RING-A-DING - 8/8/2008

These are some of my first jewelry-making endeavors. I had bought some 20-gauge regular wire to practice on. It was too thick and hard to work with, but I did get an idea about how to work it. I bought some jewelry wire (24-gauge) and made some rings using some fun buttons. These will give these to MBG as she likes cutie things. If she doesn't like them, she can give them back to me. Also made a bracelet using clear stretch cord and makings from some jewelry I'd taken apart. White and red. It came out okay. Kinda of cute. I'm giving it to MBG also.

TRIAL RUNS - 7/4/2008

Here's some of the things I'm practicing on to see if I want to do them. First is a tote bag made from "plarn" (plastic-bag yarn). As you can see, I just started it. So far I haven't enjoyed the process so much, but as I get further along and get more used to the plarn, I think I'll like it better. Actually I think I'll have to start again and use a much bigger crochet needle.

The other is wire wrapping. It's done with some wire that I found on the street coming back from a recent run. It looked like it had been run over by several Mac trucks so, pretty as it was, purple and white, the plastic cover was a mess. So I stripped it to find the copper wire, mostly intact. It's a great practice medium -- cheap (free). I made an "M" and a "Chis" and some squiggles. I did keep the little plastic pieces that I stripped off the wire. Who knows, they may turn up in some fabric art piece.