Bead Games

I think the space invaders are positively cute. Pacman is still on the loom, thats why it is soo much bigger. And please ignore all the loose threads, got some finishing to do.
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Tetris

Zip Brooches

I mentioned in a previous post that I wanted to see if I could make the zip brooches without having to handstitch through six or seven layers of zip. These are the result, I need to clean up some of the hot glue that is showing but apart from that - and hot gluing myself multiple times in the process - they are a success. Also my pins finally arrived so all have brooch pins on the back now. Got a stall at a Macmillan thing next month, some of these might find their way there.

In other news I'm in the middle of a new knitting project so soon I'll have a post that actually fits my blog name: yay!

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Embassy Sewing Needles

Plastic Fantastic

This is continuing the flower theme of the last post. A while back I frogged a project that I'd started with yarn made from carrier bags that hadn't worked out so I have a load of skeins laying around. I've got a few ideas about what to do with it all; the purse was just a way to test how it worked in crochet (I've only knitted with it before), I hoped with crochet I'd be able to make some more structural items that woulds suit the use of plastic. Think it might work too, builds up nicely and found it a much easier material to deal with when I have a hook rather than a point. Purse:
Its a pretty simple design. Perhaps too simple? I think I'd prefer to put a design into the stitchwork next time or use a fancier stitch (rather than embellish). I also can't decide whether it should've been cotton-lined: coins aren't going to slip through the crochet but it would help hide the plastic/zip seam which wasn't easy to make pretty and secure. Hmm...

I have to say that I love Sainsbury's for their ridiculously coloured bags! They make colourful flowers and look awesome melted together too:
( back of a shoulder bag made from fused plastic bags, minus the strap)

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Spring Flowers

After a week spent freezing my ass off a)walking across Manchester and b)in the seemingly unheated rooms at the uni, I thought I'd create some spring cheer and use up some scraps of yarn in the process. Also the perfect way to avoid writing my research proposal because I'm in denial about it needing to exist at the moment!


Not sure what I'm going to do with any of these; the middle one might make a half-decent brooch because the yarn holds its shape but I'm still waiting on a load of pins I ordered a while back *grumble*. They better arrive before the table sale in April or I will be annoyed. Half tempted to make like a million of the first one and have a daisy-chain type scarf or shawl, it would be a good excercise in hiding the lose strands at the back. Normally I'm super lazy and just leave them hanging. As for the last one, I'm not sure. I don't like that sappy light blue colour much; either that has to go or it has to find a home that isn't mine...
Not the carrier-bag crochet I promised but hey, not done the finshing on that yet. It involves some very tedious hand-sewing that I will only do when there is something worth watching on TV....so you'll see it when they re-commission Firefly then!

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Split Focus

I've been working with my collection of plastic-bag yarn this week and its completely ruining my set of coloured crochet hooks. There will be some proper posts soon, once I've done some finishing on the crochet and I have a couple of x-stitch things in the works. Basically done my usual, begun like ten things at once in weeks where I have a load of work/uni/other commitments. Plus I have a load of vintage sewing stuff I'd like to post because the packaging is lovely.

Must. Learn. Time. Management.