Beading around

Actually I'm very proud of my. first. tatted. earrings.

Tadaaa~~~~!

Flight of Fancy



And aside from this there are two other pairs of earrings

娃娃



娃娃 or 'Doll' is made with Russian Jade bead and silk tassels. This is just in time for the lunar new year heh!

Lilac Hints



I just wanted to try out the colored wires and play with an alternative form of wiring. So I came up with Lilac Hints.

And of course I have some bookmarks done. The other day while doing research, I realized I needed a few bookmarks.

Actually, a few of them.

AS also wanted one so, if I could find appropriate beads, I could make him some book thongs.


From top: Lagoon, Tribal and Tabbed.
All beads are glass beads. Lagoon is a metal squiggly bookmark; Tribal is leather-corded and Tabbed's a book thong made from double-satin ribbon.

And on the knitting front, I think I'm a bit paranoid. I have a bad feeling that I won't be able to finish my second Antrelac in time. Keeping fingers crossed but with the hike in research work these days, it's getting difficult.

Tats-it weekend~

I bought a Japanese Tatting book the other day, and went tatting over the weekend. (of course, a few stitches were made on the neverending wips. but i'll come to that later.)



Who knew I'd have new wips! Luckily they aren't knitting projects and are much smaller. And of course these wips are better than the 'incomplete project' pictured, because they are worked in sections, so I can just finish as section as and when I can without having to worry about remembering where i stopped. I think I'm getting the hang of tatting and it seems much easier the more I practice. I'm still not confident enough to use the pretty threads I bought but I think soon I will. This also makes me not give up on spinning as well. Practice Practice Practice.

Meanwhile yes, here are some pictures of all those in progress.

Wisp

Seems like the least progress here (actually it's not, broadripple is. Then again I also haven't don't anything on my Lily of the Valley) but the pattern is really easy, and nice. I love the yarn as always. It doesn't take long to do a single repeat either.

Broadripple

I have about 12 rows on the second sock left and then I will be moving on to the heels of both socks.

My So-Called Scarf

I'm so in love with this yarn, I'm already planning to make a similar scarf for a friend. The yardage is better than I thought too.

Antrelac Part II

I love the color whooo~~~~ I can't wait to finish this so that at least I have my vday gift all done and in time.

Well tat's about all for now. Will be working on my thesis today so I don't think there'll be more crafts until late in the night perhaps.

More thread!

Just some tatting thread news here.



Actually I met iroiro today to get the threads AND do some bead shopping. I don't have a picture of the beads we bought but here are more pictures of the threads she passed me.



The green thread (Fern)is from LadyShuttleMaker, and the Christmassy one (Jolly Christmas) is from YarnPlayer. Both are so beautiful and are yelling 'GET TATTING!' but Oh I just can't bear to!

Just like knitting, yarn is yarn. right?

ok i have to go and bead the earrings for Christmas now!

oooh tatting!

ok here's the first tatted flower bookmark I finished. It's a pattern from yarnplayer's site (she sells wonderful threads too at her etsy shop!)

This is the better picture actually.



But i also wanted to share with you how my nails matched the threads that day (even though I don't like pink! no really!)