Painting and Yarn

A friend of mine got married a couple of weeks ago, and I decided that I wanted to paint something for her wall as a wedding gift. I used to paint in high school but have done very little in the last 10 years, but I remember that I really enjoyed it and (usually) was quite pleased with the results. So this past winter I took an 8-week painting class to get back into it. Here are some photos of the finished painting for Erin. It is an acrylic on canvas, done from a photograph of a pansy in my garden:-)

Here it is still on the easel in my craft room.

It's been a many days since I looked at it last and I just looked at the photos for the first time today. I'll have to say, I'm quite happy with how it turned out! Now if I can just paint some pictures for my own wall.....

Some exciting yarn news....last week I received a small package of yarn in the mail, which I am excited to start knitting with. Sadly though, I'm sure it will be living in my stash for quite some time before I get to it. But it is exciting to think about anyway.

Yesterday was New Brunswick Knit in Public day. With 20% off at the yarn store I simply had to make a purchase! One ball of Austermann Step in beautiful sage green colors and 6 balls of Sari 100% cotton. I am thinking of making a shrug with the cotton, but have yet to find the perfect pattern...

Time to go knit!