Hankering for Yarn

July 8th, 2008

Sculpting recycled wood into a tatting shuttle-2

In my previous posting, I showed how I got started making the Lady Hoare tatting shuttle.
I took the bits of recycled wood back out to the workshop, and cut the 2 shuttles out on the bandsaw:

Then finished up the openings with a smaller saw:

Next, time to make some sawdust:

You can see how it’s looking more […]

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April 10th, 2008

Eco projects to celebrate Earth Day

I’ve been having a wonderful time, re-fashioning, reclaiming, re-using, recycling and eco-crafting up a storm in celebration of Earth Day.
I reclaimed part of old desk drawers to make bag handles:

and I took a broken loom and turned it into wonderful ‘eco-bracelets’:

I  have lots more eco projects up my sleeve, so stay tuned!
Tags: bag handles, Earth […]

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April 8th, 2008

Recycled wood bag handles

Last Christmas, my daughter asked me to make her a bag with round wooden handles. I wove the bag, and made the handles from plywood that I painted and varnished.

Thanks to my daughter’s request, I’ve fallen in love with simple  round wooden  bag handles.  I love the way we inspire each other!
Anyhow….. today, I  decided […]

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