Here’s another of my, “While I was in Las Vegas at Glass Craft” posts. What can I say, there was a lot to see. So I picked up some project sheets to share with all of you from Spectrum Glass. It’s part of their System 96 Glass Craft Program and this little fusing project is a glass coaster called Mediterranean Mosaic. It’s a simple beginner’s fusing project that can be done in a small kiln. Over at their web site they have this project and as well as a number of others. Here’s something to keep in mind with this project. You can use other glass for it but you must make sure the glass you use is compatible. System 96 has a COE of 96 and if you use COE 90 you’ll need to use that. I’m not saying you can’t use 96 but you can’t mix 96 and 90. The glass must match. But other than that have fun with this cute little tutorial.
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Take It Easy with the Bessie Scarf
Sometimes you just need a little something to occupy your hands that will make a cute and wearable accessory when you’re done.
Enter the Bessie Scarf by Gavriella Treminio , a bias knit garter stitch and eyelet scarf that’s a perfect relatively mindless project.
It’s worked from one of the long ends, so you can make it with a single skein of DK weight yarn (or use another yarn weight if you’d rather) and make it as wide as you want or have yarn available for.
The edges use slipped stitches for a nice clean edge.
This is a great piece to make with one of those special vacation skeins of yarn that you buy because you’re at a local yarn shop and you don’t know what to do with it when you get home. You have those, right?
It makes a lightweight scarf that you can add to an outfit any time of year, and it comes with a bit of history.
Bessie is named for Bessie Coleman, who was the first Black and Native American woman aviator in the United States. She was known for her flying tricks and she encouraged women and Blacks to reach for their dreams. What a lovely legacy and person to reflect on while you knit.
I love a good eyelet pattern, and little holes can be really effective as a way to add a pattern to an otherwise simple project. Here are a few more eyelet projects for you to try.
Many years ago I actually shared a couple more patterns that include eyelets and bias knitting (who knew there were so many?).
The Zeffira top uses eyelets as a design element that starts with dense diamonds at the bottom and fades to single eyelets toward to top. Or try to Lovell top, which has allover eyelets. Both are great projects for spring and summer!
[Photo: Gavriella Treminio]