Quick Fix
Oddly enough, given recent warm temperatures around here, it is cool in the studio of a morning. Yesterday, I tossed on the new shawl and tried to get down to work, and found it falling off, falling into things and generally being annoying.
So I made a shawl pin to hold it all together:
Construction notes: copper wire, probably 14 ga., annealed, and bent into S-shape (also useful as a jewelry clasp), then a spiral-twisted stickpin to hold it. All hammered, to work harden the wire, then the ends filed and sanded, so they won't catch on the yarn.
Then, I got right back to work. We're closing in, seeing the finish line.
So I made a shawl pin to hold it all together:
Construction notes: copper wire, probably 14 ga., annealed, and bent into S-shape (also useful as a jewelry clasp), then a spiral-twisted stickpin to hold it. All hammered, to work harden the wire, then the ends filed and sanded, so they won't catch on the yarn.
Then, I got right back to work. We're closing in, seeing the finish line.
posted by Sara at 6:47 AM
6 Comments:
That's just too cool! Here I've been wanting to make a shawl pin but it never occurred to me to use copper wire. I even have some copper wire around here somewhere.
Very clever! Thanks for sharing.
great minds must thing alike - I've made a few of those myself and have a few in my Etsy shop - great pin!
Well, aren't you just the clever one?! Next trick will be adding beads to the wire before bending and shaping... way cool. Happy 4th weekend to you.
I see you were inspired by my wife!
http://www.designsbyromi.com/pages/elsellsheet1.htm
She inspires me, as well.
That is one beautiful shawl pin!!!
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