Beaded bees

Beaded bees

Busy making components for a necklace, a kit from spellbound beads

Shadows

Trying to keep the momentum going on my Blackwork castle, & the pesky sun keeps casting shadows, off for a little walk I think & enjoy the sun while it’s out.

Turret 2: Blackwork

I’m still slowly working away on turret 2 of Cooling Castle (Kent,UK). Moving on to the middle archway next. I’m leaving turret 1 until I’ve seen my tutor, it’s got BIG issues, I think I might be unpicking ??? I’m not happy with it now I’ve completed turret 2’s top.

Space Silk Scarf Collection

I’ve been busy up loading my silk scarves to my Folksy shop this week. I’m still getting to grips with being a online shop owner.

These three scarves I’ve popped into a little collection on their own, as they are all space inspired.

Cosmic Energy silk scarf

Dark Matter Silk scarf

Dark Energy silk scarf

Blackwork update

I’m slowly getting towards my goal, of finishing & in for assessment before Christmas. The bulk of the second turret stitching is done. I’m not sure if I will start to put the stone work in or put some more of the grass in next.

Yarn

I thought I would share my finished yarn with you all

It looks quite different once you twist it up into skeins.

Wildflower collection

I finished some of the wild flower scarves for my stall on Saturday.

What do you think??

Red Poppies

Poppies & Cornflowers

Purple Peonies

Welsh Poppies & Convolvulus

It was easy putting these into a collection. I have the rest to think of names for & try to split into mini collections to display them.

I’m starting to get a bit nervous 😬, it’s the first time I will be putting my work in front of real face to face people.

All dyed up

I’ve been busy over the last few days getting the last of my silk & yarn dyed.

I finished dyeing the last of my yarn this morning, and I finished painting the last of my silk yesterday

I tried 3 different colours on the flowers. I have 6 more scarves to hem. I’m not expecting to get them done ready for my stall on the 10th.

I have the admin bits to get on with now, and yarn names to think of. Any one else get stuck with names.

I much prefer the making bit.

Flowery silk scarves

I’ve had quite q productive day in the studio, painted silk scarves for my next collection.

Experimenting with different colour ways

They do look quite different once they are off the frame & hemmed. I’ve been quietly working away on these over the summer. I hope to show you my finished scarves soon.

A bit more yarn dyeing

I’ve been busy today, I managed to dye four different colour ways of yarn.

Yarn line drying in the garden.

I had to finish drying some of the skeins in our front porch, I guess our neighbours think we’re a bit more weirder than they thought.

It’s more stock for my first in person craft sale. I have names to think of & labels to make.