not just needlework...

I stupidly thought I would be hooking on the way down....

I did one row I think

before it got put away

needed to navigate a little

watch the landscape change

and most importantly

look for the nearest loo

and

places to eat

(we actually only stopped once)

this will be frogged....too short and scratchy!!!

As well as the knitting she did

sister dear beaded

knit a few rows

bead a few necklaces

she is a perfectionist and will not tolerate anything that is not perfect

in her eye

I started this "monster" a few years ago

when I stupidly thought I could make jewelry

and took all the beads and equipment to the cottage

and invited her to join in the fun!!!

she was instantly hooked!!!

and now has her own stash of treasures and tools

and makes numerous necklaces at a time....

they are to die for!!!!

they were all over the table and the counter tops

we played and laid them on the stitchery

bunched them together to look like

Pirate Booty

Blackbeard was a frequent visitor to these parts

you know

really

arrrrrrrrrrrrghhh!!!!!!

look at the blues

tibetan stones and silver

silver and lapis and pearls 

oh my!!!! 

In the coffee shop we visit to buy the best coffee around

is a little bead shop called

"the garden of beadin'"

!!!! :)

there they have

 mostly

the type of beads that kids use to make friendship bracelets and necklaces with hemp cord

beachy stuff

but if you look around you will find some very interesting stuff

one of which, this time, was recycled glass

sister fell in love and we went back to get it

and then back again to get some more!!!

She strung it with some seed beads I had taken

and we played with it

on the blue scarf I'm still making

and then out on the beach and into the sunshine

We noticed we have a love of blue

all blue

the colours of the sky and the water

and if you spend just a few minutes looking

you will notice how the colours change

from one

to two

to three

...