Bookends & More

 

Had a lovely day yesterday on Mothers Day.  We went for a drive to Geelong for some lunch and a rummage around a 2nd Hand/Antiques place.  Found some treasure too.  Mitchell bought me a pair of bookends.  Lovely wooden inlay, not sure of the age.  I also found a two volume dictionary set.  Not that I want a dictionary, I want the nice thin paper is printed on.  Been keeping an eye out since doing the Julie Arkell workshop.  Using the old fine paper books used to printed on makes paper mâché neat and smooth, with a lovely finish.  Also found a box of button tubes, I was very restrained there, only bought 5, a couple of metal lots and the others plastic.  And finally a little glass dome, the size of a tea cup.  With a ceramic dish to sit on.  

Happy Mothers Day

 

Have a wonderful day with family and friends.  xx

Knitted Bead

 

Yesterday was Sit & Stitch at Can Do Books.  Nice afternoon, there were four of us there this week.  I came home with one book Betsy Beads by Betsy Hershberg.  After reading it when I got home I promptly ducked out to Spotlight to get some wooden beads and made one.  I used a self-striping sock yarn by Regia.  Not entirely happy with the colour, but it was the first practice one anyway, my tension needs tweaking.  The bead is 2.5cm/1" and it is knitted in stocking stitch and I have the purl bumps out, not the smooth side.  The last photo is Janette's monster she was working on.  This was on his way home, he looks exhausted.