In my latest project I got to combine two of my favorite things – Yarn and Beads.
When I saw a photo showing a crumbling brick wall with flowers spilling over the edge, I wondered if this image could be turned into a woven wall-hanging. I took out my sketch book and started doodling.
Not a work of art by any means, but putting pencil to paper gave me time to ponder how to execute my idea… the various components, the how-to.
I gathered everything I needed – that took a few days. I ordered rectangular marble beads, visited my favorite yarn shop, and finally had the whole caboodle lined up.
I strung the beads onto the yarn and began warping my little loom.
Weaving around the beads was time consuming – but I was quite pleased with the result. Since the beads are only in the bottom half of the (sideways) weaving, finishing the top half was a lot faster. It started to look like the picture – the one I had in my head, not the one on paper 😉 )
Out came the wool roving and my newly acquired felting tool (love that thing!)
I punched, and punched ~ and flowers appeared on top of the ‘wall’!
I am very pleased that I could turn an idea and vision into something physical, something I can hang on my wall and enjoy every day.
Here it is…
