Bead by bead - rings

OK, so I haven't posted for a while - shame on me! That doesn't mean that I haven't been crafting, I just haven't been posting. My apologies for that. 

I'll try to catch up with the "unreported" crafts as quickly as possible...

This one is about beading and it all started when a friend of mine gave me a bag full of beads that she wasn't going to use. So I started to look for projects. I came across a blog ingeniously called My daily bead, which has "Jewelry Making Ideas and Tutorials". 

So I chose a basic one, a Christmas one. 

This is the blog's photo:

And this is my 1st attempt:

Bar the difference in colouring & the lack of expertise, it ain't bad, baby!

Then I improvised with the colours I had, so an Irish one and a Pinky one followed the Christmassy one:



So difficult to choose which one to wear... I'll wear all 3 at the same time! Why not?





And they I tried these chunkier beads for a.... chunkier finish. This is my favourite one, I actually wear all the time:

 

And these are other combinations that I made:



Do you like them?
They are not difficult to make, honest. Give it a go!

Size does matter

Oh, well, always thinking about things too late, me. But as they say: late better than never.

This Sunday I'm attending a workshop but it is already virtually full. So try not to get either too excited or too jealous...

It's a crochet workshop with a difference... or two. It's "Ganchillo XL", so the hook it's going to be massive. On of those that it's hard to loose. That's a good thing already. And the material is "trapillo". "Trapo" in Spanish means cloth. The image that I have in my head is the cut out pieces of old sheets and blankets that my mother used for cleaning around the house. So, I thought, "trapillo" is either a small cloth (doesn't sound ideal for crochet). Or the material is somehow recycled clothing. 

Et voilà! I was right... well, sort of. For those not in the know (like I was not long ago), "trapillo" is known as T-shirt yarn. Mystery solved.

I have looked at some tutorials and it seems quite easy to make out of old T-shirts and stuff. But it is sold commercially ready-made also. I guess due to time constrains on Sunday we'll get out materials already made.

I can't wait. I'll keep you posted on the results. Are you jealous yet?
By the way, the workshop is organised by AZ Atelier & they are based in Playa Blanca in the lovely island of Lanzarote. Worth checking them out!