Made from my latest yarn puchase, which I resolved to use up before buying any more: two balls of shiny blue cotton that were destined to become something lacy. It didn't turn out quite as lacy as I had in mind.

pattern: Elegant pineapple scarf http://hubpages.com/hub/Elegantps (with a bunch of modifications )

awkward action shot first (the color's best in this one):


some semblance of stitch detail:


Now that that's out of the way, I'm off to buy more yarn!

So I dug up a skein of pretty yarn in my basement today, and started crocheting a circle. And when that started curling up at the edges, it turned into this little guy. He has button eyes and is stuffed with polyfill, with a balloon filled with rice at the bottom to keep him upright.



With my (henna-ed) hand for scale:


Awkward back seam - I haven't mastered crochet in the round yet.


Any thoughts? I was thinking of stitching him up the back with black yarn to make the seam look more intentional. And he needs a name too.

Sooo... This is the result of the shortest trip to the bead store on record. Eight minutes. There's a long, involved story there, but we won't go into that.

I have discovered the wonders of bead crocheting. I have made myself a three-strand necklace with removable pendant in... 2 hours? Less? It actually takes less time to crochet the 18" strand than to unpick the last 3 inches when you make one strand longer than the other. But I digress.

Specs: purple seed bead mix, some sort of silver (-colored?) wire, brown goldstone pendant, 18-ish inches, magnetic clasp, 2 hours. Of which the only purchase (and reason for the thing's existence) was the pretty feather (leaf?) pendant. Goldstone. My favorite.

But I digress again. On to the pics!!!

Necklace on (ignore the bra straps and fat face):


On my lap:


Closeup of beads and clasp for best color (and to highlight my shoddy wire work):


Necklace with pendant (again, ignore the bra straps) -- I think this is the most accurate color overall:


Closeup of pendant (it attaches with a little lobster-claw):


And now I'm working on an iridescent peacock-blue one for the matching blue goldstone feather. With Food Network in the background for noise, the hours literally fly by!

Any fans of Invader Zim out there? (Gir's my favorite!!)
I don't know where the idea for this one came from, or why, but I'm reasonably proud of it. I made him a little stand to sit on because he's so top-heavy; he kept tipping over backwards during construction!



With a Canadian nickel for scale, because I couldn't be bothered to find an American one.

And a pearly little flamingo as a gift for a friend of mine.

It's a whole lot shinier in real life- light pink pearl Sculpy and hot pink Pearl Ex on top. And it will be a necklace soon, but at the moment I can't seem to find my black faux-leather cord.