Yes, Blocking Works Wonders

The scarf now passes my test for giftworthiness, I want to keep it.  This lacy, girly, useless scarf will be sent off to a lady soldier in Afghanistan as soon as I get my act together.

I'm feeling a bit druzy...

This is the last of my March Madness jewelry making binge, and one of my favorites too.  The chain is pretty long so it makes for a dramatic touch and the heavy quartz blob could be used for self defense in a pinch.

Scarf In Progress

This  bad boy is currently weighing in at 1.5 balls of Rowan Damask.  I'm a bit concerned about the finished product because the yarn loops that are intended to look graceful and lacy keep catching on my fingers and other ungainly protuberances, resulting in a pulled out, shaggy looking mess.  Maybe with blocking...  we shal see.

Just Beads

I'm a bad geologist

I had to google "peacock stone" to try and figure out what this stuff was.  Michael's crafts isn't so good at labeling with the chemical formula.  I should consider myself lucky for getting "peacock stone".  One questionable internet source suggested it was also known as bomite, but that looks like an alias for chalcopyrite, which this is not. (though chalcopyrite is sometimes referred to as "peacock ore.")  The circular bodies do look a bit like oncolites, but I don't get a particularly sedimentary vibe from these guys, and they would have had to have been replaced by silica.  Unfortunately, I'm still not sure.  I can't find my mineralogy textbook anywhere either.

One for me, one for you

And then this similarly citrine laced combo goes to a friend at work.

Bear with me

All you fellow fiber fiends are going to have to bear with a few more jewelry posts.  My newly computer intensive job leaves my hands a bit sensitive at the end of the day, and so the dusky knitting habits have been subjected to a level of self restraint unknown since the broken thumb incident of last year.  In lieu of fast paced knitting and permanent neuro-muscular damage, jewelry is being made in the evenings.  (there is still yarn being used, I just have no FO's...)

This set is for me.  I'm a real square.