TUSAL time

It's that time of the month again so here's my ort jar.

This month we have orts from Celtic Banner, Celtic Griffin, Basket of Apples, UFO RR, Caleb's Birth Sampler, Mary Wigham, Joyful Summer, Sunflower Charms and various colours of KO from beading

If you remember last month I told you that I couldn't tell you what the pile of green was from as it was for my Mum for Mother's Day and she reads my blog.

Well if you didn't know already it's Mother's Day here in the UK today so I can share now

She loved it :)

1 day 2 finishes

As you know Wednesday is lace class/group and for the last few weeks I've been working on this little thingie, today I finished it.  The thread I used is a little thick and it has it's flaws but I'm really pleased with the result.

Last October I took a class for a Ribbon necklace and I've been working on it on and off since then.  I kinda stalled on it when I couldn't get some of the crystals for the fringe so in the end decided that I was fed up enough of it hanging around almost done that I went with something else.

This doesn't give you much of an idea of the colours in it but if you scroll down a couple of posts and take a look at the Triangle bracelet you'll get the idea.

Jo tune in sometime over the next couple of days for your answer :)

First HD of the year

Last year I was talking to a fellow beader at one of the monthly meetings about lace and she told me about the class she teaches but as it was almost the end of term she promised to let me know more when the next term started.

That was a couple of weeks ago and after digging out my pillow I was surprised to find that I had a half done project on it, the only problem was I'd also forgotten what to do!!! (In my defence it's been about 3 years since I last touched my lace and I hadn't done much at all so it's not really that surprising I forgot it)

After some head scratching and lots of hand holding I finished it off so here in all it's glory is a simple bookmark that's taken 3 years for me to do.

I used a DMC 12 perle for it but I'm not sure of the colour maybe 3041 or close to it.