Instead of packing, I have been busy experimenting with necklaces and so far, so good! The one to the left is the most recent one. Silver chain and some lovely blue and white acrylic beads that I picked up on a whim at my local shiny crack dealer bead stall. I’ve got a bunch more [...]
Category Archives: Beads
Socks and Shiny Things
July 17, 2006 – 12:34 pm
I’m back from my heady week of travelling – London and Manchester in the space of one week! It was an enjoyable and successful week. I spent a lot of time at Jam’s where we knitted, cooked and demonstrated our amazing lack of willpower. I may have spent mumblemumble on beads but you can’t prove [...]
Jonesing for a fix
July 6, 2006 – 11:14 am
I’ve been on a slight craft hiatus this week. Family have been visiting so all my crafty things have mostly been packed up to make space for them. The most I’ve managed to do is a couple rounds on my Ravenclaw scarf while travelling to Whitby (rather appropriate as we also went to Goathland, which [...]
More Stitchmarkers!
July 1, 2006 – 9:17 am
Just to note that these are all for sale, priced at £5 per set plus p&p. I also take commissions, though contact me first for details. The rings are different sizes, so they’re all hanging off a 5.5mm needle to give you an idea of scale. Inkblots: You ever do that experiment in science where [...]
Tiny stitches and vintage beads
June 30, 2006 – 10:22 pm
I spent a marvelous evening with the lovely ladies of In Stitches, the Hull and surrounding areas knitting group. We consumed drinks and cakes, talked about knitting and mocked some delightfully 1980s era animal motif jumpers. I did a few repeats on my portable WiP, a Ravenclaw PoA style scarf and then got down to [...]
Works in Progress
June 25, 2006 – 4:29 pm
Yesterday saw me rooting around in the depths of Boyes for fabric. I managed to avoid the bead section in the process because contrary to popular opinion, I do possess an ounce of willpower. …besides, I cannibalised two old necklaces found while doing a massive ‘sort and throw’ on three years worth of pre-university junk. [...]
Stitchmarkers
June 25, 2006 – 3:27 pm
On the basis that everyone is entitled to a little pretentiousness some of the time, I have decided to name my stitchmarkers Aggressive! Terribly Flash Purple glass. The good kind. Mother Nature (Because it’s sort of like storms and nature and blue and green skies and… and it’s probably a good thing I never did [...]
Beads, glorious beads!
June 22, 2006 – 2:55 pm
My newest crafty addiction is beadwork. I’ve just invested in a box with many compartments and spent a happy couple of hours sorting beads by colour. That is my Bead Box. I think — no, actually, I know — that it harbours thoughts of world domination. They’re so shiny. So addictive. So…crack cocaine like! I [...]