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Just doodling *update
After sorting threads and yarns last week I wanted to doodle around with some colors. I picked turquoise shades to do. Still doodling along. Read more
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Cell phone holder
My BIL asked me to crochet his 96 year old mother a cell phone case as she keeps loosing her phone. I wanted it to be light and soft and not too colorful. I used chenille yarn for softness but with some threads running in it for durability. Colors are chocolate brown and olive green. Read more
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White over gold
Here is another neck piece. This time done in white thread with gold Mylar twisted through it. I add thread spun beads along with the thread. Necklace is assorted gold and white beads. this as the others will carry a credit card and or cash and or key fob. Read more
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New white/gold neck bag
Didn’t think I would start a new neck bag but these jumped out at me. Read more
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Blue/green neck bag
Well working on my second neck bag. Blue and green. this one will fit a credit card or cash. I like these because they are light weight and hide a credit card or cash or even many types of car keys. Read more
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Sea shell tweak
I tweaked the sea shell neck piece just a little. Can you tell the difference? Read more
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Seashell neck piece
Well I finished the sea shell neck piece. It is approximately 3” across and 4” long. It will hold a credit card or some paper money. Read more
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In between felting
This felting day but there are several moments that I have to wait so I bring things today. Here is another neck piece I’m working on. These do not get felted. The crocheted piece is all one item. There is no re-attaching for the front back and flap. The embellishment is separate. I’m making this Read more
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Felting day
Today has warmed up enough to felt. Still need to be inside but garage is warm enough. the old girl is working just great!! Read more
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Red stage 4
Added blue/silver thread and mylar around the multi colored threads. Beading sewn in then multi colored yarn run through the beads. Not finished yet but getting closer. Read more
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Sorting moving along
Well here is it moving along nicely. I need a few more containers as some are getting too full. I might combine the black and white together as I don’t have lots of them. Now that they are coming together my fingers are itching to start using them 😊 Read more
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Red stage 3
This is where I have started to add beads and reinforced the folds. they are side 1 and side 2. More embellishing will be done. Read more
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Different green
Well, I had a piece I had cut away from the folded green and decided to work with that first. It’s kind of an envelope shape with an ear mark. Using that found some crescent green shell shapes and attached them with silver decorative earring pieces. So far so good. Read more
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Random red
Here is another accidental folded crocheted felted wool piece I pulled out. Interesting folds at either end. I feel this longer piece should be sliced into small pieces. Read more
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Green crocheted felt
I went through my finished crocheted felted pieces that I had in a tote bag and pulled out this green piece. Because I did not carefully lay it flat it got bunched up. When looking at it in its current state I thought, what a great soft sculpture look. As I turned it this way Read more
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*Tip- Working with thread
When I worked as a floral designer I found this tape that worked well to protect my fingers. I found it to work great in my thread crochet work too. As you can see I make a type of thimble on my middle finger and just a strip where the yarn/thread crosses my other finger. Read more
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Brown small Step 3
Here is what I’ve decided on for the next step so far. pretty Punch threads and some gears. Read more
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Brown smalls step 2
I now crocheted over the fishing line. I used a variegated yarn to pick up color. Read more
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Smalls neutral beaded
I finished another small piece in my series. This is crocheted wool yarn felted then cotton threads stitched into it. Complimentary beads scattered throughout. Additional novelty yarns are added. Read more
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