Beads

I had a great day yesterday. I was allowed to spend most of the day in my shed making beads.

I felt like I'd made some really good ones but this morning they didn't look as good as I had imagined they would. Some were ok but I was attempting to be fancy with some flower murrini and the results weren't very good.

Here are some photos:
















The beads are intended as my contribution to the school Christmas fair. I'll be making more for that in some brighter colours.

Sally
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Bracelet

I made this for a friend's birthday.




The photo does not do it justice but I was in a rush.

Sally
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Crochet

Hi

I've not written for a while. It's been the summer holidays and then this guy joined our family:




I've still been doing stuff (crochet) and made a lovely shawl recently for a black and white party I was invited to. I was working on it right up until an hour before the party. The edging also was suppose to be more fancy but, with time short, I just did double crochet all the way round.
This photo isn't good but I wanted one where you could see it. You can get a vague idea of it.




I'm currently working away on my scarf made of lots of small granny squares all sewn together. I think it will look brilliant when it's done. This is the progress so far:



The yarn is Noro Sekku number 5 and I'm using a 1.75mm crochet hook.

Hopefully I'll get out to my shed sometime soon although I have a horrible feeling my bead release will be one solid blob.

Sally
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Crochet

I made this and am quite pleased with it.










The flowers were made with the help of a You Tube tutorial.

I really like them. The tutorial wasn't quite of the standard of Yolanda's which I used for the hat but it was good enough to follow.

The buttons came free with a knitting or crochet magazine and, I think, look really good in the centre of the flowers.

Sally

What I'm currently working on

Hi

It's been a bit hot for lampworking so I've been crocheting after discovering that knitting had made my hand really hurt. I enjoy crochet and find it easier to do well than knitting.

I bought some Noro Sekku recently and it's lovely. I'm making granny squares with the intention of sewing them all together when I feel I have enough and making a lovely long, wide scarf. These are the squares I have so far.







I really like how one ball of yarn has given such different colour squares. I bought two balls of the yarn and it will be good to see how many squares I end up with.

Sally

Minion Hat

Hi

I crocheted this Minion Hat with the help of a You Tube tutorial by Yolanda. Her instructions are very clear to follow and she's cheerful in a non-irritating way. She made making the hat easy.




I'm not that pleased with how it turned out. I think the wool is too thin meaning that the hat is very gappy. It's for a boy and looks a bit girlie I think. He's only going to wear it at home and, when I can find the thicker, hard to work with yellow I originally bought I will try again.

Sally
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Bees

Some bees were recently very busy in my garden.
Two mornings I watched them buzzing about in and out of the poppies.




Both mornings there were lots of poppies with very busy bees but by mid-morning, all the petals had fallen off the flowers. I hadn't realised before what a short time the petals were there for.




I hope that your week is going well.

It's been a bit hot for lampworking.

I'm currently working on a Minion crochet hat using a You Tube video. The video is much easier than a book would be. I'm interested to see what the hat looks like in the end.




Sally
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