ketchup. pt. 2

managing the pictures in the last post was getting to be a pain so i split it in two. i saved the veils i have made and some little cross stitch pieces i did for here. here is the finished veil that i made for my friend ginas wedding, it is made with soysilk and dyed with lichens, made using both knitting and crochet. i made two more veils, both out of Bombyx silk, which is silk that comes from domesticated silk worms and has a more pure white color and they are both crocheted. i really like the honeycomb one, but most people seem to like the other one, which i was thinking of glaciers when i made it. there is a variety of cross stitch mostly i made to practice.

A long overdue catching up. pt. 1

its been far too long since i have written so now i need to do a little catching up. although i haven't been blogging much i am ever busy spinning and making things, and of course working the day job at the waxworks. unfortunately i know i don't have pictures of everything i have made but i think i got most of the coolest stuff.
this grey bag i made mostly for going to the park with, it is big enough to hold a large paper back plus your stuff, and maybe even a hard back, with a long shoulder strap the top of the bag hangs at the waist. (and theres my foot! my tatt's still looking good after fourteen years!)
Next up is this shawl/wrap. as you can see it turned out quite large, and i was happy with the array of colors that i got, including the black.

i really got into making stuffed animals for awhile also, this was one of my first attempts, i think the stitches are too big, but i think i improved.

these two little guys were alot of fun to make and i liked how they turned out, the round bodies and weird long beaks. the dark garnet-y red color is difficult to get, it takes quite a bit of dyestuff and various tinkering with the chemistry of the dye pot.
the Quadcerepus to the right took me a long time to make, with eight tentacles and four horns, i used wool, silk, cotton and alpaca. the black is naturally colored alpaca, the lilac portion of the body is cotton, the light blue curled horn and the dark purple curled horn(in back) are both silk.






with these two i was exploring using recyled leather as well as my yarn, and i really liked the result, but i found the leather very hard to sew, i may pursue more explorations with it in the future.