BonBon!
(Refer to last post).
Thanks to all of you who made suggestions, every single one had potential.
And the winner is…..
Craftlyn, you will have a BonBon made just for you in a colour of your choice. Please mail me at jamtartssa@gmail.com and we’ll discuss options. Thanks for your lovely (and sweet) suggestion.
Back soon x
You know how nice it is when you win something and then the post office notifies you that it’s arrived and then you go and collect it? This was like that!
I won Jane’s last give-away, from Rainbow Junkie Corner, and very pleased I am about it.
I plan to make a chunky cowl with the yarn, using all three colours in bands. It’s finally getting a bit cooler in Cape Town, so maybe autumn isn’t too far off and cowls will be wearable again.
Not sure about the buttons but I don’t have any quite like them, so they’ll definitely find a good use soon.
The bookmarks – well, Jane has outdone herself! Never in a million years would I be able to work such tiny and perfect stitches. They are also nice and firm, not floppy, and I certainly have nothing as dainty and quaint as these.
They have already been put to good use.
An aside: I’ve been meaning to read Johnson’s A History of the Jews for years; he’s an immensely readable historian and there are myriad gaps in my knowledge of history (of pretty much most things, actually), so I can’t go wrong. This book belongs to Rob’s dad, he lent it to me – I hope he knows it’ll be a while before it gets returned.
Another aside: David Medalie and I were at UCT together for a while some years ago, David had just completed his PhD at Oxford and had started teaching English and I was registered for my Masters and was tutoring some first-years. I am in awe of his fiction-writing talents, and of course his work is of particular interest to anyone who lives in South Africa.
Thank you to Jane for my lovely crafty goodies. If you haven’t visited her blog yet, now would be a good time. There’s a focus on crochet but also a bit of knitting and the odd recipe thrown in! Can’t go wrong with any of that…
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As soon as I saw the bag that this clever Sandra person made (see her blog here), I knew I wouldn’t rest until I’d made one myself.
It’s a great bag to make because (a) it’s basically one very large granny square so it’s dead easy, (b) you can use left-over wool and any colours you like, and (c) it’s hard to mess up with something eccentric like this.
The original pattern is free on ravelry, and you’ll see other people have posted pics of their bags, all in different colours. I didn’t want to add bits of lace and flowers because I think the colours are vibrant enough, although I did take the liberty of adding a button on either side.
Now all it needs is handles. I really don’t fancy those round plastic ones, so I suppose there’s nothing for it but to try and make something myself. (casting my eyes round spare room filled with various craft and junk stuff as I type)
To be continued…
I love bangles. I made some recently using a plastic ring (made from cutting up cheap belts and glueing at one side) and sticking buttons on, but the buttons started to fall off so I had to think of something else.
These are very simple to make, and you can use up left-over bits of yarn. And you can add embellishments if you want. I sewed a button onto the last one I made, and dabbed it with a bit of clear nail polish for reinforcement.
I think the pics are self-explanatory? I made enough chains to go round the bangle and then did 1 extra. I used Vinni’s DK cotton Nikkim and a 3mm hook, and worked in rows of dc or htr until the length was sufficient to wrap over the bangle and stitch together. I did a sort of mini puff stitch in the turquoise one in the top picture.
I’d love to see your versions of this, if you make some. Send me a pic :-)
To be continued…
((…possibly with thanks to Maryanne at woolhogs for reminding me that a new Made-It Challenge is underway.))
Take a little circle of twigs that you may have lying around; spray it white; crochet seven little flowers and sew a button into the centre of each one; stick the flowers on the twigs with a glue gun. Once again, be careful not to burn your fingers. Unlike me.
You now have a wreath. You need to find a use for it. Suggestions: You can hang it on the wall. You can wear it on your head. You can decorate a gift with it. You can use it as a table centrepiece. You can attach the bodies of dead mice and hang it on the patio as a warning to other mice that cats live here. Or you can just look at the thing and think, Oh halleluja, that making urge is back…!!!!!!!
To be continued…
Nice piece of work 