Two new projects

After finishing the little black plate, I decided to paint a little red plate. As usual, I started with the plump "watermelon" leave. Now I'll work on the flowers.

I decided to upgrade my knitting skills, so I took a class is "brioche" knitting. After a one-hour lesson, several views on Youtube, reading the directions numerous times, another trip to the knit shop for refresher instructions and restarting the project six times, I think I finally got the hang of it. Let's hope so. This is a winter hat. Can I finish it by summer?

A new little plate

 I just finished this little plate. I found a picture of the yellow flower in an old Norwegian Rosemaling book, so I thought I'd give it a try. It doesn't look much like the picture, but I like it anyway.