A Year In Craft - December (12/12)

[kerravonsen]

The start of December, I finished off a number of half-done projects so that I could contribute to the "Creating A Welcome" craft market which was raising money for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, which had been pointed out to me by reynardo which we had both intended to make gifts for, but other things happened... so I was making gifts at the start of December. December was also the month of last-minute gifts and of one more fan fest.

The following were made for the craft market.



Rainbow-bands bracelet where I was experimenting with beads. This was finished by joining the ends together (since it was large and stretchy enough not to need a clasp).



Rainbow-bands necklace, bracelet and earring set, all spool-knit from earlier in the year. This was finished by adding findings to the earrings.



I love the yarn this is made from, a mix of grey and silvery-grey.



You may recognise the Kumihimo braid that I made earlier in the year. I bound it off and added a pre-purchased pendant. The pendant is laser-cut black-painted wood, I got them in a set of half-a-dozen or so. Simple and elegant look, there.



Another recent experimentation has been with twisted cords. I bought a kit which included a cord-twisting device, but after trying it out, I realized it was a waste of money because I then found a tutorial on the internet which suggested using an electric egg beater for twisting cords, and I tried it, and found it much more effective. However, this cord was made before that, with rattail-yarn from the kit. This pendant I made myself (!) attaching purple and silver leaves (some of which I wire-wrapped) to a three-strand teardrop-shaped drop-finding.



This is another twisted cord, with another black rose pendant.



The other lavender-and-blue twisted cord. I was very glad to find that it went well with that glass starfish which I had owned for a while but never found anything to go well with it.

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Gifts:



I have been pondering for a while how to make a trivet from these large wooden rings and crochet, but I was having trouble getting it to work. Then FD (whom I only ever see in the bus) suggested a few things while I was working on it, and the final thing that worked was attaching the rings to each other with half-hitches. The outside of the trivet is crocheted with brown South American cotton. Christmas present for FA.



Spool-knit cord on a pre-purchased lampwork pendant. Christmas present for M.

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I did craft for the severus_fest but I cannot discuss it since the reveals won't happen for a few weeks yet.


So that was a year full of craft! I'd forgotten the huge amount I'd done, not just when I was off work, but all through the year. So that's good - I have Accomplished!

Comments

[vilakins]

They're all so very different and original! The trivet is very clever and inventive; I like how the hexagon is shown in the pale and dark threads.

[kerravonsen]

Thank you!

With the trivet, I wanted something which wouldn't cover the wood completely, but reveal parts of it, because it is pretty nice wood; I mean, a bit bland in colour, but it is still wood and not nasty plastic. And I love the hexagon shape of the seven rings, and I was very glad I could get the outside border to emphasize that.

[vilakins]

The inner pale yarn does too!

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Your magic is great. Wonderful items!

[kerravonsen]

Thanks.