April 23, 2008

Marlena asked me if the flower shown on the capelet is one that I made. Why yes, it is! These brooches are my own design, crafted and hand-stitched using needle and thread and no glue whatsoever. Each is one-of-a-kind. I sell them locally but every once in a while one will pop up in my online shops. (I am eternally grateful to the people and retailers who respect independent artists and our creativity by purchasing our work instead of copying it and/or mass-marketing it.)




The story of the Big Ball continues. I did see it swatched in the shop, but Marnie mentioned that she'd like to see it swatched so I went ahead and swatched it:




The main color is mostly cream, and I love the subtleness of the gray and beige. They blend so well that they go almost unnoticed. The shots of black add a little edge. The yarn is acrylic and it feels like it when I knit it, but the fact that it won't pill and those shots of black make everything just right :-)

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