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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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Oops. Hand slipped when I was ordering some more Hexagons (now restocked again) and I accidentally added 8 more colours in the coated crystal self coloured cup chains as well. That brings me up to a slightly shocking 34 colours across my whole 2mm range - I won't apologise though because this is the perfect size for bead embroidery, it's really hard to find in 2mm let alone with self coloured settings, and most of all I like having the all the pretty colours. Of course despite my very careful and enjoyable tre-organistion of my stock drawers last week I can't actually fit the 8 new rolls with the other 28, but that's a problem for later..... How many colours of 2mm cup chain is too many colours of 2mm cup chain? Asking for a friend……… #cupchain #crystals #beadembroiderysupplies #embroiderysupplies Also restocked today along with the Orbit crystals are some more Sparkle Crystals in various shapes (with some new to me colours); a couple of colours of lovely 14mm Flower Chatons, and of course the Sea Glass Rivolis, Cushion Squares and Ovals I uploaded last night. This time last year I was just putting together the first Orbit, crossing everything that the curvature I'd so carefully planned would work out so that I'd get the perfect bucky ball without busting the join beads. I'm still surprised! I have just released a teeny restock of 18mm Hexagon crystals today, along with a few other sparkly lovelies - remember though there are also 3 other options for Orbit in the tutorial using different crystals if you miss out or want to try something smaller (or bigger!). LIttle restock this evening on my lovely sea glass rivolis, cushion squares and ovals. Fun new 2mm cup chain colours today for all the bead embroiders out there - a few different crystal finishes and colours in really super matching coloured settings. That takes me up to 24 different hues across three listings, so should cover most needs for even the pickiest of colour selectors. Do yell though if there is a cup chain colour you find hard to find and I'll see if I can source it. Listed now in my Etsy shop, link in bio/comments. Lots of wire orders to pack recently so that means lots of scraps to put into Scrap Bags, so they're back in stock - in 25g mixes (mainly smooth purl, but with some pearl purl and check purl occasionally). 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

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