In Which the Pirate Tests.

My dad’s gotten into throwing pottery in the last few years, which is pretty awesome. As with any craft there comes an inevitable surplus of finished objects, so he’s been offering me pieces and told me to pick out anything I want. I’m in minimization mode as I’m getting ready to move at the end of the year, so I didn’t want a purely decorative bowl (although they *are* very pretty). Instead, I asked him if he could make a yarn bowl for me, and sent him descriptions, preferred dimensions, and links to several examples on Etsy and Google Images search.

This is what he’s come up with. It’s lovely!

I’m trying it out with a ball of Cascade 220 Superwash, which is just the right size… and it works perfectly, as you can see in this video (click to play):

Trying out the spiffy blue yarn bowl that Dad made for me! It works perfectly :) #socool #knitting #cascade220 #yarnbowl #pottery #mydadisawesome

A video posted by Rachyl (@unmutual23) on Aug 4, 2015 at 6:24pm PDT

Thank you so much, Dad! This is great – I’m sure I’ll get many, many years of use out of it!