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More fungi……

More fungi……

I made some more variations on my Fungi beadweaving tutorial, so though I ought to share! This trio are based on the Ink Cap mushroom, and there are charts and instructions for using the tutorial methods to make these on p47. They’re mounted on a lovely wet felted pebble. This little one is actually not […]

Fungi Tutorial

Fungi Tutorial

Last Autumn I visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, and spent some time talking to the lovely Bev Caleno, a textile artist. I came away with a kit for a rock pool, which I’ve since made, but some of Bev’s other works with fabric fungi also intrigued me. When I made my […]

NEW TUTORIAL – Orbit

NEW TUTORIAL – Orbit

Orbit is a new tutorial, born from a pack of amazing intricately faceted hexagonal crystals from my regular supplier – I can’t resist trying new sparklies and a pack fell into my basket whilst I was restocking other lines. Absolute whoppers at 18mm across (21mm point to point) the colours and finishes were amazing, but […]

Knit & Stitch at Ally Pally 2024

Knit & Stitch at Ally Pally 2024

I had a lovely sunny day for a trip up to Ally Pally yesterday for the Knitting & Stitching Show.  It was mainly an inspiration trip, so I was pretty well behaved on the shopping front – getting there early allowed me to walk around all of the stands freely and make a list of […]

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WIP 2 is this cardigan/jackety thing. It’s a knitsirdar pattern using their Jewelspun with wool, so a chunky weight which knits up nicely. I am though reminded that the reason I haven’t knitted for about 10 years is that it does bore me a bit - before Christmas I had too much going on so needed that repetitive quiet therapy, now I’m rested I want something more varied again - fortunately I’m at the fiendish decrease stage in this piece so it’s no longer gentle therapy. I chose to ignore the ‘advanced’ label on the pattern and challenge myself so I’ve upped my knitting skills significantly with this one. It’s knitted bottom up in the round, so I’ve had to google/look up in my books a lot of techniques - I’m now much happier with the magic loop (sleeves), grafting (armpits), and I’ve had to get a lot better at counting (hence the over abundance of stitch markers). I’ve also learned how to unpick and redo a single ladder (all of last night’s raw edge was wrong), and my backwards knitting is now very good (as I decided not to bodge miscounts for once). I’m quite proud of the raglans, so far they’re going well, and the end is in sight although I’m concerned that yarn chicken is imminent. Still not convinced it’s advanced compared to the last intermediate Sirdar pattern I did, but I’m not done yet so wish me luck. #knitting #knit #handknit #sirdar #yarn #yarnaddict Ok, it’s a new year so inevitably I’ve given myself a talking to about having too many projects on the go, so it’s going to be WIP finishing time for a while round here. That should probably actually make it more interesting as the current active WIP list is 4 bead embroidered boxes (3 of which have all their beading done), one cardigan (more on that later) and all the models and landscaping for the family model railway project. The inactive WIP list is a longer term project, for now I’ll stick with the active ones. Anyway, here’s the ‘very very beaded box’ with its inners - these are archival board with hard felt tops (gives a better finish) and scrap silk dupion (bugger to work with as it frays but looks amazing). The fabric needs lacing in place, and then I’ll stitch them together to form an inner shell. Fiddly. Check back later to see if I’ve made progress or if I’ve been distracted by something else. #beadembroidery #finishing #beadwork #beading embroideredb Early pressie time - 10% off all of my Tutorials throughout December to say 'thank you' for being such lovely customers this year. No code needed, automatically applied in my Etsy and PayHip shops. Happy Beading!! Early pressie time - 10% off all of my Tutorials throughout December to say 'thank you' for being such lovely customers this year. No code needed, automatically applied in my Etsy and PayHip shops. Happy Beading!! Cellini Rick Rack Ninja Star - my favourite pattern to make at this time of year, great as a gift and quite quick (for beading at least) if you use a casting model and/or the larger seized bead combo. Tutorial available in my Etsy and PayHip shops (links in bio). As a teeny business I may not really do Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but I do like to try to offer a discount in December as a seasonal gift to my lovely customers around the world. Please note that this only applies to Tutorials, but hopefully that will still keep most of you happy. All happening in my Etsy & PayHip shops, link in bio/comments and no code needed. #beadingtutorials #beadwork #sarahcryerbeadwork #beaddesigner #theindecisivebeader #beading Today I am mostly knitting and catching up on #gameofwool. I know some yarny people hate it but I like it and it’s got me knitting again for the first time in about 10 years, so that says something about whether it’s a good thing generally. I’m working with a gradient yarn (Sirdar Jewelspun with wool) and am mildly enraged by the factory joins being very annoying - here you can see the joined piece is the colour from 10 rows back, but don’t worry, I’ve sorted it by taking a chunk out of the ball until I’ve gotten to the ‘right’ place in the gradient again. Oh and by the way, the stitch is Fisherman’s Rib which looks amazing but is bloody slow going, and completely negates choosing a chunky yarn - epic fail there. So I’m out of practice at making good knitting decisions as well as the actual knitting, but at least it’s going to be gorgeous. And yes, I know this matches my current beadwork - serendipitous accident. Normal bead content will resume tomorrow. #sirdaryarn #chunkyknit #knitter #knitting Back on the fungi again - this set of Sulphur Tufts which I made whilst I was testing the tutorial have now had 90 degree bends added to their stalks. Hopefully that will allow them to be mounted on a vertical background as if they've grown (as in nature) from the cut end of a log, or a tree trunk, rather than my usual groups. The aim is to end up with the piece in a box frame. So far so good, but I need to get going on the background itself and look at the planned frame before I can decide if the group should grow from 5 to 7. If you'd like to learn how to make beadwoven fungi I have a tutorial available in my Etsy and Payhip shops (link in bio/comments) #beadweaving #beading #seedbeads #fungiofinstagram #beadingnature #sarahcryerbeadwork #theindecisivebeader It’s possible I may have broken my own rule about having too many projects on the go - I try to stick to one per medium for my own sanity and so something at least can be finished. Current tally is 3 bead embroidery, one beadweaving (good behaviour), two model rooms, one piece for our train layout and oops, three knitting projects for ‘relaxation’ (with yarn for one more purchased and then confiscated by me this afternoon). At least the key bead embroidery piece is going well and matches the main bit of knitting……….#worksinprogress #beadembroidery #sirdaryarns #sirdarjewelspun #beadwork.

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