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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Freeform Slippers

I will be making a pair of freeform slippers for my stepdaughter for Christmas. A few ladies on my freeform group did this and they turned out great, so I wanted to give it a try, too. My stepdaughter had outgrown her slippers from last year, so I thought now is the time to make her a freeform pair.
To start with, I got a pair of those mesh slippers that were all the rage a few seasons ago at the dollar store. Anything with mesh is great to use for freeform because the scrumbles can be sewn on using the holes in the mesh. First I had to remove the beads and sequins from the mesh, which I'll be using in another project now that I'm getting into beading. They were sewn on with thread and easily removed. It was more difficult keeping the beads from falling on the floor! You can see how much beading was originally on the shoe in the other pair I bought for myself. Now I have a blank canvas to work with. It shouldn't take me too long to work these up. I'm planning on using all kinds of pinks in various yarn textures. It should be fun!


Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Spinning?


A few weeks ago my friend Janice from the local SnB group gave me some roving and one of her drop spindles so I could give spinning a try. She's been so generous to me. I'm excited about trying it, but I don't think I'll get to it until after Christmas. I have other gift projects I'm working on or will be working on to keep me busy at the moment.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Crochet Bag


I wanted to post the bag my stepdaughter crocheted with Lion Homespun yarn. I think it turned out quite well! She liked the purse I got in the One Skein exchange and wanted to make a similar one for herself. I helped her with general design of the bag and showed her how to do the increases and decreases. She whipped it up in a weekend and couldn't wait to use it. I'm quite proud of her!
She'd like to put a lining in it eventually so the bag doesn't stretch.