Certainly not a pair! I thought to do something asymmetrical with my
Doodads from Diane. My first thought didn't work out so well. It's
lots of little picot-flowers in metallic thread that I had intended to
turn into earrings -- so they looked like flowers growing up one side of
the earring. Well, I couldn't keep track of what I was doing (too many
picots! -- because the flowers are a bunch of picots on a ring on top
of picots on a chain). When I was done it just looked like a jumble of thread. Besides
that, no way could I make two look alike.
I made a pendant with the other one, but it looks a little skimpy. It's the motif I was working on in this post, without it's final round -- there wasn't enough thread on my shuttles for that. I did add the one ring to use to attach it to a jump ring and a chain.
On top of everything else -- I can't get blogger to add the other picture. I've tried about six (okay so it was really 14 -- who wants to admit to being that dimly persistent?) times and all that shows up is a little square. If I look close I think it's giving me a raspberrrrrrry! I'll try adding it again later. Maybe I can fool it into thinking I'm somebody else. I think it's mad at me.
It likes me again! You'd think I sent it a present or something...
P.S. A couple of people have asked about the pattern for the swirled, warped, twisted (whatever) square on the second motif. I don't have a pattern, but I do have a diagram -- however, right now it only has pencil notes on direction and stitch counts. Since someone is interested if you'll give me a few days, I'll post the pattern -- with and without the third round. -- I've put it away somewhere safe, so I'm still looking.
8 comments:
I think they are both gorgeous! The top one could be turned into a pendant as well by adding a jump ring to the doodad.
Love the pendant! Would adding beads enhance the look, or would they detract from the beautiful doodad?
The thread you chose is perfect for that doodad! I really like what you've done with them. I agree with Miranda...turn the top one into a pendant. As for the bottom one... that swirling motion of the motif is mesmerizing... I LOVE it!
I can see what you mean with the first one but it does look nice with flowers around.
The second looks delightful I like the colours you have used
I don't think blogger likes me in Greece the connection is bad and 9 times out of ten I go to press publish and it disappears into space, leaving me to re write the comment hence not a lot of comments.
Margaret
I really like that first one a lot! Reminds me of one of the Snowflakes in the Bjorn book that is so popular, the one with all the puffy picots.
Fox : )
you wouldn't want to match the first earring, you would want a mirror image he he.
The thread looks really good with that doodad.
as for blogger, i have had the same issue once or twice (or more) i saved the post to drafts, then when I opened the draft, uploaded the picture again and then it would load into my post. Don't know why, but that worked for me, and once I figured it out, that lessened the frustration and number of tries.
I really like the flower one!!! :)
And the pendant is nice too! :)
Love your title! And I'm impressed by the asymmetrical idea. The second one is beautiful.
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