I'm back

Ok, I haven't posted for ages but then I haven't beaded for ages....for a variety of reasons. Ok, its been summer and I have had six weeks off in which I intended to catch up on a lot of crafty stuff but I never even raised my hand to a jump ring.

Last time I crafted was when I went to the wonderful Debs (CBC) house and she showed me how to silversmith! WOW! I made a lovely pendant but snapped around 8 of her saw blades!! Oops! :( It was a fab experience to learn from such a talented and lovely lady! Ta Debs! But that must have been about 7 weeks ago now!

So last night I decided to go crafty again. The launch of the CBC Big Bead Academy inspired me to.....knit!!! :) Hehe! No really, the bead academy launch which has been long awaited has inspired me to craft again, seeing people join up to do my recycle challenge and the work that has gone into the academy and even getting a commission through it has ispired me once more but I need to be practical too. Its nearing that dirty word again....Xm** and I need to consider that! So I started to knit K a scarf. Well I must have cast on 10 zillion times, kntited the first rows a million times....hurt my thumb and now I've given up. I enjoy knitting and find it threaputic and easy (Usually!) but this wool I have is really p*ssing me off!! It's a cashmire type mix and it keeps splitting...from 88 stitches I originally cast on with splits I ended up with 101 6 lines in....grrr. Anyway, it has gone to bed for tonight, mainly to let my thumb rest (ooch!) and tomorrow I will resume!

I also need to get my head into thinking about S's pearl necklace (CBC) she wants me to recycle! Oh, I am slightly nervous about this as it is valuable and sentimentally valuable to her but I have vowed that I will take great care and only use the best materials I can find! It should be nice as I usually do not use the best materials e.g. stirling silver plated rather than the real stuff so it should be a real luxurious treat....hmmm silver wire and swarovski's ahoy!!! :) :)