Sorry its been a while, more on Irish Roses ....

There is something about this lovely weather that we've been having that makes me not want to crochet.... so unfortunately my shape sorter has not progressed much in the last couple of weeks. 

I do have 3/4 of the circle side done, it would only take me an hour to finish it - so why don't I??? 

In the mean time I was contacted about my Irish Roses

I make them in all sizes and designs, some with the little ball in the center & the ruffled edges  & some a more classic design



And others decorated with beads, or crochet using embroidery thread



I guess they are my signature piece :)

So when I was contacted about them and asked if I had a pattern, I was embarrassed to say "No".  Now I am writing up the pattern(s), I have my first draft that I need to try out to check that it works as expected & I'll need to do the photos ... so watch this space, hopefully I'll have a new pattern for Walnut Baby very soon.

Crochet Beaded Barefoot sandals

I finished these last night.

They started with making the little half-moons and then they morphed into barefoot sandals

My feet are very small, but I hope that the way that they wrap round would work on larger feet too - I like to make things that are a little different to the norm, and I have not seen barefoot sandals that wrap like this before.

I have hand sewn on beads around the tie ends & also all allong the half-moons.

The tie ends are also long enough to wrap around a couple of times.

My hairpin crochet work

Here are a couple of examples of my hairpin crochet work.  Its quite versatile.

The first example is a shawl I made, its worked with a mohair mix yarn to make the shawl even more etherial. 

Another example is using hairpin crochet to create jewellery.  I made these earrings using my loom, in the second example I have added in some pretty little beads.