Luceteer

The lucet has been out again today. Actually, it's been in overdrive. Started out by finishing the full length of embroidery silk I was doing last month. Then I worked up a bracelet length in the handspun corriedale I did yesterday on the new Mama Turk from Enid Ashcroft. I played with clasp designs for a while, not settled on one I like yet. Then I went through two shorter lengths of embroidery silk. And now I'm working on more handspun, this one a random minihank made up of leftover singles in navy english wool and lime green acrylic. I'm thinking once I've luceted this one I'll try luceting it over and see what it looks like.

Blog Revival

So, umm... I'm really bad at keeping my blog updated? Not a very good excuse for a years absense, huh? Okay, okay, I'll admit it. I only remembered it was here because of Ravelry. I need another space to spam with photos and drivel about what I've been up to.

Latest "New Craft" - luceting! I am now a luceteer! :-D I will never use a knitting nancy again. This was picked up at Stitches! at the SECC Glasgow on Saturday. I took along the wooden lucet I got myself in Glasgow (and which, after two whole evenings, I managed to coax a measley 1inch of cord from) and was quickly informed by Ziggy the resident Luceteer that it was too big, designed more for rope than cord. So after taking part in the luceting Make and Take I decided to treat myself to a full Introduction to Luceting set, which had everything I'd need to go into advanced luceting. But right now I'm just enjoying making the pretty cord with the DMC embroidery thread it came with.

For anyone interested in picking up luceting for themselves, Ziggy will be on Create and Craft TV on April 12th. I expect it to be interesting as he's quite the character!