Bean Sidhe

Well, a departure from knitting.  I'm trying to use up some of the 'stuff' I've accumulated and found the stitched card patters I bought from Form a Lines last year but never used.  There are some free patters in you want to experiment.

I'm never very good with a needle and thread and spend as much time trying to thread the needle as I do stitching.  I'm afraid I lack the patience required to make these perfectly.  I can only do this when the light is good as I can't see when it's dusky.  It's very time consuming so I don't think I'll be doing too many of these.

There is a holly wreath pattern in this set which I've not done yet.

The card is much darker in real life.

This is one of the free patterns if I remember correctly.  I didn't have enough matching beads so I just did my own thing.

Beads

Again, I'm not very patient with these.  I found winding the little loops on the head pins to support the dangling beads a bit of a challence.  Most of the beads I had in stock but I did have to buy some of the findings (wires, fasteners, etc).

Firstly I did this glasses chain, the beads are wooden.

These are various glass and other types of bead.

I really like this green one, although the beads don't look green on the scan, they are a lovely smoky colour.