I recently participated in the Mini Art quilt swap over on craftster, and my lovely partner SeamlessGem sent me this beautiful art quilt so I wanted to share it here as well. It’s a beautiful piece she called Headspin it’s full of beautiful textures and varying rich shades of red with black accents. Thank you [...]
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I wish that my Grandpa were still alive to tell me about these photos. none of them were marked. But I know that they tell a story. Some I can identify landmarks, others symbols, but in all I see the innate beauty within. [...]
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I’ve worked quite a bit lately on getting things done, and have 10 crochet and knitted projects to show. not the best photos
Crochet projects:
Knitting (less projects and less detail but I”m still real pleased with them)
I’ve also spun a few more yarns but haven’t yet had the [...]
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I have found a new love in the art of spinning yarn. It’s taken me a few skeins to work out how to get decent yardage (the very first skein was 30 yards, and I’ve worked up to 106 now) but I don’t think they are bad for the first yarns I have ever spun. [...]
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I’m back home after 3 weeks away and while I told myself I’d spend a few days sitting and doing nothing, I apparently lied. I could not resist the temptation of playing. Here is the result of yesterday (and today’s) resin play. I will not bore you with too many details, but you may notice [...]
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I’ve needed a functional project travel bag for a while. I’ve finagled and made due with bags that were never designed to carry a yarnie’s goodies around for much too long. Being a seamstress it’s actually quite ridiculous that I’ve gone this long without designing something that would serve the function I need [...]
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It’s been a stressful few days trying to get everything I need done completed before I make the trip back home to visit. I’m excited but know that I need to swallow it and realize I won’t get everything done before I go.
no action shots but I’ve been playing with different stitch patterns. Both are [...]
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working on a silly little scarf. Trying to teach myself some more complex stitches to incorporate into my crochet. I think this will be a scarf ultimately
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The mother in law is planning to pick up crochet again. So I thought I would put her a package together for her birthday. The bag is quite simple but I think it will make a nice project bag. Also sending her a book on crochet, a set of hooks and 8 [...]
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I have been playing a bit more with different resin techniques. While the process of resin can be tedious and painful, I find the challenge refreshing, it is fun to test limits and blur lines to see what this medium will allow me to get away with. Here are a few of my [...]
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