Reading ....

 Finished and enjoyed

Hannah Rothschild's The Improbability of Love.  Especially when the author had the 'painting' as a character.  I enjoy the art world and this fiction was so much fun to read.   So, finished -- now I can start Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser.

 I have read all of Elizabeth Strout books.  I've read them in order of publication ; however, read any of them!   I have even pre ordered the newest one --  passed along this one to a

 friend!

 Finished and enjoyed Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry.   Incredible!   Passed along to a friend.

I've got a start on Daniel Mason's North Woods, and Picoult's Mad Honey --

 just bought Theo of Golden by Allen Levi (gift card from youngest DS).    Have Daniel Mason's short stories, purchased awhile back ... 

have a few on the night stand.

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New Button

Bouncing Button

~A Tatting Over a Ring Technique

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs 

~ http://www.kellislackdesigns.com/

c.2025

I am using a large pink Clover (pic) shuttle -- with

Yarnplayer's Size 10 HDT.   Color Stardate HDT (so pretty).  https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/

over a 36mm acrylic button base

https://www.atwistedpicot.com/shop/p/thread-button-base-plastic  These have

mini cuts/grooves that are awesome!

 Both sides are so pretty!

 

Spiral button created with a tatting shuttle + fiber:

 

Bouncing Button

~A Tatting Over a Ring Technique

Kelli Slack ~ Kelli Slack Designs 

~ http://www.kellislackdesigns.com/

c.2025

I am using a large pink Clover (pic) shuttle -- with

Yarnplayer's Size 10 HDT.   Color Stardate HDT (so pretty).  https://goimagine.com/marileestatting/

over a 36mm acrylic button base

https://www.atwistedpicot.com/shop/p/thread-button-base-plastic  These have

mini cuts/grooves that are awesome!

I am delighted to have a few extra button pieces to try variety of colors/fibers.  The pattern shows a completed button created with Olympus brand fiber.

Mulyana Exhibit

DH and I viewed the exhibit Friday night. 

Lovely reception & lively exhibit.  Just go -- in the neighborhood, visit!!

https://www.artmuseum.indiana.edu/exhibitions/upcoming/_feature-exhibitions/2026-02-07-mulyana-vital-ecosystems.html

Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems Exhibit

Feb 7 - Jun 28, 2026

Facebook page LINK

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."

 

This look interesting:

 

Mulyana: Vital Ecosystems Exhibit

Feb 7 - Jun 28, 2026

Facebook page LINK

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."