Recent Makes: Sparkle and Lace

 A couple of months ago, I posted about a new friend in the library yarn group who gave me some wee crochet hooks, all 2mm or less and some under 1mm, that she got when a dear friend of hers passed away. As she was telling me about her friend, she mentioned that she'd love to have a lace doily but that she can't manage the thin thread and tiny hooks. Last week she celebrated her birthday. I was ready. I knew from our conversations that she loves purple. I had purple thread so was thinking about what to do with it when I came across some older magazines that I'd forgotten I even had. I picked them up 16 years ago at a library. They had a shelf with books and magazines for sale and I got these for a few cents--and I was thrilled to find them because even at the time they weren't being published anymore. I've made several things from these mags so sitting and looking through them again was a walk down memory lane. When I came to this design, I knew I'd found what I wanted.

I thought the Irish rose in the center was perfect. She loves it so I'm happy. I told her that I used one of her friend's hooks to make it and I think she really liked that.

I've also made a few decorations for friends, our fabulous librarians, and the women at the yarn group. I used a thin strand of metallic thread with the main color so that when the light hits, there'll be a little bit of sparkle. I made several of these:

And for a couple of friends who are more into solstice than Christmas, I thought some sunny yellow would be the thing.

Tomorrow will be our last yarn group meeting of the year. Apparently there will be homemade cake. It'd be fun anyway, but that's the just icing on the....well, you know. 😏😉

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