Jewelllery Swap......

Hello Lovelies.   I have been joining in on some Monthly swaps through an online Crochet/friendship group.  Last month we swapped bookmarks and I sent this one along to my partner.....

This month we are swapping Jewellery and I am a little late posting mine out so hopefully in the next day or so it will be off and arriving before the month is over.  Here is my effort this time, stepping out of my colourful comfort zone to suit my partners taste..... I actually quite like the way it turned out. :-)

The pattern is from the Noro Crochet Book which I gifted myself for Mothers Day. It is such a beautiful book, patterns aside. LOL I just had to have it. Filled with gorgeous patterns using Noro yarn.

As you can see I used Cotton for this project as opposed to the called for Noro Sock Yarn and I only used half the pattern this time, as I did not have enough beads to make the extra two strands with leaves. I think in Black it would have been too much anyway. I am happy with the results. I hope my partner likes it too.

Have a lovely week all. xoxox

Pretty things...

While I was on a course a couple of weeks ago, I met a most lovely lady who when I admired her necklace, let me take a closer look.  While she told me a little bit about it, I got to play with it and admire it and tried to take a decent picture with my phone which of course just does not do it justice. 

The necklace was purchased for this lady by a friend from a market stall in Turkey. It was crocheted from very fine cotton with small crystal chips threaded throughout. Needless to say, I NEED one of these. I do! 

Oh how I wish I had taken my camera with me that day. I am however, most grateful that she allowed me take photos at all.  And I have added this project to my never ending list of "things to do".  May this lady be eternally blessed for her kindness. It is the little things in life like the kindness of a stranger that make my heart sing. 

Namaste 

xoxoxoxoxox