Video of the Week: Bach 2nd Cello Suite

Come see Zuill Bailey play 3 movements of Bach's Cello Suite #2 in D minor!

http://stringsmagazine.com/strings-sessions-presents-zuill-bailey/

Students, explain why the ornate rosette on his cello is hidden under the fingerboard.

Video of the week: Use your body

Some of my students tend to be stiff in their bow elbows, and I thought this video with Amit Peled would be helpful!  Please give his directions a try!  Be a tree!

Students: What should your arms be like?

Mock Bobbles Cowl

The March Holiday Stashdown CAL pattern is the Mock Bobbles Cowl, found HERE.  Nice texture!

Video of the Week: Travel in time for a cello lesson with Leonard Rose

Back to 1978!   41 minutes if you can make time to watch it all - a good lesson!

Watch his smooth bow change early in the video.  Much good advice here - he covers a lot of ground! 

Students: What instruction on this video did you find the most helpful?

2016 Stashdown CAL ... Bootcuffs

Here are the boot cuffs which were our Stashdown February pattern (found HERE).  Not without some difficulties, but they turned out okay.  I omitted the last two rows due to yarn shortage! (No mention of leg shortage needed. :-))

Video of the Week: Softness is Strength

I probably shared this one before.  But it's good to have the reminder frequently!

Students: How did Mr. Katz's Tai Chi instructor know he was weak?  Think about this when you practice this week! 

The Youngest in my Half-Way Home

It's a Bratz Kidz!  With too much lipstick and glittery eye shadow.  First, her hair...

It fell out in alarming amounts while being washed.  You can see a lot of kinking from her braids.

So, time for a boil wash!

Losing more hair with the dip and brush!  But it seems she still has enough when it has dried the next morning.

She is still waiting for feet and clothing, and having her pigtails put in, but here is the first re-paint before and after.  First?  I'm on the fence about re-doing...