03/12/2015

It has been too long since I posted on the blog. I have been working very hard on some handwoven bracelets. I've had a lot of epic fails but I did get a couple of nice pieces out of the deal. I even bought myself a special bracelet loom.

I'm planning on starting back at the St. Augustine old city farmers market on Saturdays, at least every other Saturday starting this weekend.   Wish me luck.

Here are a few pictures of what I did come up with.

One of the problems I'm having is the figuring out the finished size of the bracelet along with the added in fastening. I also have to take into consideration how much the technique I'm weaving has in take-up. Sometimes you can lose up to 30% of your weaving with work face take up. So I ended up with some that will very much be children's bracelets,  as they turned out too small for an adult to slip over their hand.

On this one I tried a little inlay technique. 

The first one you see here is a lead slips on to an adult's arm. The one you see on the right has charms all the way around it and it is so stinking cute. But it is only big enough for a child to slip onto their arm.

A choker or two made it into the mix also.

I really love this blue and purple together.

And of course I also had to add in some natural elements. I made these buttons from slices of tree limb. Juniper/Cedar of course.

I absolutely love these glass beads for the closure.

And here we have another one with the Cedar button…

Ii got a thread crossed on the backside of this next one. But I made it for myself anyway. So I just hide the flaw on the inside and wear it anyway. It just slips over my wrist no closure.  This technique creates a very heavy boardy/stiff         fabric.  So I just sewed the ends together and slip it onto my arm. It is so heavy in fact the sewing machine really didn't like working with it.

And we all know how much I love to do scrolls. I will indeed be doing more bracelets. I'm trying to find something where I can finish one or two in a day versus 1 a week. 

The baskets and the weaving handbags are much more time-consuming so we'll see how it goes. Stay tuned there will be more prototypes coming.

11/19/2015

TADA!!!

02/01/2015

Did you know that I give Pineneedle basket weaving lessons? It's a series of lessons actually, one lesson a week for four weeks.

My latest student did so very well and I think maybe I'm glad she lives in Connecticut. I don't do so well with competition! And I'm kind of thinking that the student could easily become the master. LOL she did such a great job,some pictures for you.

The first basket we do together.

And then the student does one entirely on their own. From bundling their own Pineneedles to choosing and sanding their own piece of wood!

Didn't you do a lovely job on both pieces! I'm very proud.!!!  And I'm looking forward to seeing her again in April.

01/30/2015

I have a little bit of weaving going on this week check it out.  A little bit of supplemental weft.

And here we have a little plane weave. I'm making wash clothes.

01/22/2015

A basket for a friend of mine's husband to empty his pockets into at the end of the day. I hope he likes it

The wood reminds me of an ear, or maybe even a Porkchop! LOL! 

01/16/2015

Things of been kind of hectic for me.  My car was in the shop for 23 days. Just got it back about for five days ago and I'm trying to get things (read "my life" ) back in order again.

For anyone who might be interested, I will be starting back at the farmers market in St. Augustine on the first weekend of February. I'm not sure which market it will be,  but I will post here on the blog as soon as I have made my decisions. 

I really believe I have saturated my market at the farmers market that I have been doing for the last two years. I'm thinking of changing venues and I'm not sure where I will be yet.  

So stay tuned boys and girls.

I completed the biggest basket I've ever made so here's a shot.

Can I just say, this picture, actually none of the pictures, do this basket justice.

I have done a couple of bracelets. 

I even warped up my loom.  Unfortunately I don't seem to be inspired in any one direction.

So stay tuned!!!  There is no telling what will show up here next!

01/03/2015

It's not quite finished, but it's the biggest basket I have done to this date. So far it's 14 inches long and a little over 2 inches tall 7 inches wide. 

I might even put handles on this one.

12/26/2014

New basket style.

I was channeling my inner Viking bowl!

Then a couple tiny bowls.

And then a bigger chunky one today.  I really like this piece.

And the bottom is even more beautiful than the front.

My hand is only in the picture for scale purposes.

And yet another start of a basket. This one's going to be good size.