I’ve been busy with all things lampshade. I think the fixation started with the papery flowery experiment a couple of weeks ago, and it’s been fed by interest from an interiors gallery owner in Durban.
Experiment #1: shade made from crocheted doily found in charity shop for R10; soaked in a mixture of white glue and water, left to set over a bowl; installed the smallest bulb I could find at Northern Lights for R22 (yes, I know it won’t work tied on with a piece of string, I just wanted to see the effect!); not sure if beads are required.
Experiment #2: wire frame found in the same charity shop for R15; made up crochet pattern using two balls of Vinni’s hand-dyed cotton, fitting it to the frame for size every couple of rows; still going to add big fat flowers in purple and white.
Experiment #3: rice paper ball shade, 13 cm in height; crocheted cover using Vinni’s hand-dyed cotton in Natural, very very fiddly to fit and impossible to crochet directly over the ball (as one idea I found on the internet suggested). But ultimately quite successful and very cute, I thought.
To be continued…
Nice piece of work 
Very impressed. I particularly like the ball one.
Thanks. Baby Ball turned out quite well but there’s room for improvement. I have just started with a slightly bigger one and this time I’m making notes as I go.
absolutely love experiment 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x
Thanks, Needs a bit of tweaking but maybe it’ll grow into something :)
Very impressive crochet to fit!
Fiddly, though, there was plenty of cursing going on :)
Jill,
I love your ideas. They are very inspiring and adding flowers to the lampshade would be so-o-o-o-o-o cool. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Tamara
Yip, definitely needs flowers :-) Thanks
Oh no. Now I have to think of something to do with that lampshade frame I’ve been moving from one cupboard to the next for the last 5 years…..
May I lend you a hook?
I think I’ve got one somewhere, deep in the dark far corner of the cupboard…..
I guess that makes you a closet hooker, then :)
They look great – I have a stash of doilies I have been hoarding to try something like this too – I love exp 1
Excellent! I look forward to pics… :-)