I am now very comfortable with two nice hat patterns, and have made up the trial firsts for two more patterns.

Here is a photo of all four:
( Photos behind cut! )

Making earrings, and crocheting things.
( Experiment in using scrap book picture... )

I promise* will do my best to make something handmade for the first five people who comment. They must are encouraged* in turn post this and make something for the first five people who comment on their status. The rules are it has to be handmade by you and they must receive it before 2012 ends...who's in with me?!

*I copied
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I have done paper folding of one sort or another for most of my life.

This post is an experiment to see if video embedding works here (or no) and to ask if I should post more little videos (if it works ok)

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I seem to have an insanely huge number of photos to go with this, so I'm using multiple cuts to hide them.  That way, if you're on a slow connection, you don't have to wait for all the photos to load at once.

Got your rubber bands handy?  You'll need them today.

( Wires, dampening and some leaf... )

This is where you dye the pieces, then let them dry.  You can dye them as soon as they have been cut out.

¡¡¡WARNING!!!
Try not to get the dye on your fingers.  Leather dye is created to color leather.  Leather is skin.  Your fingers are covered with skin.  The dye sticks to fingers and fingernails.

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Supplies and tools to make your leather rose - redux:

vegetable tanned leather, light weight (tell your leather source 2-3oz, 3-4oz or 4-5oz)
approximately 6" by 6" for one rose
dye or acrylic paint, green for leaves, red (or your choice) for petals
stiff florist wire (or similar) for stem
a pair of pliers (needlenose are good)
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I am off (shortly, not writing while driving or anything that silly or dangerous) to send out a pair of earrings to the person who won them on the auction to save Peter and Ericka's accessible house.  Two more pairs of earrings that I've posted are still available.  One is my doing, and the other generously donated by T of T's place, but does not ( Read more... )