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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Lots more crochet

I've been doing a lot of crochet lately, mostly baby stuff.


 There is also a lot of Christmas stuff.


Most of it has been added to my Artfire studio and website.  The rest can be bought by messaging me and will be added to the sites soon.




 Most of the items can also be bought from my stall at the Traralgon craft market every second Saturday of the month.

There are lots of booties,
  


And high tops







Christmas hats, and nappy covers,





More hats,



Long tail hats,


There are also facewasher gifts and crochet cupcakes.




Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Crochet Couch





No, I didn't crochet a whole couch cover for a normal sized couch!

No, it's not a dolls house couch!

It's a tissue box cover!

I love how it turned out.  I originally made it for a Christmas present for my Mum, but it's so cute I'm giving it to her already, and I'll make another one for myself eventually, and another one for my Mother-in-law.

Of course they're also available upon request for whoever wants one.  You can even choose your color to match your own couch or whatever you like.





I was thinking this would also look great in any office reception area or waiting room.

Order it here

Saturday, June 16, 2012

BABY CLOTHES

I'm starting a new line of crocheted baby clothes.

This was the first one by custom order.




Custom orders for this dress are available upon request.  Order here.

Others are coming soon.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

New Crochet Earrings

I've added a variety of crochet earrings to my web site Craft Cove

Some are made with crochet thread, some are made with three strands of sewing thread.

I've crocheted some into hoops as well.

Here are some of them.

















Sunday, April 29, 2012

Monday, November 16, 2009

Latest Beaded Wedding Bouquet

beaded wedding bouquet



This is the arrangement I came up with after making beaded flowers for a customer to add to her wedding bouquet. In the end she used all of my beaded flowers and some other crystals and things. It was an amazing arrangement, and I'll post a blog about that another time.

beaded wedding bouquet

I've used almost all the same flowers and stems I made for her arrangement, and there are nearly 60 stems all up in this arrangement. I've used tulle in the arrangement, for the collar, and for the handle. I've then done a clever wrapping technique with satin ribbon around the handle.

wedding bouquet handle



This bouquet is available to buy from my website: Flower Cove

Custom orders are also available

Friday, July 31, 2009

Sale at Shop Handmade Store






For this month I'm having my sale at my Shop Handmade store.

There are 9 items listed and they are all 10% off. There's a bit of everything listed including, chainmail, wirework, beadweaving, and a beaded rose bud.

The sale is for all of August only.

See them here Shop Handmade

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Freeform Madness Result

freeform beaded bracelet
freeform bracelet
freeform beading
freeform bracelet
freeform bracelet
I seem to have trouble with my camera to USB connection so I couldn't list the photos from the camera yet. Just before I found out I could use the memory card in the lap top then move them over to the PC to edit and post. Thanks to Vedasbeads from Twitter.

So here are the photos of the freeform bracelet I made. It was so much fun making it.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Free Star Tutorial

Here is the first of the tutorials.




NETTED STAR







Materials: 4mm crystals, or other beads
Size 10/0 seed beads
Stopper bead, any color, will be removed later.
Fine fishing line, approximately 80cm
Beading needle, or other fine needle


1. Thread the fishing line onto the needle

2. Tie on a stopper bead. A stopper bead is a bead the same size or smaller than the smallest bead you are using. String through it twice to hold it in place.

3. Add 6 seed beads, 1 crystal and 1 seed bead.

4. Go back through the crystal, and pull tight.

5. String on another 6 seed beads, a crystal, and this time 4 seed beads.

6. Go back through the first seed bead you strung on, through the same way you came from originally. Then back through the crystal.






7. Continue in this manner, adding 6 seed beads between each section, crystals next to each end, and ends alternating between a single seed bead, and a 4 seed bead circle.

8. This should form a zigzag pattern with the 4 bead circles on one end, and the single beads on the other, as in the diagram.

9. Stop when you have 6 of each types of ends. 12 points all together.



10. The thread should now be coming out of the crystal, in readiness for the 6 seed bead centre. Now instead of starting a new 6 bead section, just string back through the first section, all the way through the first 6 seed beads, the crystal, and the end seed bead.

11. You should now have a rough circle. String through the next single seed bead, at the next point, then the next. Continue through them all. Then go through them all again.




12. Tie off, and thread through a few beads. Remove stopper bead, tie, and thread through a few beads.



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Created by Jenny Lawson












For any questions, email me at: craftcove@gmail.com




More tutorials can be found at: Jewellery from Craft Cove http://craftcove.blogspot.com/


Please do not distribute, lend or copy.
Do not mass produce.



Copyright 2016 Jenny Lawson

Monday, March 2, 2009

Beaded Spirals

I've made so many different types of beaded spirals, and I've now discovered a new one! This new spiral is called the "Flat Spiral". I'll be making it soon.

The ones I've already made are: "Dutch Spiral", "Spiral Netting", "Aussie Spiral", "Russian Spiral" and "Double Spiral Rope". A couple I meant to do at some stage but never got around to doing were: "Triple Spiral Rope", "African Helix" and the "Cellini Spiral". I'll get around to them all at some stage, but I'm always finding other beading projects to do. Currently I'm making my second 3D beaded teddy bear from 3Dbeading.com, and I'm alternating that with my first "Zulu" Beaded Bracelet. It's not often I make more than one of each item, but I loved the teddy bear so much, I just had to keep one for myself.

You can see all my work on my web site Craft Cove

So next on my list will be the "flat spiral".

double spiral beading
Aussie spiral
Here are the images of the spirals I've done -






netted spiral
Dutch spiral
Russian spiral

More spirals found here:  
http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2010/04/all-spirals.html

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