Bead Crochet

Ha, I think I've mentioned before that I started adding beading to my crochet projects? Well here are a couple that I've finished.

The white one on the left is a little too large for a thimble pouch but perfect for a small amulet pouch and oh soo girly. Now the gold one on the right is a bit bigger then the thimble pouches that I showed you earlier, but still perfect for a thimble or an amulet pouch. I've been adding little crochet rings to the back side that they are perfect for a necklace or to add to your chatelaine necklace or add a clip and attache to something like a "Hussif".

Here are some close up pictures.

Btw, the white one is made from #10 Bamboo crochet thread ... OMG, I love working with the bamboo fiber. All of the victorian thimble pouches are made from either #8 or #12 Pearl Cotton thread.

Huh?!? what's a "Hussif" .... more about Hussif's later (they are just soooo cute and wonderful and another project that I'm off and running with ... ;)

Hectic Life

Well I'm officially down to just two employers now ... but both of them have been keeping me hoping like crazy the past couple of weeks ... With Christmas fast approaching the demo scheduling has me frantic to find new demonstrators and to get all of the demo's booked ... and of course the US Census for our town decided to hold a last minute job fair ... well one of the TV stations came out and interviewed the state Manager on the first day of the Job Fair so for the 2nd day we were slammed and everyone was ecstatic over the turn out ...

I did manage to do some crocheting, this time I made some Book Thongs ... I had discovered a crochet pattern for them a few years ago and made some for myself. The other day while in Walmart I found some bamboo thread .. oh man, if you have never worked with bamboo thread before you have to give it a try .. it is soooooo soft! I wanted to make some quick and easy one evening while I was vegging out so I made a book thong with the bamboo thread and just kept going. I've been mostly using the ecru colored with brown wooden beads, but I have made a few girly-girly ones with the white bamboo thread and glass beads ...

My eyes are crossing I'm so tired, so I'll post a picture and right more another time ...