Grandson's flame hat

Rueben's Flame Hat
I had fun doing this hat. the flame pattern came without much effort.
I used a standard watch cap pattern and then added the flames.
I wish we had gotten a better picture. They all turned out blurry for some reason.
Maybe I could get him to have a picture taken wearing the hat someday .

Mabel's bracelets and more of ABC7

Atta Girl Mabel!!!!!

She has finished four of Nancy's Herringbone bracelets .
She took up my challenge to send in her finished work. I sure hope the rest of you will do the same.
Thanks Mabel

You have to understand something about Mabel. She and George go on a month vacation after they leave ABC and she still is our most prolific and fastest beader. Here are 6 bracelets she made from Jean Perret's pattern and they are all embellished differently .
That was the one thing about this bracelet. I thought it was very versatile. Notice how she offsets her slide clasps so that when they are fastened they will be exactly lined up. These details are what make her handpainted eggshell and porcelain cabs so beautiful.

Don't you love the flapper button that she bezelled on the black and white one.

Mabel and Linda
Linda found the Bead Society in the Lapidary Journal. She couldn't believe that we actually met in her home town. This was her first ABC . Linda is our resident jeweler.

Here are the gals that we grabbed out of Kathleen Wittmann's class of Netted Christmas Ornaments.
Katy, Slyvia, Libby, Jennifer

Aren't the ornaments beautiful. Kathleen is a perfectionist when it comes to her beading and it shows.

Jean looks like she's having fun. We sure hope so. Jean and Sandy was the second group of mother - daughter groups at ABC7

Here we have Jennifer and Slyvia in the background and Louann and Sandy. All busily shopping at the Argenta Bead Co Extension.
Louann and Sandy were some of our new local gals.

KT, our French Beader
She had the most comprehensive demonstration on Fri. night and we sure enjoyed listening to her history of her style of beading.
Notice the brooch she is wearing on her sweater. She had a great way of finishing her work too.

Dawn Drilingas and Nancy Seegers.
Notice the necklace that Nancy is wearing.

ABC7 - Dawn's finished projects

Here are some of the pictures I promised that were taken during our ABC7. I have some others that I will post, plus anyone that sends me completed pics. I will put them up here also. Come on guys, lets see what you finished. We all love show and tell.

So far Dawn is the only one to send pictures of her completed projects.

Yeah Dawn!!



Dottie Wood's Matrix for Beaded Brooches
Mabel Thompson's class

Dawn used a blue lace agate cab
A lot of glare so you can't see the striations on the cab



Nancy's Lesson on Herringbone
Nancy Seegers

Jean Perret Lesson
Jean lives in the New Orleans area and was not able to attend but she was kind enough to send her instructions for her Three Drop Peyote Bracelet.

Carolyn's lesson
Beading on wearables using waste canvas.
Carolyn Weatherford

Mabel teaching Dottie Wood's
Building a Matrix for Beaded Brooches
Mabel Thompson

Some of our locals
Flora & Joan

Part of our group from N. Little Rock
Katy & Jennifer

Here are our two Lindas
Linda Landrum & Linda Hirschberg

ABC7

Just spent last weekend with some fanatical beaders like myself at the
Arkansas Bead Society's ABC7
(Arkansas Bead Cave #7).
We had such a good time. It was held at the Community Center which is located on the
Turkey Mountain Golf Course in Horseshoe Bend, AR

The first floor of the building is occupied by Michelle's Restaurant. Michelle caters the 5 meals that are needed for the time spent at the bead cave. She serves very good food.
The beady fellowship plus the great food and the best view in the area
really makes it time well spent.
I will share some pics of the ladies that were there and the projects that were taught when I get them together.
We really make lasting friends at the annual ABCs.

Another picture of our brugmansia

Here is a better picture of one of the brugmansia blooms. I just love it. It is the color of fall pumpkins.

Layne's camo hat

Layne's camo hat
I know this is not loomed but needled and I wanted to show my son's camo hat.
It is being modeled by Ted.
This was made with Paton's Classic Wool color: Forest. The only thing is it won't puddle (pool) for me. Now that they have yarns that are self striping, of course, I want it to puddle.

Neighbors

Our Brugmansia
This is a new plant for us to grow. My daughter gave us about 3" of a stem for Christmas last year and this was what we got this summer. It is called Brugsmansia. They are cultivars of many colors, pink, yellow but mine was pumpkin orange. I love it. It is not hardy in my area so we will have to protect it over the winter. It is a relative to the Datura or Jimson Weed.

Have you checked your neighbors lately?

Ted took this picture a couple of miles away from home.
I started to laugh so hard that we had to backtrack about a mile for him to shoot this photo.
What a greeting committee this would be!!

Abby's Hat

My newest loomed hat on my newest granddaughter.
She has got 'tude.
Isn't she lovely!!!!!

Made on the yellow KK with worsted weight Red Heart

My very first attempts with the Knifty Knitter Looms

These are some of my very first looming projects: very basic
Thanks to the Loom Class Yahoogroups email list

Hand Bag

Can be used for a book bag
Double strands of acrylic worsted weight yarn

Mesh Bag
Can be used as an eco shopping bag
I choose to use it as a laundry bag
The Mock Crochet stitch is used with Peaches 'n Creme cotton yarn

Eyeglass Case
I think I will use this for a water bottle cover
Double strands of acrylic worsted weight yarn

Looming Ahead

I have recently acquired the two Knifty Knitter sets and I have designed a hat that is reversible. One way looks like a Mandarin and the other looks like a ski cap. It has been fun making these hats. I am usually a technique collector and not a designer at all, but this hat just kind of happened in my head. Mainly, because I don't like the real bunchy finish at the top when you take the piece off the loom with the needle and yarn and the curling up of the brim. Consequently, I found a way to eliminate these two unwanted conditions. I haven't taken a picture of the hat inside out yet but it is coming soon.