Purple Swirls and Purple Coils

I know, I know I should move on from the swirls and do something else as well but I LIKE MAKING THEM!!!

 

I have run out of chain so need to wait till I have been to the bead show before I can finish this one...

 

I ordered some more wire on Monday and wish it would hurry up and arrive.  I am running out of everything now :0(

Purple Beads and Silver Swirls

I have not quite finished this one as I ran out of silver wire.  Have taken this photos just to show what I have done today but need to take a better one when its finished as the focus was not good!

 

I like the glass curly beads the best on this one...

Green Swirly Wire & Blue Bead and Silver Swirls Necklaces

I thought I would experiment with some coloured swirls today and came up with this one.  I'm not a huge fan of green but I think this looks quite nice...

 

 

I have used up all the green beads that go with that shade of wire now :0( in fact I am running out of everything!!  Good job its the Sandown Bead Show next weekend :0)

I also made this one with my favorite shade of blue beads....

 

 

Blackberry Swirls Necklace

I used the blackberry coloured beads again for this one and the swirly wire sections.  Have made two of these this evening :0)

 

Peacock Scarf

Have been knitting this one on and off since Sunday and finished it today.  Its monster long and lovely and soft with sparkly bits that the camera really didn't want to show :0(

 

Playing With Henna

Helen had a fresh crop of henna to test so sent me home with some to play with :0)

Blackberry Droplets Necklace

 

I made two of these over the last two days.  I couldn't get the camera to really capture the beautiful colours of the beads though.  They are like blackberry colours, very yummy!

Purple Fizz Scarf

I have just spent the last 3 days making two of these.  One for my nieces birthday and the other one was going to be for me but I would like a slightly longer one so I have bought more of this yarn and will send the second one off to the manic weavers to sell :0)

 

It is lovely yarn with soft fluffy fur effect and small bits of ribbon attached every few inches.  Makes a really lovely soft scarf...

 

I have now started knitting a different scarf in peacock colours.

Bead Obsession 2

 

Beautiful beads.....

 

Think I might need this one as my screen saver at work! .....

 

Sparkley Crystals.....

 

 

....and coming soon to a necklace near you, turquoise chain....yummy!!

Bead Obsession 1

I have been trying to catalog which beads I have got for when I go to the Big Bead Show so I can buy ones I haven't got instead of coming home thinking I have something yummy only to find out I already had those!!!

 

 

I think they are rather yummy and lovely as pictures, Johnny thinks I have gone mental but there's nothing new there :0)

 

Swirly Wire Necklace

 

I have made this one for my mum for mothers day xx

Odd Pins Scarf Two

...this one was 20 stitches wide and I had loads of wool for the fringe but I think its may be slightly too long!!  Think I need to go for 25 stitches wide in future but at least I have now worked out how much wool I need for a good length scarf :0)

Odd Pins Scarf One

While I was at Hobbycraft I also bought some more wool to make two more scarves.  I decided to use my odd pins to knit it and I cant believe how quickly you can make a scarf with them...fab fun!

This one was 30 stitches wide but I didnt have much wool left for the fringe..

Flamenco Scarf Finished

 

Have spent the last couple of days finishing this off.  I love it, its like a feather boa without the itchiness!!

I have enough wool to make another one if anyone wants one :0) £30

Sway Workshop - Doorways and Portals

Spent a happy day painting at Sway manor.  The theme was doorways and portals so I went for a passageway at Battle Abbey and a nice old mini wooden shutter in a manky old bit of stone wall.

Felt Balls and Flamenco

have made some more felt balls today.  You start with a small amount of fleece fibre and roll it into a ball and slowly add more fibers to build it up so you get a nice marbled effect...

 

 

 

...once you have got them to the size you want you need to spray them with water and put some Olive Oil Soap on your hands and rub them round and round so the fibres join together. Then you need to put each ball separately in a pair of old tights and ties knots between so they stay separate.  Heres my balls in tights, mum with hers and Pauline tying hers up...

 

 

 

 

We had a good bucket full between us.  Then you put them in the washing machine on a hot wash with a pair of jeans so they shrink down and felt and then you end up with mini balls of felt that you can turn into beads or you can cut them up too so you can see the pattern of the fibres all mixed together

 

I think I might need a bit more practice though as some of my balls came out like mushroom tops as I didnt add enough fibres to them!!

I have also been working on my flamenco scarf and have now run out of wool!!  Doh!  I want it just a little bit longer so I need to go buy another ball.  Its looking cool so far though!!

Interviews and playtime

We have had interviews for new face painters today.  I had some time between the morning and afternoon session so I got my practice pad out and played around with a freehand tribal design...

 

...then it was off to my aunts house in the New Forest for the rest of the weekend.  When I got there Pauline and Mum were playing at making felt balls so I had a go at making some too......

 

The picture quality is not good as I was using my mobile!