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Pandagirl’s Year End Round Up 2017

December 30, 2017 Marilyn aka Pandagirl Comments 16 comments

I’m always amazed at what I accomplished at the end of year. This year I took a few classes in order to expand my creativity in addition to experimenting on my own. I also tried to use up more materials and finish some UFOs.

Here is a bedside case for odds and ends made with some merino inside and unknown fiber batt with silk embellishment.

Experimenting with different types of yarn to make a table runner.

Our First Quarter Challenge – Fauvism.

Weaving then felting.

A Valentine gift for granddaughter Lisa.

Teri Berry’s Snail hat class.

Finishing and hanging an eco print. Crochet around wire bowl.

Framing the felted weaving.

I did a lot of experimenting with crochet stitches.

Practicing for Ruth’s Free Motion Embroidery class.

Crochet hats for my granddaughter and her new premature brother Ken.

A dimensional potholder.

Learning more crochet stitches.

Making a crochet hook case from a crochet sample.

A bowl for the Second quarter Challenge – Celtic

Using yarn on a resist for a vase cover.

Adding dimension to the hummingbird/tiger lily picture.

Crocheting scrubbies.

Felt and crochet earrings.

Crochet beaded bowl with stiffener.

A Pumpkin for Ken.

The Third Quarter Challenge – Edo Period; felt and hand embroidery Sakura.

Ribbon embroidery and framing.

Playing with thickened dye for Ruth’s class on felt.

Finishing a case from UFO pile and FME Butterfly

Maneki-Neko for Third Quarter Challenge Edo Period.

Framing the Rooster.

More stencil play with acrylic and thickened dye.

The Fourth Quarter Challenge — Suprematist

Penguin’s Poinsettia Holiday card.

A couple of scarves for my daughter in laws parents in Japan where it’s as cold as Chicago.

I want to let everyone know I am taking a leave of absence to focus on my health and family. I will be around just not posting weekly. We have a lot of talented artists that will be filling in starting with Tracey Thompson next week.

I want to thank everyone for helping out to give me this time. If you or someone you know has something to share — it doesn’t have to be felt but anything fiber related including paper, please contact me or one of the other moderators on the forum and we’ll get you on the schedule.

I hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! Happy Creating in 2018!

Beach Bowl and Scrubbies

July 23, 2017 Marilyn aka Pandagirl Comments 20 comments

Since I started crocheting, I’m constantly seeing projects I’d like to try. Although, I’ve had to take a break to give my hands a vacation especially after this project.

Crocheting over wire looked interesting in the form of a bowl. I bought a Caron Sweet Roll because I liked the ocean colors, but I had a little bit of trouble finding plastic covered wire cording. I ended up with plastic clothesline in white.

It was a bit fiddly to begin with. I think if I had gotten the wire I would have had a bit more control. But I managed to get the bowl shape with a little heavy hand and forming it over a bowl.

The pattern I had seen had a flat brim on the bowl, but when I followed their instructions it was a mass of curls. So, I tore it out and made my own brim which is a little wavy but not curly. I didn’t take a picture of the curly brim since I decided on impulse to rip it out.

From the top:

Side:Bottom: Now that I was done, I wasn’t sure what to do with it. It reminded me of the beach, so I decided to give it some shells. I’ll have to find more shells to fill it some more.

Perhaps I should have left the curls to look like waves. Too late.

I also found some fun new yarn called Scrubbie cotton yarn by Red Heart Lion. So, I made some cloths and and brillo like pads with several colors. The pad is made using a combination of cotton thread and the scrubbie yarn.

Here are closeups of the pad then the washcloth: