I finally finished my shawler. It’s a pattern by Shelle Hendrix. It’s kind of a shawl, kind of a sweater. This one is crochet, but I knitted the cuffs.
Front and back views. I made the glass button on it but I forgot to take a close up picture of it. Dud…
I’ve been working on a couple of new things. Copper box beads for one thing. I’ve assembled several of them but still have to patina them and give them a good tumble to shine them up. In the meantime, here’s some of the copper I etched.
These are a few quilted wall hanging that my mom made.
I’m not a very good picture taker so you have to look really close at the Christmas tree to see the glass snowflakes and the little glass lights that I made for this wall hanging.
More things to sell at the fall craft shows. These are really easy to make, though it takes me longer because I make such a mess when I have to use glue. I also had issues with the magnets. They are so strong that if I put them too close together, they would stick together. I can’t just lay them out on the table so I found these steel plates that worked out great.
My mom made this kitty wall hanging. It’s simple but I love the kitties and the colors.
I didn’t do a very good job hanging it up, that’s why it looks crooked but it’s not. It’s perfectly even. My mom sews really well.
No, I didn’t make this. My dad made it about 40 years ago. My mom still uses it. I was thinking of making some since I had to order a bunch of used wine corks that I plan to put the push pins in. I’m not planning on making that many push pins so I thought about this trivet. Doesn’t look too difficult to make.
My mom made this one for me because I like cats.
This is the inside. I like the paw print fabric.
This is the outside. Aren’t the kitties cute?
A gal on Lampwork Etc. posted instructions to make a glass rod holder case to use when traveling with glass rods. Thanks Sue!! I couldn’t pass up the chance to get my mom to make a few. Here’s the first one she made out of batik fabric.
Here’s the finished case all rolled up.
This is the inside. The bottom has little sections to stick the glass rods into and the top has a flap to pad the ends of the rods.
This is the outside. Isn’t is cool?
I finished knitting and crocheting this shrug. It was really easy except I kept running out of yarn. I had to order more yarn three times. I’m going to wear this at work when I go into freezing rooms. The shrug is fairly heavy so it should keep me nice and toasty.
These pictures aren’t the best as I couldn’t take them in an area where the background was the same.
Front View
Back View
Detail of bottom
This was made out of four different yarns. There are stripes of handpainted yarn and wool yarn run with eyelash yarn. The bottom has some rows of sari ribbon.
I only have a few button mandrels, that’s why I can only make a few each torching session. I normally don’t make that many two holed buttons so I’ve been able to live with just a few of these mandrels. Here’s a couple more.
