Menonday Art Vibe; Right Royal Stance

The following offerings for this Monday series come from my visit to Duff House, which is home to several items on loan from the National Galleries of Scotland. This first one is by the artist John Shackleton, about whom so little is known, only his date of death is certain... 16th March, 1767. What is also established is that he gained the position of Principal Painter in Ordinary to George 2nd and, subsequently, George 3rd.

My photograph is a little unclear due to the lighting in the room. Add to that my proximity to ground level and the height of the item... but I did want to show the ornate framing with the crown on top. So here is George 2nd making a pose that must surely have become quite excruciating! To see a better rendition of the actual work, you can click here.

MenoSundays; Life Lived Lovingly

This one popped up on Swami-ji's instythingy and I felt it appropriate to share. While the Govardhan reference may fly over most heads, the important message of curbing the ego comes through...

Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches

A couple of weeks back, I posted two images created with PixlR's AI assistance. There were quite a few comments that loved the heart-shaped item. So much so that I think the reference to AI may have skipped notice.

It got me thinking. Could I produce a heart shape in crochet that looked remotely like that one from AI?

I had to have a go, right?

Kinda, sorta... I had planned to sew them together and create the slightly puffed look of the image prompt. I ran out of steam when I realised that I was probably reinventing the wheel, even if it were heart-shaped! It took all of ten seconds to type into the search engine, "crochet patterns for hearts"... sigh. Silly Yamster. My own pattern worked, but you don't need mine when you can pick from many others. A good place to start might be with the ten patterns on offer if you click the image below. 

Back next week with more focus on Men In Yarn... Like I said before, plenty of men are keen on knitting and crochet...