a crochet spiral that grew into a necklace

This is another one from a couple of years ago

...made by me, for me

...I have worn it quite a lot

still scrumbling :-)

It's been absolutely ages since I posted anything on this blog, so I figured it was probably about time to add another scrumble or two  ;-)  

Here's a closeup of a section of one (with lots of crochet bullions and a little bit of embroidery) that I did last year (or maybe it was the year before!).   If anyone is still reading here, let me know, and I will aim to post a few more photos periodically.  I can't promise it will actually be weekly, but for the moment I'll aim for a new addition on Monday mornings, and I'll see how I go.

New blog for collaborative artwork

Just popping in to let you know about an artwork that I am coordinating at the moment, with the theme of '50 years of Flower Power'.

You can read all about it on my other new blog at http://50yearsofflowerpower.blogspot.com.au

Perhaps you might like to make psychedelic scrumble and send it off too, to become part of the large wall piece that will soon be assembled and exhibited.  

The first contribution has just been received, and I know of very many more that are already in the mail, or are almost completed, or are currently in the pipeline.  I have a feeling that the completed wall piece is going to be huge!

The deadline for mailing is just over a month away, so if you want to join in now is the time to start creating.

I will be adding photos to the new blog as each piece is received; it will be way more active than this one for a while, so I hope you will enjoy checking in there occasionally too. 

...but just to keep things a bit interesting here as well, I present you with a photo of a nice bright cotton scrumble that I created recently........

4 swap scrumbles

A little while back I was involved in a 'scrumble swap' on Ravelry.

Here are the 4 that I made and sent, each in the recipient's choice of colours.

spiral pendant

i enjoy creating small jewellery pieces; since most of my projects take months to complete, sometimes i really like to make something that can be finished at a single sitting ;-)

old scrumbles - revamped

A couple of weeks ago I discovered 2 scrumbles that had been hiding in a box of yarns.  They were originally made as workshop samples, years ago.

I joined them up and revamped them a bit, and figured they were now worthy of a blog post ;-)

a new, non-weekly scrumble ;-)

i thought i would share a few photos of the piece that i made for the latest challenge by the International Freeform Fiberarts Guild.

the theme for the challenge this year was 'one colour', and as you can see, my chosen colour was green.  i would have loved to have had time to create an entire garment, but for the moment my piece remains just a scrumble, but you never know, it might grow into something else one day.  a photo of the entire piece, plus a couple of detail shots, are below.

54 freeformers from around the world took up the challenge this time, and as in previous years, a book containing all of the challenge pieces has been put together, and it has just gone on sale.  every year we donate the profit from the sale of the book to a different charity.

Cyra Lewis has done a fantastic job of putting the collection together, and you can see a preview of the book at
http://www.blurb.com/books/5466596-one-colour

if you are looking for inspiration for your freeform creations take a look through all the preview pages there, but if you like what you see you might also think about buying yourself a hard copy, to help with the fund raising.

enjoy!