Haven't made it to the market yet.....may get my own small table. Been busy making vest and ribbon shirt for a friend so have to get busy making bowls

made with poly rope

Getting a stack of bowls made to replace ones sold and given away.Trying a few different methods. Hope to get to the market next week.

Made from poly rope. Seem very sturdy

coasters for wine bottle

Starting to get some bowls ready for sale. Making some smaller ones .

trying adding a handle 

smaller bowls

Wee bowl

bigger one. not sure of colour

added a cloth flower 

If anyone wants a bowl, just tell me colour and approximately what size and shape and I will do it. Hope to get to the market soon

First attempt with new supplier. The rope dyed true to colour and sewed easily. The bowl seems more strudy. Think I will stay with this supplier even though it cost more.

First market.....had a great time sold lots . Went to the food bank today and gave my profits. Told then I sold rope bowls and next time will bring one of my business cards and a bowl to show them. Have to get into production before the next market. Fun.

Trying to make "book" bags. The size I made is rather difficult to maneuver 

  under the machine.  The dimentions  are 12h, 9w and 4d
Not really happy with it.

Getting ready for the Market in May....have 5 bowls ( with the hole for the wool to go thru) wrapped with yarn and needles.....? Mother's Day gifts ?? Will have plain bowls( without hole) of various shapes and sizes. Will give the proceeds  to the food bank, if they sell.

I find the more bowls I sew the more control I have in shaping the bowls. Still not happy with changing colours by butting the edges. Plan to try experimenting to see if it could be neater

Playing with rope decorations

a little busy with the coloured thread

like the shape , not sure what it could be used for

playing with colour

Still getting used to the blog and added the last pictures twice . will try to correct the problem

Little different technic with the dye

                                                             another wool bowl

                                                      a little whimsy

this one is rather large about 12 in wide and 9 in tall

Well all the bowls are one of a kind. I hand dye some of the rope before making the bowls. I tried dyeing after and the results were not as good. I never know what the color will turn out to be ...different rope takes up the dye differently and some that are a blend are harder to dye. I am thinking about buying from a different source but the price is doubled.

So I created this blog so I could keep track of the bowls I make. It is a lot of fun . I think soon there will be a world shortage of clothesline rope.

                                           These are the wool bowls. They have a hole to
                                           keep the ball of wool from going all over the room.

                                                 This one has 2 holes

                                              Gave this one to Dariel. Has handles.

Glows in the dark ...gave to Finn

 

                                               Camo for a real man

Brenda wanted a 2 holer

                                               gave to Lesa with a plant in it.Those clear plastic
                                             plant inserts fit in and protect the bowl

                                               
                                                     This is one of the first ones I made

                                                            This one was a little wonky and I tried to
                                              dye it by dipping in dye and let it wick up

small and added a decorative sewn border

                                               
                                                       This bowl with handles is made from all nylon
                                                    rope. Not my favourite.

So here it is dyed...

                                                       Rope that I dyed with 2 colours and the
                                              bowl below

First one I made with varigated dyed rope

These next two are the first wool bowls that I made.
 

This one went to Jessie

Bread basket

This one went to Jo. added a burlap flower

Leah's fruit bowl 12 in x 4 in

These were for Jean. Tried to match the terra cotta in her kitchen