Queen Melody MacDuffee by hook and bead
March 21, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts
Melody MacDuffee is a creative genius.
She developed a crochet technique, called ‘crochet overlay’ that creates a kaleidoscopic effect.
Her book: Crochet Overlay Jewelry
is a collection of stunningly beautiful crocheted pieces that will inspire awe.
Melody teaches people how to crochet pieces that are like mandalas, with exquisite geometric progressions. You can see how mathematics and artistry have melded so harmoniously in her work.
I met her a few years ago, when we were both teaching at a national conference of the Crochet Guild of America. Unfortunately, when you’re teaching a full slate of courses, you don’t get to spend a whole lot of …read more
Tatted cord for broken shuttle necklace-the pattern
July 15, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under jewelry, tatting
Yesterday, I posted a note about the tatted cord that I have just designed. It’s for a Lady Hoare tatting shuttle that I made and broke… rats… so it became a necklace.
Here’s how I tatted the cord:
With a dental floss threader, thread a heap of ‘e’ beads onto the cone of Lion Brand Lamé yarn.
The cord is a sequence of *5 double knots (dk), slip a bead down the thread to the last dk, 1 dk, 1 picot, 1 dk, slip a bead down to the dk* repeated from * to *
The pic above …read more
