Turquoise Spiral Necklace

Turquoise Spiral Necklace
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Technically this is an FO, a Finished Object, except it wasn't one of my targeted UFO's that had been sitting around awhile. In the midst of my knitting frenzy, I had a persistant urge to bead. True, I had acquired the materials for this project last year; in fact, right after I rediscovered the pattern in Bead and Button #47, February, 2002. Truly I confess there was a delay since my earlier posting about this piece. I misplaced the magazine -- again.
The only change I made from 's design is lengthening the rope so the necklace would slip over my head. The same #8 iris beads in the rope are within the gem chip section, but the chips are so dense, the sparkle doesn't show through. I will probably add a few to the surface to lend greater cohesion to the two sections. By the way, the chip section is a continuation of the seed bead spiral. You can't discern a twist because of the shape and size irregularity of the gem chips. Oh, and except for using 1 or 2, I eliminated the rose quartz from the soup mix.

CBJ Coloring

CBJ Coloring
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I could not resist playing with the colorway from my
Crayon Box Jacket project,
CREATURE FROM THE CORAL LAGOON!

more pieces

more pieces
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Sometimes I just like to let the needles and hooks play and come up with their own fabric concoctions. I feel far less tension in this mode, and I know it's because I'm self-learning crochet and still struggling with printed directions. I will depend on both as I build up a "repetoire" of stitches.

scrumble fun

scrumble fun
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I'm Ready to Scrumble!

I'm Ready to Scrumble!
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What I've been doing lately is homework, not to be confused with housework, which I avoid. The homework is for two Freeform Crochet and Knitting workshops later this month at Laci's. I have been practicing specific stitches and motifs from books by Prudence Mapstone, Margaret Huber and Jenny Dowde (if you go to her gallery and scroll down, you'll see a hat I made from a pattern in her book) plus a wealth of info provided by the Freeform Crochet Group. Sometimes I just play in true freeform mode, letting the needles and hooks go as they want with the yarn. I have so much fun in this mode, not the tension I feel when I try to wield the implements according to directions. This is especially true with crochet since I'm a self-taught novice.

I will be taking classes from Prudence Mapstone and Margaret Huber. I know there will be veteran and talented FF'ers there and I can hardly wait to be inspired -- and without intimidation, as I am there to learn!