Flamenco Scarf 1

I have bought some Can Can wool and have started knitting myself a flamenco scarf.  I love how quickly this stuff knits.  This is what I have managed in one evening....

 

The colour varies on the yarn so it has a nice mixture to it and its lovely and soft.  More on this as it progresses!!

Allan Fielding Wood Turner Website 2

I have spent the last two days editing photos and building the website for Dad.  I think it looks rather smart but see what you think.  You can visit the site at..

www.allanfieldingwoodturner.co.uk

 

 

Twirly Flower Doodle

Allan Fielding Wood Turner Website

I have been editing some photos today to build a website for my dad for his woodturning.  He does some really lovely stuff...

 

 

 

Knitting With Wire

I have been introduced to a new game of knitting with wire which can then be used to make necklaces and bracelets.  I need to buy myself some of the right gauge wire to use to really play at doing this but for now I have had a go at this using some of Mum's wire and some generic seed beads just to see how I got on with it.

This was having a go at just knitting with the wire on its own...

 

...and this was having a go at doing it with beads...

 

I am going to The Big Bead Show at Sandown Park on 1st April so am going to buy more stuff to play with there.  I cant wait :0)

Gift Box

I have bought lots of the Hobbycraft little cardboard boxes over the years and keep meaning to decorate them but never seem to get round to it so I thought I would have a little experiment with one of them this evening.

I roughly stamped on yellow and orange all over the box so it had a nice slightly dappled effect and then covered it in holographic embossing powder and heat gunned it to emboss it.  I love the effect it has given, reminds me slightly of goldfish!!

 

I initially tried just stamping an image on the lid but the middle section of the stamp didn't press down and make contact.  Then when I tried to re-do it I didn't manage to get the stamp lined up properly with the first attempt so it came out looking blurred and naff :0(  So I decided to cover it up by making an overlay for the top to cover up my mistake!  I used the same yellow and orange ink to make the dabbled effect base on a piece of paper, stamped on the image and then used ultra thick embossing powder with a bit of holographic powder sprinkled on top so when it was heat gunned it had a nice smooth shiny texture to it, it almost has a plastic kind of feel to it and definitely doesn't look like paper now......

 

...I cut it to size and then stuck it on with PVA glue.  So there we have a rather shiny, sparkley box for a very special friend.  I do have a photo of whats inside but I will add that after their birthday so I don't ruin the surprise for them as I know they look at this blog sometimes ;0) I hope you like it xx

Birthday Card

I have used the wire flowers I made to create this birthday card.  I added some smiley faces and edged it with red holographic line stickers to frame it with a little bit of red diamonte and stars in the corners.  Its not supposed to be a polished and refined card but something silly for someone special to make them smile :0)