Two things I made yesterday

My husband and I don't get to go out very much for various reasons.

Last night in an effort to not spend the evening staring at the tv we had a try at custard tarts from the Bake Off:







We had to improvise on the pastry fitting in the tray because we didn't have the right size cutter and they could have done with more filling but we were pleased with our first attempt.

I also made something with these beads



I am very pleased with what I made.







I love the red of these Swarovski crystals. They go very well with my lampwork beads.

Sally
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Beads

I made some beads recently and got around to photographing them today.

The first photos were great but then the battery ran out on my camera and by the time it was charged and I had time to photograph again there was no good natural light left and the difference in the quality of the photos was very noticeable.

This is an attempt at and oak leaf just to see if I could make one. Beads by Laura makes really lovely ones and I just wanted to give it a try.




I like making these sort of beads. Simple but I think very effective.


Having a go at something in Christmassy colours.





Mix of two colours.


I really like this look and will try more. Some lovely colours in there and it photographed very well.





The following photos show how rubbish my speedily taken, no natural light, photos were by comparison.





This bead is a nice green colour in real life. You wouldn't know it from this picture.


Hopefully I'll get to take more photos tomorrow and show the comparison.

Sally

Crochet Hat

I spent the last three days working on this hat when I could.




I really like it. It's made from two different Debbie Bliss yarns chosen by the person the hat was for. The pattern is from KT and The Squid. It feels wonderfully soft. The person it was for wasn't as excited as I'd hoped to have it finished and hasn't worn it out yet. I'm hoping at some stage it will be worn. For the foreseeable future though, I am going to be making stuff for me only.

I also spent a couple of hours in my shed today making beads for the school Christmas Fair. I'm hoping they look better than my last lot.

Sally
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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