Another post I’ve been holding on to for the last month or so…
After yesterdays long post and copious photos of our garden shed I thought it would be nice to see some of the crafty stuff I’ve been getting up to over the Summer. Aside from shed building and bunting making this Summer has been all about mandalas. I’m not quite sure why but I just love mandalas and even more so of late. It all started way back in April when I found a mandala iron bead kit and went crazy on making iron bead mandalas see here. In May I bought a Mandala zenbroidery sewing kit see here and then I read all about Lucy of Attic24’s latest crochet mandalas and the seed was firmly planted!
Before we went away in the caravan I started the zenbroidery…
Since these pictures were taken, I’ve done loads more on this but I’ve decided not to show any more until its finished, which shouldn’t be too much longer (just so long as I can stop myself from starting any more projects in the meantime!!)
I took my stash of cotton minis with me on holiday in the caravan and spent a rainy afternoon blissfully playing with colours…
and set about making my first crochet hanging mandala…
It didn’t take as long as I thought it would and kicked myself for only taking one hoop away with me. Nevermind, as soon as I got home I set about making more…
The mandalas didn’t stop there, I found a mandala colouring book and now I’m hooked…
These are just 2 of many that I’ve coloured in, they really are addictive. I find colouring in so therapeutic and it can be picked up in any spare 5 minutes.
I am definitely not done there, I have 3 more hoops at the ready so I’m sure you will be seeing more crochet mandalas soon…just as soon as I’ve finished the 1000 other projects I’ve got on the go!! Hehe!
Karen x x
