Summer collection

Summer collection, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

I got a bunch of colourful strings yesterday and I immediately started making my summer collection of macrame bracelets. These four are all made in cobra-knot technique, but I'll make some bracelets with other techniques, too.

Mr. Sparrow

Mr. Sparrow, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

Lots of sparrows live in our garden, but they are notoriously hard to photograph. However, I finally managed to take a picture of one on the seed bowl on my window sill.

"Hello, Lady Hyacinth!" "Hello, Miss. Daffodil!"

"Hello, Lady Hyacinth!" "Hello, Miss. Daffodil!", a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

Another spring photo from our garden. We have daffodils and grape hyacinths planted together on a small flowerbed. The plants seem to enjoy the company of each other :-)

Braille art: Feel it, see it

Braille art: Feel it, see it, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

A quick Braille drawing of a little cat :-)

Hama beads bag and purse

Hama beads bag and purse, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

I finally finished my Hama-beads bag and purse set! The little purse is 8 cm x 8 cm big. It took me about two days to finish it. The bag is 18 cm x 18 cm big and it took me a couple of months to finish it. Both are made entirely from Hama beads, and I've sewn in a lining in both. I wanted to sew in zippers on both, but I decided that only the purse will get a little zipper. The bag, however, closes with a strap and a toggle that I also made from Hama beads. I'm so proud on these two bags! These two are my biggest bead-project so far! :-)

Easter Braille Art: Happy Easter Everyone!

Easter Braille Art: Happy Easter Everyone!, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

I like handmade cards, so I decided to make one. I embossed a picture of an Easter rabbit and the sentence "Happy Easter!" with my Braille slate. Easter wishes a little different :-)

Peyote Bracelet

Peyote Bracelet, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

This is a bracelet I made yesterday. I used Hama beads and I sewed them together in peyote stitch. This is one of my favourite beading techniques. I learnt it when I was about ten years old. It's very easy to do, so it's the perfect technique for children to learn. Hama beads are great for this technique, because they stack up very well due to their shape.

Peyote used with Hama beads is also a great introduction into beading for the visually impaired and blind people, since it's very easy to find the next bead you have to sew through: you only sew through those beads that "stick out" of the line.

Triangles Bracelet

Triangles Bracelet, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

This one is my own creation. After some experimenting with a few different types of beads I came up with this design and decided to make a bracelet with it. I think it looks rather elegant :-)

Double-lines bracelet

Double-lines bracelet, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

This is a bracelet I made yesterday. It took me about an hour and a half to make it. I'm especially proud of it because I figured out the pattern myself, without any instructions. Although this kind of knotting is probably already out there, and tutorials about it probably exist already, I haven't seen them. I "invented" this myself and had lots of fun making it :-) The bracelet has a different pattern on each side, so it can be worn either way.

From our garden...

From our garden..., a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

Another spring photo from our garden :-)

New macrame bracelets

New macrame bracelets, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

These two are actually just two ways of making the same knot, which is known as the cobra knot ;-) I only need about twenty minutes to finish one.

Little Beauty

Little Beauty, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

The lawn in our backyard is so full of these that it turns completely violet every spring!

I decided to post this photo just to make sure that it's springtime. This morning, when I woke up, it was snowing (and, no, this is not an April Fools Day joke)! The snow melted in a couple of hours, though, and now it's sunny again :-)