Africa 4 ft. x 5 ft.

Hooking is finished! Just need to finish the edge, steam press again, label it and hang it on my wall…may be a while cause I have another already drawn & waiting for me.

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Africa

The animals are done. Took out a duck and snail and added the Aardvark cause my grandson noted that there are, indeed, aardvarks in Africa. So it’s his aardvark,

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Africa

Remember this rug? Well the &^%#*(^& elephant is done. And I’m glad I listened to those of you who suggested purple. I love him. Of course, there’s alwys the background….

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Jeweled Bling

This pile of precious items were left to me by a dear friend a couple of years ago. I wanted to use some of them in a unique way and so that I could remember her often. So the following photos show the knitting needle case I made. It’s a simple fabric design and is a tri-fold that opens to display my knitting needle–as you can see in the last photo. Later I’ll show you the roll-up wraps I made for hooking tools.

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Knitting-needle roll-up pouch

This is the outside of the wool, fabric, buttons, beads, and bling front of the needle pouch–it measures about 14″ x 6″ folded shut. I used my friend’s old broaches and other “jewels” to embellish the design. I love seeing it every day.

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Knitting needles inside

This is the folded out inside of the knitting needle pouch. (I have more needles than knitted items!) But this was a labor of love.

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