Today I'm working on the little table in the conservatory adding even more colour to the bright green (brighter than you see here) finger-less gloves I've just knitted. This is my box of small scraps of 'woolly threads' which are too short for most projects but I can't throw them away. I could have done with these a couple of years ago when I became sensitive to light and wore gloves and a hijab like scarf all summer. That's when Christine, aka Bishopsmate, first met me - slightly overdressed in the library.
Here is another hat I've just finished using woolly scraps - it's reversible. The base is made out of netting from a bag of satsumas woven into whilst stretched over a ball - I got to use those really chunky threads on this.
Yesterday at our craft group Christine said I had to give you a pic of the papier maché figure I was doing last week. So here she is with her orange, handbag, hair and shoes - that's one of my large canvasses in the background.
Have a good week. Jackie
Here is another hat I've just finished using woolly scraps - it's reversible. The base is made out of netting from a bag of satsumas woven into whilst stretched over a ball - I got to use those really chunky threads on this.
Yesterday at our craft group Christine said I had to give you a pic of the papier maché figure I was doing last week. So here she is with her orange, handbag, hair and shoes - that's one of my large canvasses in the background.
Have a good week. Jackie
I love it all Jackie, the hat is fab, the figurine is glam and as for your mitten warmers .... stunning.
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sandra de @25
That is one incredible lady, I so want to 'create' her - you may have to make a written tutorial!!!
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe that hat - it looks SO GOOD!
Have a good week
Christine aka Bishopsmate #29
Your fifure is amazing, so much character, and your hat made from a mesh bag is amazing too, you are one creative lady.
ReplyDeleteJill
What a great lady! She looks quite a character with her orange handbag. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd you hat is amazing. The things you do with left over thread is incredible. Those mittens looks great. They will make a great present.
Thanks for visiting,
Happy WOYWW and have a good week,
Lisca
how clever that the hat is reversible. That papier mache figurine is so adorable, thanks for showing. Vicky#7
ReplyDeleteYou are very talented! I love the lady she is fab. Thanks for the visit earlier today xx Soojay
ReplyDeleteFantastic projects, Jackie! The gloves are so funky and I would have never guessed that you used satsuma bags for the base of the hats. The art doll looks marvellous too! You're s multi-talented! Thanks for visiting earlier, zsuzsa #40
ReplyDeleteI love the figure! What a great lady.
ReplyDeleteThe gloves look fantastic - I love all the colours. I'm not usually a green person but those look great. We need bright colours in the winter. Certainly nothing around the landscape here is bright.
Sharon K #42
Those fingerless gloves are just absolutely fabulous! I am also very interested in the embroidered item th their right on the conservatory table (a pin/needle wallet perhaps?) Love the colours in that. Happy crafting, Max #60
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DeleteHi Jackie, lovely to meet you!Love all the bright summery colours you use there. Have a great week, Hugs, Shaz #6 xxx
ReplyDeleteI love the hat you made with yarn scraps! The gloves are very pretty and colorful!
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Sofie
wow love your green gloves...fab colours and your figure is cool too, I wouldn't mind doing something like that sometime :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
ReplyDeleteDawn #33
Deep envy of your doll, I made one and it was rubbish and I'm green with envy for the gloves too.
ReplyDeleteWill think about you when I'm trawling Brick Lane haha
Lynn 15 x
Wow a lady after my own heart I too can't throw anything away. Got boxes of wool that I bought when the children were small and that's 40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteCrafty hugs Pen x #23
Great fingerless gloves Jackie - yes it's very difficult to throw things away - I hoard everything ..just in case ...! Thanks for visiting earlier and the link to the free patterns,
ReplyDeleteBernice
Now that surely is the opening line of a novel "And that's when I first met Christine, overdressed in a library......" !!!
ReplyDeleteYour ability with yarns amazes me, I'd never have thought of using up scraps like that in a gazillion years :-)
And your lady is wonderful.....I think she's a bit of a party girl, eh?!
Hugs, LLJ 9 xxx
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ReplyDeleteHi Jackie, love your box of wool scraps. I save stuff in old biscuit tins too. Your wool embroidery is beautiful and the hat is amazing. Who would have thought that the base is made from orange netting. Love your lady too. After yesterday we now have a lovely sunny day though it's still quite chilly. Hope it didn't snow for you as forecast. I remember, too, how popular granny squares were in the 60s and 70s, especially for making dresses and ponchos. I plan to start the next giant one this evening - this one is for my lovely niece. Have a great week. Elizabeth x #41
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