)