Dyed in the wool

I had my first experience of dyeing wool with the spinners at Gwen's gorgeous home. I chose to use a sock blank and put one end in the cobalt blue dye and the other in the orange dye. Where the two colours met there is a greeny shade. I have now ripped the blank and I have two identical balls of wool to knit two socks. Where there were two strands together the inside of the strands have not taken so much dye so I got a speckled effect. I am going to call the socks my "Summer Sunset over a Stormy Sea Socks".

Postcards

I was asked to contribute an A5 postcard sized painting to an exhibition to raise funds. I wonder what I will paint?

Purple person

I used some grey Botswana agate and some silver stardust beads to make a necklace. Jenny teamed it with her new purple outfit and I think it brings out the purples in the stones beautifully. Jenny has a real eye for colour.

Turquoise Bling

I loved these crystal beads but thought they needed toning down just a bit so I used the weave technique again and added freshwater pearls.  

Sherbet Pips

These little quartz beads reminded me of the sweets we used to have. I used the weave technique to make a necklace for Clare. I think she will like the colours and she can wear it on her holiday to Turkey.

Roses and pearls

I saw this rose quartz and knew I had to use it with pearls. Wedding jewellery?