Not long ago, I told my friend Sally that I had never played with Sidewalk Chalk before. She and her daughter, Bea, found some chalk on sale shortly after that conversation. They gave it to me with a purple gift ribbon on it, so I could have a bit of fun and try it for myself.

My intent was to invite Bea and Isabel and another child they know, plus mommies, and we could play with sidewalk chalk at my house. After all, Brian and I live on a city corner so we have LOTS of sidewalk to decorate. (This is a better feature in summer with chalk in hand, than in winter with shovel in hand, but I digress.)

Then Rae decided to have a sale. And I noticed that I had chalk in my car. And it occurred to me that Rae had a sidewalk out front, where pedestrians actually pass. There is a bus stop right there, so there is a chance a knitter who doesn’t know about the shop, might just find us if they looked up, or in the window.

I asked Rae if maybe she would like a little chalk sign outside for her sale. She thought that was a good idea.

So, that good old workaholic that I can sometimes be… used her fun sidewalk chalk the first time… for business purposes. Too funny.

It *was* fun, I assure you. No surprise, my typical zigzag preference came out in this artform as well as in my knitting designs.

Rae was happy with the results. Elizabeth (who works for Rae) liked it, too. I worried at first about the ball of yarn and needles looking as I had intended (of course the chalk did not come in every color I desired). However, after I fussed a bit I liked that part just fine.

I have been good at lettering signs for a long time, so I knew I could do that part well. I think it’s easy to read from a distance, which is the test of a good sign.

Next time I get out my chalk, I’m going to invite some young girls over to my house, to make drawings just for the fun of it. I guess I just got a little sneak preview this way!

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 12:01 amand is filed under Miscellaneous Artforms. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.