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Yes, those pretty things that go around your ankles and have been a form of adornment for centuries. They've even been used to denote marital status. I found an interesting history here. They've been my thing the last couple of months - it's been summer here in New Zealand (a pretty pathetic one but that's another story!) so my ankles have been on show. Here are a couple of my newest anklets:
I made several while at Mt Eden Market the other day and sold one by the middle of the afternoon! And I've been making turquoise ones for Christie's Law too. And, yes, I will have them on this website for you to buy too, just watch this space.
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This month's bead club class continued viking knitting with caps and cages for beads. I strung mine together to make a necklace. I also looked on the internet for some other ideas and found tutorials for double and triple viking knit.
I didn't buy a viking knitting tool so I decided I'd have a go at making my own. I have some brass wire that is quite difficult to bend so I thought I would use that characteristic. It works really well although by itself it makes quite a thin cord but I can put it inside a fatter tube to make a fatter cord.
My husband also made me some "drawplates" by drilling holes in some MDF.
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I have a stall at the Mt Eden Village Craft Market! If you're in Auckland, please come and see me.
2nd Saturday of every month, 10am-4pm
Mt Eden Village Centre, Corner Mt Eden Rd and Ngauruhoe St, Mt Eden, Auckland.
The next few are 11 March, 14 April, 12 May and 9 June.
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This month at bead club we learned how to do viking knitting using the Lazee Daizee viking knitting tool. Viking knitting is not really knitting at all. It's more wire weaving, although it looks a bit like knitting. Also, you do it backwards - you create the new loop around the one above, rather than pulling the new one through the one below.