Bead Bracelets
Posted: February 1, 2013 Filed under: Jewelry | Tags: Bead, Bracelet, Craft, crochet, jewelry 1 Comment »I finally finished the crocheted bead bracelets I made when we were camping this Summer. It is funny, but I was more intimidated about finishing them than I was about making them. They turned out pretty cool and I like the stripe effect (see pic #4). The one I just started will be iridescent purple beads and I have no idea whether this amount of beads will make 1 or 2. The first inch took me about 5 restarts but I seem to be crocheting smoothly now.
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- 4. finished bracelets
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- 2. about 1 hour’s worth
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- 3. finally enough to see a pattern forming
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- 1. In the beginning
Bead Crochet Bracelets
Posted: August 16, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: Bead, Bracelet, crafts, crochet, etsy, hemp, jewelry, Seed bead, Shopping, vegan, Wrist 4 Comments »Well, here they are!
The verdict? They are comfortable to wear, fun to make and I love them. I realized during my photography session that I either need a mannequin arm or a friend with daintier wrists than mine. 
You can see from the pictures that some can be worn as both necklaces and bracelets. I am having fun rummaging through my bead bin and scrounging cool buttons for closures.
Creating is fun, photography is hard, but now that I have them all photographed I will get them measured and listed in my Etsy store tomorrow. So far I am making them to fit a 6.5 inch wrist (mine), but I’d be happy to make them in custom colors or lengths, call or email me with your ideas! Here are a few pictures to whet your appetite…
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- green glass wraps 3 times with a mother of pearl button
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- pale green glass on fine hemp
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- silvered and foiled beads on waxed linen
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- previous bracelet worn as a necklace
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- black glass and hematite beads on fine hemp
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- colorful foiled beads on waxed linen
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- wraps 3 times with a button closure
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- colorful foiled beads on waxed linen
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- multi-strand necklace of tint glass beads on fine cotton
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- freshwater pearls and glass beads on fine cotton
Sneak preview
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: crochet, etsy, Handcrafted, jewelry, Oregon Leave a comment »
I apologize for the phone camera shot but I wanted to to give you a hint of what I have been making! They are crocheted bracelets and necklaces. I am using glass, shell, some driftwood pieces I picked up in Oregon last Summer and all kinds of old charms and buttons! I will take some real pictures tomorrow and list them in my ETSY store.
Gracie is featured on Ravelry!
Posted: August 5, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: crochet, dog, knit, ravelry, sweater, yarn Leave a comment »
Do you Ravel? I do.
Ravelry.com is one of my favorite favorites. So I was thrilled to receive an email yesterday requesting the use of Gracie’s picture to accompany this dog sweater pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. Click this link to see it on Ravelry: Flower Garden Dog Sweater pattern by Lion Brand Yarn. Here is the original post about the sweater. You can find me on ravelry as idthornell.
So, do you ravel?
Sweater girl!
Posted: December 6, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: crochet, dog, Dogstuff, gracie, Lion Brand, sweater 3 Comments »Gracie’s first sweater. Here is my M.O., before embarking on any project that requires measuring or knitting, I crochet a model. It is just a faster way for me to see what the pattern pieces need to look like. So, I found a free pattern to improvise on, this time from Lion Brand, and then I used different yarn and the wrong hook. I dunno why, that is just how I cook. Read the rest of this entry »
The orange warp is exhausted
Posted: October 24, 2011 Filed under: Spinning and weaving | Tags: crochet, inlay, Loom, Moorman, orange, sari silk, Spinning and weaving, weaving Leave a comment »The warp is exhausted but I am ready for more! I made two scarves, a table mat and got a bunch of nice “ties” from the loom waste. Since Robin had me tie up the treadles 4, 3, 2, 1, I was able to discover two techniques, weft floats and inlay on my own. I later found a blog describing the same treadling pattern and calling it Moorman Technique. What is cool about it is that it leaves the sari silk on the top layer and the cotton makes a smooth backing, see pix of table mat below. Next up I will try a stole. The warp will be dark grey cotton with dark red boucle as weft.
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- freeform scarf
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- orange warp with aqua cotton weft
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- detail of aqua scarf
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- table mat
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- detail of inlay table mat
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- back of mat
