This look interesting:

 

Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems Exhibit

Feb 7 - Jun 28, 2026

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Eskenazi Art Museum

Indiana University

1133 E. 7th Street.

Bloomington, IN USA

812.855.5445

Per Web Page:   

"Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems transforms the museum into an imaginative underwater landscape inspired by Indonesia’s stunning coral reef ecosystem. This immersive installation of hand-knit and crocheted sculptures by acclaimed fiber artist Mulyana (b. 1984, Bandung, Indonesia) highlights the beauty and precarity of the ocean and our relationship to it."

Valentine Heart Buttons

 Large enough to hang on the window.   Heart shape was a bracelet covered with yarn.   Fun to use the fibers, ribbon, roses using dorset button techniques.

Valentine Button / Hearts

Pattern & Kit:  Karen Smock

thru The Lace Museum, Virtual Education

Valentine Heart Buttons . . .

 Not quite ... need to fix the "ends" and add the flowers & hangers.  I like Valentine's Day & hearts.  Will get these done a.s.a.p.

Valentine Buttons

Pattern & Kit:  Karen Smock

thru The Lace Museum, Virtual Education

 

Valentine heart buttons . . .

 

 This is how far I got during the zoom class.

Valentine Buttons

Pattern & Kit:  Karen Smock

thru The Lace Museum, Virtual Education

Now to untangle the mess I made & finish the

two hearts.

 The picture of the completed 

hearts, in this photo,  is from the class pattern(s).

Prep for Valentine Buttons class

So far, so good.   Prep 2 heart shapes for Monday's class.

Valentine Buttons

Pattern & Kit:  Karen Smock

thru The Lace Museum, Virtual Education

 

Gifts: Crochet Kits

The Woobles - Hello Kitty

Maybe these kits are easier.   For Beginners.

Sure look cute in the photographs. From DS-A.

Remember PIKA?  Beginner kit? From DS-N.

Knit Picks BEGINNER kit.

Now joining PIKA, Orca.

 I have not added any more stitches.

I may own these kits for a long time . . . or find an expert in crochet who can help me figure them out.

 

Christkindlmarkt & Gluhwein Gallop 5K

 Angels in the market --

 Three bears --

There was a 5K -- 

 Guess which three walked and which one ran / and won their age category???

 Popular Fire pit.

 

Supervision

 Bringing in a ferel cat -- 

who wants out every morning from 4am - 6am.   Try to tell a kitty it is -16 degrees "feel like" temperature.

 This is one of the first times she came by.  and I've / we've been feeding her for a few months now.

Were able to get her into a crate and take her to local vet -- no chip.   No mites, fleas, no feline leukemia.   She does have a hernia, to be repaired 12/22.     Has had all her shots.  It is est she is 1.5 years old.

I named her Jasmine.   After my kitty, Jasper, crossed the rainbow bridge.... followed by our Honey a month or 2 later - I hesitated to bring in another furbaby.

But, so far - she is okay.

And seems to like t.v. and needlework!!!   

 She patiently watches the needle and thread while I try to learn Nanduti (art form from Paraguay).   Thru the Virtual Education @Lace Museum.