Sweet Fabric:
crochet

This time with bamboo & as a neck piece.

I've got a mate who is a lover of green having a birthday this month. I wonder if maybe it's a little big though? Dunno...maybe I need to think about this one a bit more.

A bracelet.

It was far too fiddly really but I am chuffed with the result.

If you're a die hard you might remember I was trying to fashion myself a bracelet like this. It's been on the backburner for a good long time but certainly not forgotten.

OK so I may not have quite hit the mark but I am quite pleased with my crafty take on the theme.

I just crocheted chains of embroidery floss into chains & then attached all the separate chains to a very nifty bit of hardware I purchased at a beading supply shop.

As an aside...
If you are a die hard. Thanks a million...for putting up with the drivel & offering support & encouragement when I have a "win". You're tops.

I'm hooking up a stormy sea.

It's a big huge giant leap for me...I had to put three colours/shades together! You may or may not have noticed that I am generally a one colour girl (or one & white/cream & that really doesn't count). Some people are great with colour & pattern, they splash it about with gay abandon & ALWAYS get it just right. That ain't me...interesting isn't it?

Just a giant mess of chains & ends that I'm hoping will be a little something lovely.

Do pop in & add your link if you're playing along this week.

The kid will play netball (& she might enjoy it).

I figured I might as well help the cause & I've made Harriet a coaching aid mobile.

This is exactly the kind of thing you might find on Regretsy or What not to crochet but I'm semi-confident that the netballing freak mother of the child will like it.

birthday that is!

It's become a bit of a tradition to make her something & I really couldn't justify another bag.

So I've fashioned this little bracelet from some 4 ply bamboo.

It's just a double crochet corkscrew with a pretty silver closure stitched into place.

I hope she likes it.

feet
& fowler
& friend
(& for fraught too).

I had a LOT of issues with this little footstool. In the end I think I overcame them but not without fairly liberal use of that F word I can tell you.

The fabric was crocheted by me in 8ply on a 3mm hook and then cross stitched using organic cotton.

This started as an experiment in hyperbolic crochet & when I liked the beginnings I decided to keep on keeping on an make a ball for a freshly hatched little girl.

The sphere creation was incredibly slow going. There is absolutely no way you can get up any pace with the hook when everything is curling in on itself!

I used two balls of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino & then just doubled & doubled & doubled & doubled my doubles...you get the picture.

It's kind of weirdly fascinating & just the kind of thing that would have held my attention for hours as a kid. I reckon it's a bit like those linking rings - the "how" really becomes the focus.

Instead of working on the peacock or the other little something I have on the hook at the moment I'm teeny tiny chaining.

Still channelling my inner Picasso with the blue stuff ... & wondering what that's all about.

I'm also taking photos of roaches for fun (& for Tarn) but won't post that here for fear it might freak you out.

Have a great day.

I needed another "on the go" project.

Just a bit of meditative back & forth with a big hook & some lovely silky soft bamboo.

I'm calling it the peacock blanket.

Do pop in & add your link if you're playing along this week.

If you live in Melbourne, you know it well. It's a bit boring day after day after day isn't it?

Just like the Elm scarf...
Made using Rowan Tapestry, a 6.5mm hook a "v stitch" ...
Pale grey, dark grey, oh & a little bit of blue grey...

I wish I was escaping the grey too.

After months...nay years of admiring broomstick lace I think I've finally got it!

I've got an old McCalls magazine featuring a blanket of "broomsticked" mohair. It was hook/sticked in delightful candy colours & now I can do it too!

And because I don't like to waste anything my practice pieces have become cuffs.

Just so excited about the potential for this one.

Edit: I now have a how to posted here.