ideas swirling

Too many ideas swirling in my head and too many unfinished projects to complete.  The best ideas swirling in around are those on the new studio space we will be creating at the end of february.  Too many steps between now and then but I am thinking of how to organize and where to put all the lovely hobbies I have into it.  SOOOO excited!

Cotton Flower Design

This scarf and hat are only in existance because of a great friend Andi!  It was her Japanese book with the scarf design in it that started me off in this flower making craze.  The hat is my idea and I do need to tear it apart, it needs just one more flower in the 3rd row to fit correctly.  Then I will work on cleaning up my instructions so I can share it!

The flowers are crocheted and are out of what i had left of 'cotton ease'.  Which I think I bought at Joanne Fabrics.  I love the yarn, its nice and soft. 

6 petaled flowers are attached where you see the petals touch.  The downfall to this design is that each petal is tied seperately and then you have to weave in the ends.  It was time consuming and I have only made one other one for a swap.   

                                                   

This flower scarf was alot of fun to make.  I used 4 skeins of soy silk/wool mixed yarn.  I used a larger crochet hook and after I made all the flowers I threw them into the washing maching and felted them down.  I then spent a few nights putting it together and stitching in a few centers with maroon or yellow dmc floss.

Just starting out

It has been suggested that I start a thread centered around all of the creative outlets I have learned and now teach.  So here it is..my begining...I am testing another site as well to test its ease of use, although I believe this will be much like starting off at the internet, where you begin with a nice easy program and progress to something much more difficult...so off I go!