This one came from a pine log that a person at work gave me.  I’ve never turned pine, but had always heard that it’s absolutely horrible to work with.  Turns out, the people who told me that were dramatically understating just how terrible this wood is!  My whole shop stunk of pine, and the grain on the wood tore out no matter what tool I used or how fast or slow the lathe was running.  I ended up having to waste a HUGE number of hours with 60 grit sandpaper on a power sander, just to get the surface to be smooth.  That big honking knot on the side is about a gazillion times harder than the surrounding wood, so every time the gouge would hit that part of the bowl, the gouge would “bounce”, leaving an uneven surface on the bowl.  The wood is so unbelievably, will, pine like, I added some color by embedding yarn around the rim.  That’s about the only part of the bowl that I actually like…

This one was my second attempt at putting a yarn border around the rim of a bowl.  It’s small, maybe 4″ across, but I think I like the color.  Seems the darker the wood, the more I like it!  Odd thing with this is, that even with the glue to hold the yarn down and the spray lacquer coating, the yarn still feels fuzzy to the touch.  Not what you expect when you pick up a bowl!