This will be the last and final post about baubles cos I don't know about you but I am getting a bit fed up of them now, despite how beautiful they are. These are all of those that I made in November.
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage gold Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage blue in 3 shade of Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm red matt baubles with vintage bright green Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm bright red shiny baubles with vintage pale gold Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm dark red matt baubles with vintage pale gold Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm red glitter, shiny and matt baubles with vintage gold and silver Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm bright blue shiny baubles with white Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm blue matt baubles with vintage silver Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm pale blue matt and shiny baubles with vintage navy Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm champagne glitter, shiny and matt baubles with vintage brown Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm white glitter baubles with vintage silver Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with bold colours of vintage Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage bright green Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage silver Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage 3 shades of pink Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with white Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm white matt baubles with vintage black Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm white shiny baubles with vintage bright red Twilley's Goldfingering
I am enjoying making the baubles, seeing what colour combinations I can come up with. Other than the first two sets made way back when I was figuring out sizing and designs, no two sets are the same colour combinations and if there are then different designs have been used These are Octobers offerings with some unusual combinations just to be different to anything else out there.
80mm silver shiny baubles with vintage purple Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage purple Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm silver glitter, shiny and matt baubles with vintage pink Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm silver glitter, shiny and matt baubles with vintage pale blue Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm red shiny baubles with vintage gold Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage lime Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm silver matt baubles with vintage blue Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm red glitter baubles with vintage black Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage burgundy Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm denim blue matt and shiny baubles with vintage silver Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage cerise pink Twilley's Goldfingering
No, I'm not shaving my hair for charity but my husband is. We have had a number of friends and family that have battled Cancer, some of them have pulled through, some of them have pulled through more than once and sadly, some of them have not made it.
Garry decided some months ago that he was going to take part in Macmillan's Brave the Shave Fundraising Campaign and contacted the landlady of a local pub, The Railway Inn in Whitacre Heath, to ask if he could hold the event there. The landlady, Maxine, not only agreed but she also decided that she would shave her hair and help out with the fundraising.
Money came pouring in from regulars at the pub and so did donations of prizes for a raffle that would be drawn on the night of the shave event, which was set for 17th September. They even had an article in a local newspaper, which created even more of a buzz about the event and on the night the pub was packed to the rafters and a local man, know as Bear, also shaved his hair off.
I managed to get a video of my husbands shave, it is quite noisy with people shouting and talking but its good, no swear words or anything, or at least I didn't hear any.
In total Garry raised £401.95, I'm not sure how much Maxine and Bear raised but that is a nice boost to Macmillan's Fundraising.
A couple of years ago, when I was running my old business when I used to make tea cosies, hats, scarves, gloves etc I came up with the idea of crocheting designs over the top of plain baubles. I started purchasing baubles when they were on discount immediately after Christmas and looking for the right threads to use with them. I knew what I wanted to use and so started buying what I could find on Ebay and car boot sales etc. This is how I have so much Twilley's Goldfingering in so many different colours. I never did get round to actually making the baubles and so I decided that as the designs were going to be lace that they would actually fit in with my shop as a Christmas range.
I'm just going to put the photos of the finished items in the order that I made them as I didn't take any work-in-progress photos. Smooth baubles can be slippery to work with, especially when you are trying to crochet closed the design around them as with most of the designs require the cover to be put onto the bauble at a certain point so that the design then closes in around the bauble as you work so it can no longer get in or out without undoing the design. Glitter covered baubles are a nightmare in that the design can get hooked up on the glitter, making it difficult to pull it on over the bauble and you also get covered in glitter in doing so. The upside of Glitter covered baubles is that the crochet generally clings to the bauble so as you work the bauble is not constantly trying to escape.
These are what I made in August 2016, with a few that I made earlier in the year when I was working out patterns and sizing.
60mm silver glitter baubles with vintage Twilley's Goldfingering
70mm silver glitter baubles with vintage Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage turquoise Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm green smooth and textured baubles with vintage green Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm brown glitter, smooth and textured baubles with vintage brown Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm blue smooth and textured baubles with vintage blue Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm gold, cerise and black glitter baubles with matching vintage Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm gold, cerise and black glitter baubles with vintage Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm soft pink baubles with vintage burgundy Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm lime green smooth and textured baubles with vintage black/bronze Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm silver matt baubles with vintage bold coloured Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm black glitter baubles with vintage pastel coloured Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm smooth duck egg baubles with white Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm textured duck egg baubles with white Twilley's Goldfingering
80mm cerise glitter baubles with vintage gold Twilley's Goldfingering
