Use Your Right Beads!

These are beaded cross-stitch ornaments that I found when clearing out the house... rather, I found the kits, and there were shiny things in them, so I made them. (I'd just found the HibernaStitchatorium on FaceBook, and wanted to play along and be actually stitching something. Which eventually started me on beading... but I degress.

Anyway, here are the two ornaments finished, ready to have gilded loops and felt backing adhered to them:


Both are Mill Hill Beads kits, and I belive both are still available. Tannenbaum was fun...


... so I started the Clover. Which had beads that I thought were the same color as the ones from the Tannenbaum kit, and hey, they were, so I used them instead.

Only problem was the Tannenbaum beads were bigger... noticeably so if I'd bothered to notice. So, after a quick dash to AC Moore in hopes they'd have comparable beads to the ones I had half-stitched onto the perforated paper (they did!), I was able to finish it up.


So, moral of the story: Pretty Beaded Ornaments Are Fun, if you have a kit, USE THOSE BEADS!

Broncos Boa

If you know me, you know I'm a Denver Broncos fan. So when a ball of fluffy stuff in blue and orange wandered in front of me, a Broncos Boa was going to happen.



IT IS SO FLUFFY!!

Offset Drop-Stitch Scarf

I made this little scarf in August from one ball of some really pretty thing (Knit Go Craft Bamboo Soft Bamboo Cotton Silk, according to my Ravelry project page). It's offset columns of drop stitches, which due to the nubbiness of the yarn actually worked WONDERFULLY once the stitches were dropped. Which, due to the nubbiness of the yarn, was a little tricky in spots, but it *did* work.


I was just winging it with the pattern; if I find another nubby yarn, I'll make another, pay attention, and get a pattern written up. (I really need to start writing patterns when I'm winging it in the first place!)

When Bead-Weaving Goes Wrong

I think for a little bit, Wednesday will be for beading. As it is Wednesday, here's When Bead-Weaving Goes Wrong.

Turns out it's REALLY easy to solve the problem, as long as you don't really care about the fiber with which you're attaching the beads.




See? Easy peasy. Fastest frogging I've ever done!

Another Filigree Lace "Scarf"

This is my second Filigree Lace Scarf, which I gave to my MiL for Christmas, in Polaris Aries. Here, the sequins were part of the yarn, and I only used the one. I added some extra yo rows to the edge, and it worked out beautifully. Blocked like a dream, was a good size for a shawlette. Used all but about an inch of yarn!


Note my Totally Fancy Blocking Board
I wish I'd thought to take a photo after it was done blocking... oh well!

I have finished a third one, which I managed to give back without getting any photo at all. It was made from Wolf and Phoenix cotton thread, one ball, in a pretty deep red/burgandy. The yarn was a gift from the recipient (hence the "gave back"; she wasn't expecting it, but it really was her color! As I'm a process knitter, I tend to give a bit away... if I ever finish it, that is!