A three-legged hat and finding your passion

I like making things, among them silly hats...like this 3-legged multi-colored crocheted one. More importantly, however, is the act of being creative. And that can look very different for people.  Recently I started drawing again for the sake of drawing.  Wondering to myself....why haven't I been doing this the past few years? How did I forget the act of drawing...creation in motion? (Give me a minute and I could come up with a list.)  Seems like the topic of following your passion, i.e."bliss" comes up a lot lately. It's been said before, by more articulate speakers, but I'lll say it again....don't forget to be about your own passion. Happy Thanksgiving!

Cappadocia dream hat

Doing my part to "Keep Portland Weird" with some new hat ideas. But, really, I just want to make hats with funny shapes...wearable art.  Inspired by the lunar landscapes of Cappadocia in Turkey, this hat is my first to integrate crochet with sculpture.  I personally like to wear plain olde type hats, but I think someone out there would like some attitude....on their head.

http://www.keepportlandweird.com/

Annie, hats and POCA tech

Amazing sign made by Annie. Thank you!!!

Bigger news at WCA is POCA tech fundraising happening NOW!

POCA tech is a school for community acupuncture...making acupuncture education affordable.

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Megan

Pop corn and polka dots. I'm enjoying playing with the pop corn stitch with my hats lately....and it goes exceptionally well with polka dots. This is my friend Megan in Albuquerque. And, no one can spin a good yarn like Megan.

Terry

I am always pleased when a hat fits like it was made for someone. Terry wears it well....just in time for a rainy fall, Portland, afternoon.

Tammy's son Dan

I felt compelled to start making hats again on one of the hottest 95 degree summer days in Portland. Intuition doesn't always seem to follow logic....and by the time cooler fall like days started, I had a small pile of them. It was then that I got my first hat order for the new season.  A gray and black hat for Tammy's son Dan who is moving to Chicago.  There's something special about making a hat for someone in particular. I don't know Dan, but I had a clear sense of how the hat should look as I was making it.  I've already started putting colors together for Tammy's hat and we might see her on another blog post.

Global citizen: scholar, teacher, artist, muscian...

Hat models unite!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FuMdeUpvgM

Makedonsko Devojče (Македонско девојче)

"Beginning banjo player attempts to play a Macedonian folk dance tune."

"Beginning knitter models his first attempt at a hat."

The banjo is tuned to Double C: g-C-G-C-G

The tune is in 7/8 (3+2+2)