Wednesday, May 30, 2007

more silversmithyness


We made the first part of our bezels for our cabochons last night. [My stone is chalcedony. A relative of quartz, aka cheap. But I like the milky blue.]


It's amazing to me how rough things start out and how, honestly, crappy they look until they're done. Right now, this looks like poop. But I have faith in Sarah. She will teach us how to un-poop our bezels.

I also started a little cuff bracelet, but it's so ugly right now, I'm not gonna show you nothin.

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How comes only three darling peoples are supporting Team Knitty in the Run for the Cure this time? What did I do wrong?

We did so well last year and this year, it's kinda echoey and eerily quiet in my donation space. If each person who reads Knitty would give just one dollar, we'd have thousands and thousands of dollars to help fight breast cancer!

Here -- just a little taste of what your dollars will help support:

"The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has allocated millions of dollars in grants supporting the advancement of breast cancer research, education, diagnosis and treatment across the country since 1986.

In 1998, the Foundation became a funding partner of the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA). The CBCRA's objective is to coordinate the pooled resources of the nation's largest fundraising organizations (such as the Foundation) along with medical research and advocacy groups supporting Canadian breast cancer research, treatment and educational programs.

Recently, the Foundation announced its commitment of $14 million over five years to leading edge breast cancer research in its Phase Three funding of the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA). This is a tremendous example of the Foundation's leadership role with CBCRA. The Foundation's contribution will be allocated to CBCRA strategic initiatives, including research on lifestyle and environmental links to breast cancer."

To read more about what the CBCF does with the money we raise, please visit this page. Thank you.

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Hey! Remember last time I went to TNNA [the big knitting/needlework trade show] in January and told you there'd be no signing of No Sheep for You? Well, I'm very happy to report that this time, there WILL be a signing! If you're lucky enough to be in the knitting trade and will be in Columbus this weekend to attend the show, come see me at the Unicorn Books booth at 1pm on Sunday.

Yay!

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posted by amy [Knitty] @ 9:22 AM 5 comments

Comments:
Bezels always start out that way. Wait until you start working with pierced bezels and you've got sharpie all over the out side with drill bevels everywhere; that's when you start to wonder if it'll turn out like you planned. I love watching bezels transform into gleaming little pieces of perfection. That Chalcedony is really pretty, you might like it's druzy form as well. All sparkely milky blue. :)

cheers, and can't wait to see the final piece!
# posted by Blogger Danielle : 9:59 AM, May 30, 2007
 
Off topic: Have you seen this vendor? http://www.hollyeqq.com/index.html

She sells hand-dyed non-wool rovings, including tencel, bamboo, and silk.

I am not her nor do I work for her. Just another non-wool spinner. There aren't very many sources for non-wool hand-dyed rovings out there, so I thought I'd pass along the link.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 1:07 PM, May 30, 2007
 
Hey there Amy! I'm a few posts behind...but I noticed your seasilk post - I just finished a stole design (you can see it here: http://gbellaknits.blogspot.com/2007/05/catalina-shawl-pattern.html) knitted up in Handmaiden LACE silk - another one of their amazing amazing yarn lines - gorgeous drape. For real, this yarn totally made me think of you and your no-sheepiness - you must try it. The best selection of colors, I think, is at www.colorsongyarn.com ~gabriella :)
# posted by Blogger gabriella : 10:54 PM, May 30, 2007
 
You've been a baaad influence, Amy! I spent a good chunk of my afternoon in the local rock-and-gem-and-silver shop, looking at expensive cabs (drool), affordable-but-less-lovely beads (weep)... and I wound up buying a couple glass lumps, a teeny piece of tile, and some wire.. then headed off to Button Button, a Vancouver mecca of unique buttonage, and I snagged a couple vintage buttons that I am going to bezel-set into a ring for myself!

(your blue stuff is quite nice, though, and I thought of you every time I looked at it in the store!)
# posted by Blogger Christa Giles : 3:00 AM, May 31, 2007
 
I wanted to ask you about the CIBC Run. I usually go, but I walk. When I go, I usually go by myself. Will you have a team? If so, how can I join and where could I find more specifics?
Thanks,
/Rochelle
# posted by Blogger Yosemite : 1:12 PM, August 29, 2007
 
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