Jewellery bits and pieces

I made this very simple necklace for my sister-in-law's birthday last month, having spotted some lovely glass pendants in my local jewellery making shop.

I also developed the idea of my charm style shawl pins further to include interchangeable charms, and made one with a set of matching stitch markers to donate as a prize in a KAL being run by the Wollmeise Ravelry group.

Wire crochet

For my mother's birthday present this year, I decided to try something different.  I thought I'd try making a crocheted wire necklace, from this pattern by Leigh Manson-Brown.  It took a couple of attempts to get the right gauge, for some reason my tension is always off when I crochet, and frogging wire proved to be an interesting experience!  When I got it right, though, I was very pleased with the result and I'm sure I'll make more of these.

Shawl pins

As I was participating in the Soctopus Mystery Shawl Knit-Along for Knit Nation, and had talked my mother and sister into doing likewise, I wanted to make us some lightweight shawl pins to wear with them.  The photos of my finished Spriteling will follow when I finally manage to get some good ones taken, but for now, here are the shawl pins.

Mine:

My mother's:

My sister's: