This is my latest altered altoid tin, I'm about three quarters finished. Usually when I'm working on the altoid tins I have my patterns and papers picked out before I begin but with this one I'm not sticking to form. I have seen other honey bee altoid tins and knew I wanted to do something …
Miniature Luggage Set – Altered Altoid Tins
I've been meaning to make some matched luggage sets from regular and mini altoid tins and I've finally gotten started on it. I've finished the first set and I think they turned out nicely. I'll be starting on more soon.
Custom Order – Altered Altoid Tin Suitcase
I was contacted on Etsy this weekend to make a custom Altoid tin suitcase, which I was more than happy to do. I spent the entire weekend on it and some time before and after work this week and it's pretty close to finished. I love how it turned out. 🙂
Crochet V-stictch Throw
Just a quick update, I've got several new projects going on right now. My computer is down though, the hard drive crashed. So in the meantime I'm trying to share from my phone. Wish me luck. This is an afghan I'm working on, V-stitch, six colors in Super Soft yarn. So far so good. 🙂 …
Coptic Book Binding Part I
Last week I started a class in coptic book binding. Lesson one was making the covers for the books we will be making. We learned about cutting the book board, the type of glue to use, the way to cut the paper for the covers, and how to assemble them without bubbles, warping, or any …
Finally listed one of the triangle scarves/shawls
One of my favorite patterns to work with is a triangle scarf/shawl with the granny pattern. Depending on the yarn and edging used it can come out looking strikingly different. The one I listed today is done with a yarn that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it. Which, if I'm …
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African Flower Hexagons and More
I purchased a pattern a few months ago and after crocheting a bit I set it aside to finish other projects. I've finally had a chance to work on it again and I'm really happy with what I have so far. I'm not even halfway done yet but this will be my focus for the.next.few …