Goldthreads

It’s been a while since my last post.   This flu season has been bad and it is taking me a while to recover.   I watched my grand daughters 2 weeks ago while they were on their Easter break.   I actually was just hanging out!   I taught the oldest grand daughter, who is 10 years old, how to do right angle beading.   She was hooked.   She beaded three bracelets that day.   While I was teaching her, I realized how much I missed beading.   I was an avid beader many years ago. I had a beaded an amulet purse that was my original design.   I loved the colors but the purse  was beaded too loose or too big.   It sagged when I wore it.   I loved the fringe and I wore the jewelry purse for a long time.   Then one day about 12 years ago, I decided that I wanted to re-use the beads.   So, I cut the purse up and here’s the beads. They were a jumble of beads.   As you can see, I still have some string/thread in the fri...

There was a possibility of Spring snow predicted today.   I am happy to report that Delaware is most likely in the NO SNOW zone!   I am so tired of winter weather.  Joe and I have been planning our summer vacation in Maine.   Now, this will be in July so I am dreaming of warmer days and cool Maine evenings.  I decided that I need a cotton or linen sweater. I knit a swatch of linen yarn.   I washed and blocked it.   It was draped well.   I looked at the label and the yarn is suppose to be machine washed and flat dried.   I like the idea of machine washing linen yarn because it will make the yarn softer.   I threw the swatch in the washing machine.   I need to let it completely dry and then I will wash it again.   I really want to see how it responds to the washing machine before I measure my stitch gauge.  This is the sweater that I want to knit with the linen yarn....

I’m back.   Life got in my way for several months. My Etsy shop is now up and running.   Check me out at GoldthreadsStudio.   Right now I have been concentrating on knitting accessories such as beautiful stitch markers. I love all sorts of fiber and non fiber crafts.   I have a wide vintage bead collections.   For the past 10 years, I have been handcrafting my own vintage beads into stitch markers for my own personal use in knitting.   I love the look of the vintage beads that dangling and shine on my needles.  They are jewelery for my knitting. I forgot my love of beading until recently.   I knew that I made quite a lot of beaded items and some jewelry but I forgot how much pleasure and joy beading brings to my life.   I have been dabbling in some bead weaving again. Here’s a bracelet that I finished from a kit that I bought many years ago.   The base of the bracelet is formed by beading weaving a herringbone pattern....

Life throws us curve balls.  Sometimes we hit a home run.  Sometimes we strike out.  I have been lucky.  I had a good career as a nurse practitioner.  It was a long run as a nurse and a nurse practitioner, 37 years.  Not many people want to talk about their age.   I am the rare woman who is proud to be 60 years old this summer.   When chronic illness forced me to stop working full time, I wasn't sure how I would bring in some income.  Then I thought of my love of sewing, quilting, and embroidery.  My youngest daughter wanted to start an Etsy shop and I thought that now was the time to give it a try.  I will be opening an Etsy shop with different needlework accessories for the serious stitcher.   I also missed blogging.  I had a blog when I live in southern Utah.  It was a lot of knitting and a lot of hiking.   I still knit in the evenings for myself.  I am not a production knitter and I never will be...