Hi! This time I want to show and tell a bit.
- Necklace and Bracelet
- Miser Purse
- Spiral Scrubbie's
First I made a some jewelry: the first one is made of sea sediment jasper, rose quartz, and other assorted glass beads.
Then I made a bracelet with rose jade. It is not quite finished. I have to weave in some more of the threads.
Have you ever seen a Miser Purse? This is one version I found on the internet. The idea is that it is hard to get the contents out, so you are less likely to spend when you shouldn't. When you open the flap of the purse it looks like there is no way into it. You just open the flap and pull the front part of the bag and it comes open, but the strings from the strap are all across the opening so it is difficult to remove the contents. I plan on decorating this one up a bit and using it as the gift bag for the necklace and bracelet . I learned about these at the Lacer's Group I belong to. We are going to learn how to make one next month. I didn't want to wait that long. I did a Google search and found this pattern. This is my first attempt. They are also called finger purses. There are many styles. Some have two pouches with two rings in the middle of the two pouches. I plan on doing more. It's a fun novelty with many possibilities. I found that people are also a bit miserly with sharing the patterns for the sweet little things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J84jxmGMV5Y
http://crochetpatternsonly.blogspot.com/
I made mine with some scratchy thread I got in a grab bag from D.I. (Deseret Indrustries) my favorite thrift store. I thought it came out a little small so I made another one ten stiches bigger and it did a funny thing and turned out sort of like a double decker. 
