beaded sweater

This little cutie was so fun to

make, actually quite

addicting. I saw something

similar in an ad in a

jewelry magazine and just

had to figure out how to make one. I could have bought a

pattern for $50.00, but instead chose the challenge of

trying to figure it out on my own. I'm not really a beader,

so I may have invented my own stitches...I think I used a

ladder stitch, but I may have altered it a bit. It took me a

while to bead, but the actual shaping was pretty easy.

Now I need to make another one and record what

I'm doing as I go.

hand-dyed and felted bags

This was my first experience with hand-dyeing
a variegated yarn. The colors are actually more
brownish than they appear in the photo. I've
made a bunch of these little bags, as you can see.









This is pretty much the same bag, just
different colors. I used some egg dyes
on this one.








This one is somewhat bulb shaped.








I call this tiny bulb bag my little onion.
I love bags!

my first dye and felt project

This is an Interweave subscriber-only

pattern. I really enjoyed making this

bag. I dyed all the yarn using kool-aid

and food coloring; the colors came out

clear and vibrant. The pattern worked

up quickly and the piece felted very

well. I was a little nervous about the

colors running, but there was no

problem with that at all.