April 25, 2005
Resurrecting an old hobby
I've had many hobbies over the years...some have stuck, but many have fallen by the wayside. Some were just a fade and didn't hold my interest for the long haul. Beading is one that I think I had forgotten how much I really enjoy it! So, Saturday I spent the morning with some of the crew (Michelle, Wanda, and
It was fun to see everyone's personalities come out in the stitch markers that they made, Cynthia was making "sets" of markers. They were all very uniform...with the beads matching up just so:-) I had to give her a hard time about it of course, but they were really cute. She took a great picture of her markers and Wanda's...go take a look! Michelle made a really cute one with a little coffee cup on it. Wanda was in the mood for fresh water pearls, so she had every color all together. I, of course, had very bright funky beads, but relatively simple ones. They were all so different! **I will post pictures of my finished markers tomorrow** After the beading session, we headed over to LoDo's for lunch and a little knitting. After lunch we did some damage at Joann's, seeing as they are discontinuing the only kind of Lion Brand that I would ever want to knit with...Cotton Ease. Those people at Lion Brand don't know what they are doing!!! We were all on the hunt for some to add to the stash. Bonus that they were having a great sale on scissors, 40% off, even the gingher scissors (you know...the wicked expensive ones, so now is the time to buy some!!!). All in all, it was another great day with the girls. And I think I may have just picked up beading again. (so many hobbies, so little time) I am seeing many more beaded stitch markers in my future.
*I am thinking of posting a little tutorial on making beaded stitch markers...let me know if that is something that you, my readers, are interested in!!*
Posted by Stacey at April 25, 2005 05:58 AMThat necklace is gorgeous!!!
Posted by: P-la at April 25, 2005 11:14 AMhey that would be perfect.when you do I will link your addy to mine for the bead it-along.
Posted by: cara at April 25, 2005 11:27 AMI'd definitely read a tutorial. Are they hard to make?
Posted by: Ann at April 25, 2005 12:16 PMI'd be very interested in a stitch marker tutorial. I've only made one project needed markers (clapotis) and I don't think my paperclips were quite up to the job :) Save me from the paperclips!
Posted by: laura at April 25, 2005 01:09 PMI would definitely read a tutorial on making stitch markers, especially since I signed up for a secret stitch marker swap and have never made any before!!
Posted by: Becky at April 25, 2005 01:52 PMNo! Ann, they really are easy! I'm going to work on a little tutorial in the next few days! It's kind of addictive once you get the hang of it, and you get to use pretty beads!!
Posted by: Stacey at April 25, 2005 04:46 PMThat's a crazy fun necklace! I've been making stitch markers, but I'd love to see how you do it. What did you use for the ring?
Posted by: Vicki at April 25, 2005 07:03 PMplease do! maybe there could be a stitch marker-a-long?..a month of stitch markers...stitch marker fridays...:)
Posted by: mel at April 25, 2005 09:29 PMI cannot wait for a tutorial!!!! I'm so clueless when it comes to the whole bead thing. Oh, and I adore your necklace. Such a long wait, but look at the results...smashing!
Posted by: Wendy at April 25, 2005 10:03 PMI would love to know your method for making markers. It sure looks a lot more professional then my method
Posted by: Dani at April 26, 2005 03:43 AMi LOVE the necklace - what gorgeous beads! i just yesterday buckled under the pressure of the beauty and bought myself some beads to make my first ever necklace, so I was interested to see you making jewellry too!
Posted by: anna at April 26, 2005 07:49 AMTutorial! Tutorial! Tutorial!
Posted by: Sue at April 26, 2005 10:31 AMI love it! It look so crazy about many different colors.
Greetings from Cologne
Aud
A tutorial would be great! Can you go ahead and let us know what supplies we need, so that those of us without a local bead shop could order them ahead of time, and be able to play when you get the tutorial done. I've actually ordered some beads already from artbeads.com , but didn't have a clue as to what else I'd need.
Definitely! That's a great suggestion Wendi! Here are the supplies that I use:
•Beads
•Head pins and/or Eye Pins- I use the the eye pins when I have a charm to hang off the bottom.
•Needle nose pliers (preferably small ones)
•Cutting tool, like small wire cutters
•Pliers
*the above three items can usually be found in a set at any craft store like Michael's or Joann's for about $10-15*
•Split rings of varying sizes (according to what size needle you want to put them on) I tend to like the bigger ones, I think they are about a 20mm ring. *I'll check on that* (they look a little smaller than a dime to me)
And that's it! This is going to be fun!!
One of the store customer's makes Shuffle Beads, she sells them at eBay, I thought of you when I saw them :)
Here's the eBay link:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZafrogdog
Posted by: Nathan at April 27, 2005 08:07 AMYou're right, it's a shame that the only attractive yarn left at Lion Brand is the one they decide to discontinue. When I found out, I emailed them and basically told them they can basically stop sending me all those crappy newsletters now.
Posted by: Jenn at May 1, 2005 05:13 PM