Crocheting

With the cold and snow comes my yarn.  Since I complain and get totally stressed and whatever I'm working on ends in disaster when it comes to knitting I've decided to stick with what I know and that's crocheting. I made this little bracelet a while back and don't think I've ever posted it.

It was one of those super quick and easy projects fun little funky projects that I like to do. I added some Stampin' Up vintage looking buttons.

I also found a cute little rustic looking star over on Rivalry.

I like to decorate one of my tress with an old fashion feel to it so I'm thinking some of these stars and a few hearts might just be the ticket. I used Sugar and Cream cotton yarn and a size  F hook.  It came out to be about 3.5 inches.

I Can't Stop

Once I dug out my beads I can't stop with the bracelets.  I made another crochet one with pearl cotton and small white beads similar to the others except  I made it wider.
Then I went back to knitting but dug out some wire.

No it's not for my cat, it's just that she makes a better model than my well used hands.

It's a tiny bit harder to knit with wire but the beads were much easier to string so it ended up being a trade off as far as time wise.

Old Suit Cases

I just love old suitcases.  I love the look of them and I love to store things in them. I have a few in my basement that don't have nearly as much character as these but they do serve to be useful just the same. Every once in awhile I decide to open one just to remind myself what is inside.

I knew this one had crochet cotton in it but had forgotten how much I had.  It was acquired at an auction a few years ago along with some other stuff. After a quick look at this I decided I needed to do something so I decided to crochet a bracelet using some beads from an old necklace.

 It's not perfect but I still think it's kind of cute.

Beads Beads and More Beads

I have a lot of beads.  More beads than one person should be allowed to have. Since I'm always on some sort of quest, my newest quest is to use up a few of my gazillion beads.

 A knitted beaded breaclet

 Another knitted beaded bracelet.

This is a great way to use lots of beads as it takes about 200 for one bracelet.

 A beaded serving spoon

A button and beaded napkin ring

And now I'm off to conquer the quest and use more beads.