Blanket for Baby

This little blanket is done. Well the truth is, I've finished the stripes. 

I like the look of the repeating stripes and the soft feel of these wools, all of which came from Emmaus, the local charity shop.

This is all the wool I have left over, Talk about cutting it fine. And, NO, there's NO lilac wool left - NONE AT ALL!

The final task is to knit a border on the 3 naked sides. I'll do this by transferring the stitches you can see on those safety pins, to a knitting needle and then knitting into each row as I work my way up each side.

I'm sure it'll be lovely when it's finished!

Lucky there's not a baby waiting for it!

Garden Glass

Garden glass ornaments are fun. I thought I'd like to learn how to make something using COPPER FOIL with CAROLINE LAMBERT at KINGSHILL HOUSE, DURSLEY. The class also worked in LEADING and FUSING. Pretty good for 30 quid plus materials.

First off, learn to cut glass. Then choose a design, then select the glass for the job, and get cutting.

File off the edges of the cut pieces - diamond sander, water cooled; wash the pieces. Then stick on the COPPER FOIL, overlapping the final end about quarter ins. Fold the free edges over and stick onto each face of the glass, fold the corners very neatly and burnish with an 'orange stick'.

Put on flux and then run solder over the copper foil. Do back, front, then the side edges.

If things get too hot, use a peg as a handle!
These pieces can now be attached to each other, or to copper pipe, or made ready to be hung up. Copper pipe needs to be cleaned with wire wool, washed and dried. Where the pieces are to go the pipe's then 'tinned' = covered with Gel flux and coated with solder. The pieces are then abutted and the joint/s are flooded with solder. Hey presto! a solid work of art.

Sadly, this one fell off. MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED.

The final result, even with the orange piece missing is pleasing and only cost about 7 quid for the materials. 
ABSOLUTE BARGAIN!


I really wish I could have spent a full day here, for less than 3 hours, from a standing start, this is AMAZING.