Colour, shapes... and a giveaway!

Over the last couple of days I have been revelling in the colour of beautiful new supplies - silk hankies from Sassalynne, Tussah silk roving from SilkAndShine, handdyed firestar from FeltStudioUK, and the most amazing 'wooly crumbs' from The Wool Peddler:

so much inspiration!

I'm also still trying to come up with new shape ideas for brooches and necklaces...  so I thought I would open it up to you!  Leave a comment on this post with your suggestions for new shapes for me to try - if I end up using any of your shape ideas, in return you get to pick an item of your choice from my Etsy shop that I will send to you as a thank you! 

I seem to prefer more abstract or organic shapes, and am limited to somewhat simpler forms (it's not possible to preserve detail in very complex shapes). Here are some shapes I have already tried, to get you going:

Thank you!

October giveaway winner~!

The cats weren't interested in helping me with selecting the winner this time...

don't think you can trick us again... we know it's not food this time!!

so instead I turned to random.org.

*drum roll*

and the winner of my October giveaway is commenter no.2   ...

*~*    Jude      *~*

Congratulations!

To everyone else, thank you so much for entering, and keep your eyes peeled for more giveaways in the future!

October giveaway~!

Inspired by the wonderful autumn foliage that is adorning Edinburgh at the moment, up for grabs in my October giveaway is a kumihimo braided bracelet in rich shades of lime, copper and amber.

A close-up of the braid texture:

The bracelet is made from a 16-tama braid, made on my marudai.

At the moment she measures 21.5cm long - but I will happily alter her length for the lucky winner :)

If you would like to enter the giveaway, just leave me a comment on this post, and I will put your name into the draw in a week's time~!

Good luck!

First blog giveaway winner~!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the draw for 'Mitheithel'!

I am pleased to announce the winner is..... *drumroll*.....

Clasheen~!

Here is the 'behind the scenes' of the draw process :D

In the 4th picture, Bruford (tabby & white) has selected the winner by... eating it!

Thanks again to everyone who took part, and keep your eyes peeled for another giveaway next month.

Have a great weekend everyone!

End of summer giveaway~!

Well here in Edinburgh it's certainly feeling like summer might be over and autumn is waiting in the wings raring to go - the sun has lost the height of her warmth, the leaves are looking tired and beginning to turn, and the light has that distant, hazy feel... .

Now, autumn is my favourite season, so I'm more than ready for it - but seeing as we did actually have a bit of summer this year, and that it inspired me to experiment with more summery colours in my work, I thought I would celebrate with my first ever blog giveaway!

Awaiting her new home is 'Mitheithel':

Mitheithel is a brooch, made from hand-dyed threads, silk filament, merino roving and cotton nepps, in shades of lilac, buddleia, clematis and forget-me-not, with summer-sea aquamarine a touch of gold. I felted these, with my embellisher, onto wisteria-coloured hand-dyed cotton fabric, set on black felt baize and edged with turquoise whip-stitch.

She measures almost 4.5cm not-quite-square, and has a gold metal brooch finding with safety catch.

If you would like to enter the giveaway, just leave me a comment on this post, and I will choose the winner at random in a week's time (so remember to log in first before commenting so I can see who you are!).

Good luck~!