May I present Winter Frost!

Hand crocheted and beaded with 370 premium Japanese glass beads and over 15 hours of work - not including planning, swatching, and photography.

At approximately 6’ long and just over 4” wide, this scarf is perfect for wearing both long and flowing as well as double wrapped for added warmth. Worn either way, it truly is an elegant accessory.

The pattern is in the works and I am excited to have entered the scarf in this year’s Vanna’s Choice Contest, so stay tuned for both!

If you would like to see more pictures, I’ve posted lots and lots on my Ravelry page.

Okay, beading in crochet is kind of a pain sometimes… :- /

Boogieing right along with this scarf; one skein and 202 beads has me halfway through already. Which means I vastly overestimated the amount of yarn I’d need - and underestimated the beads. Guess I’m making a trip to the store tomorrow!

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I’ve been playing with my snowflake design! Next up: metallic silver thread.

Snowflake wreath pre-snowflakes. :)

Snowflake #2 for my white wreath all curled up like a delicate little baby octopus!

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Preview of my first wreath! Yeah, I think I’m gonna do two. This one with snowflakes (blue and white) and another with reds and greens - I asked my husband for his opinion and of course it was predictable. Ah well, hopefully it’ll look good on our front door!

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Finally! I successfully created a thread crochet snowflake.  It only took me several years of practice to learn the patience and skill to do it…

ETA: I added this project to the Michaels Make It! For Good Contest - check it out here (http://apps.facebook.com/michaels-holiday-con/entries/384) and vote every day to help Michaels reach their goal of $25,000 to donate to charity!

I’m determined to make this baby blanket my next FO - it’s been in the works for a long time!