Recently I received an email about the sizing of yarn bowls, I’ve tacked this subject before but not for a while. I always felt the photos in that particular post could of been better. At the time I didn’t have any completed yarn bowls to compare just biscuit fired ones.
Last week’s blog post focused on the barrel shaped yarn bowls, this week I’m taking looking at the star bowls. Star bowls have a different shape, size and price. These pieces have a more traditional bowl like shape with a distinctive curve on the inside and outside. They are sized a little smaller than the barrels for more petite balls of yarn.
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If you dropped by to see me at the Homegrown Food Festival a few weeks ago, thanks! It’s always nice to meet and chat to customers, thankfully the weather just to say held off and it only started as I was packing up for the day. I wanted to say thanks as it’s important to remember that Little Wren Pottery wouldn’t be able to continue to exist without you.
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Sometimes I get asked what’s the difference between your two styles of yarn bowl?
The differences start even before the piece is made in the raw materials that go into making each yarn bowl. The size of the piece of clay thats used to throw the different styles varies between 1 kilo and 1.3 kilos. In making these pieces there is only so much clay to go into it and generally that helps in achieving the same sizes time after time.
In my last post I mentioned there were three new styles of yarn bowl on their way to the shop. Not to keep you waiting any longer here’s the second and third style!
These two new styles are more like the larger barrel shaped yarn bowls that I make and if you came to see me at The Knitting and Stitching show you make have been quick enough to get yourself one. The ‘wool’ yarn bowl proved to be a popular choice and I’ve decided to keep it around in the collection.
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Hello! I'm Victoria and I make hand thrown pottery. I create pieces designed to be used and loved everyday. Find out more about me.
