I finished the squares for the embroidery class. I have determined I am truly a fiber snob. The day before I was working on them and abandoned them to play with the bobbins. I found working on a simple braid I definitely liked the bobbins with weight. The single wood bead was not on the list. I kept holding them by the tip rather than the tail. Moved on to pony and bone beads. Those were okay, but of the two I'd rather use the bone. Then I went on to the two bead woodens. Those feel a lot like the three's. I think I could put both in the same pattern and not feel a lot of different.

Anyway, back to the embroidery samplers, I went back to them and worked very hard to finish them. I used up all the plastic canvas yarn I had on hand. My hands felt icky the whole time. I wanted to wash my hands. When I ran out of that nasty, I used a bit of the wool from the last project and the thrift store. That was soooo much nicer to work with.

Then I rewarded myself with playing with the bobbins again. I did several tries with various bobbins. I did the cloth stitch and it was very plain, straight forward. Still have the same feeling about the bobbins. Those with weight work much better.

This morning was reading for the artist class, from a book I picked up this weekend. It is Painters of reality. Interesting content, discussing drawing and painting styles of Lombardy style from Leonardo to Caravaggio. It didn't really help for my class which is about the artist's life, workshops, etc. I have to dig that info out so I have something to present.