Free Herringbone Rope Tutorial

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Which image type?

I wonder if any of you readers could help?

 I decided I need to re-photo some of my older images.  I plan on having a few different images for each item, but I can't decide if I should combine them all into one image, or keep them separate.

What do you think?

these three separately?

          or this one on it's own?

 These three separately?

Or this one on it's own?

Turkish crochet

I've been having a wonderful time doing some Turkish crochet.

PAPER QUILLING

 







Paper quilling is now available.  This is just a few of the samples currently available. Even more styles will be coming soon.

 

Quilling is made entirely with paper.  Thin strips of paper are curled and shaped, then made into a design.

Being made of paper makes them very light and delicate looking, but they are actually very strong.  All of my jewellery is coated several times to give them a little bit of shine, and to make them even stronger.

    

Beading Hiatus

I've had trouble with sore wrists and pins and needles in the hands.  So I haven't done an awful lot of beading or crafts lately.  I'm going to be tested for carpal tunnel syndrome in February, hopefully whatever it is can be fixed. 

I'm going insane not doing a lot of my usual stuff though, so I might do some quilling again.  It's still using the hands, but maybe it may use different muscles and not be such a problem.  I didn't take photos of a lot of my previous quilling, so this will be a good opportunity to get more images listed.

For those that don't know what quilling is, it's working with tiny bits of paper to form 3d objects.  Most often very fine strips of paper are rolled up, but sometimes larger pieces are folded and glued.  The finished pieces are often used for scrap-booking, and they can create very interesting greeting cards.