An inchie

Making inchies so made a little inchie heart for mum. rather pleased with the idea for the ends - I did a waste knot to start at the bottom of the heart and left a longish end. Then all the other ends are just threaded into that one knot. Made with homemade needlefelt made by my sister who's clever with things. I just love the colours and you can just make out the kind of marbled effect with a darker thread in it. But it's a pig to work cos not very stable and it leaves little threads of blue fluff everywhere. Worth the effort tho.

Work in Progress

Mother's day card. 2013. Got glue everywhere !

The story so far. Starting on the sandy bottom in the corners. Have put the border on the bottom so can go over the edges. ps to self about tidying up that desk ?

Butterfly stitch couching holding down a net that had lemons in it. Does this look like seaweed ? Too bad, this is art lol :-)

Attempt at making cast on stitch scallop shells. Note, using alternating directions for the loops like macramé makes them lest twisty.

Knotted feather stitch seaweed.  Hmmm. I'm learning all the time. Needed a bit more bend to shape the rock a bit more. Not going to undo it tho, this is supposed to be playing.

Not sure what creature this is, but it's made with whipped wheel over a big bead. The beads are on the wheel right at the beginning. Wool is new to me. Interesting.

Drizzle stitch hermit crab eyes. Made me giggle anyway. Looped in alternate directions like macramé so they're not twisted.

Beaded Double Wheatear Stitch, Butterfly Chain Stitch, Double Herringbone Stitch

'Card for Auntie J' : TAST 5, Double Herringbone Stitch, Beaded Double Wheatear Stitch, Butterfly Chain Stitch,

Butterfly Chain, Double Herringbone, Double Wheat Ear

* Butterfly Chain Stitch, TAST 20, * Double Herringbone Stitch, TAST 5, Double Beaded Wheatear Stitch, TAST 16,

Butterfly Chain Stitch. Buttonhole Stitch.

TAST 2, Buttonhole Stitch, Butterfly Chain Stitch. TAST 20. 'Compassion'. I was thinking about Mother Theresa, well people like her, mainly Jane in Roubaix. The mix of the bright red passion, the white dedicated life, the blue dedication to God, but some black or grey beads to because none of us has totally pure motives. §Learning Curve : I wanted to give a sense of movement, streams pouring out. Lot's to learn still about design. Not the best design to showcase the stitch. Enjoyed doing the Buttonhole Stitch couching on a piece of string border - managed to get into a rhythm, like rowing.