Today, I'm sitting in the Gallery on Tenth in Columbus, Georgia, kind of just marveling at life.

(Hiiiiii!)

First, I'm sitting at the reception desk in an art gallery, what!? By myself. 👀 Who gave ME a key!? 😆

Second, that's my fiber art on the wall behind me in said gallery. WHAT!?

That's CROCHET in an art gallery, y'all!

Third, I brought my e-spinner with me and did a little spinning right here in Uptown Columbus.

In an art gallery!

And it even kind of matches, eh?

I think I'm going to make myself a hat and see how much it itches, lol.

Usually, I avoid the crunchier textured stuff for the spinning I intend to use for wearables. But..... I decided a funky hat might be fun to try! So stay tuned to see how that turns out.

Lastly in my musings today, I'm still kind of enchanted with this whole plein air thing.

Yeah, I did it again! Last weekend.

This time I drove south for a bit and visited the Providence Canyon State Park, which was pretty cool.

I think this is the best picture that shows the inspiration alongside the finished artwork.

But of course I shared ALL the pictures over on Patreon if you'd like to see more!

Spinning in the gallery today with the door propped open and people popping in occasionally to see what I was doing was also kind of like spinning en plein air. It was fun. And my fingers stayed warm! (I was SO cold that morning at the canyon, brrrrrrrr.)

Of course, I wasn't trying to finish an entire artwork today! So that made it much more relaxing.

If the gallery had gotten busy, I could have put the spinning aside and just packed it back up wherever I stopped an taken it all home.

But I kind of liked that I was able to do both the spinning and the plying today. It will be my Gallery on Tenth hat!

And I'll actually get to rest and wash the yarn before crocheting with it, which will be much more better. I think the miniature tapestries are fine to crochet straight off the bobbin as soon as it's been plied, but I think resting and washing is important for setting the twist and letting the yarn relax into its finished shape.

Freshly spun yarn still has so much energy in it that it can be ornery to crochet with!

So I'm looking forward to letting this one have a proper rest and bath (and a photo shoot!) before I crochet with it.

And I'll be able to SEE my crocheting with this one, ha ha ha!

Though I do think my Night Sky tapestry turned out lovely:

What do you think?

Oh! I still haven't taken a picture of it with black light on it!! Those white "star" bits? Fluorescent white Merino wool!!!!

Must give that a try this weekend.

All right. My time here at the gallery is about up for today, so I better wrap up and pack up so I can close up.

Cheers!

-Connie

P.S. I have one last hummingbird picture from this year that I haven't shared yet, so here you go!