Look! Shiny Things!

One of the women in my knitting group is organizing a retreat for some of her online friends, and one of the things she's putting together for it is goodie bags with samples and fiber-related treats from indie dyers, spinners, and crafters in the area. It's meant to drum up business for these local artisans.

I offered to make sets of stitch markers for her. I made twenty sets of six, and then kept one from each set for myself...taxes, you know. Here are most of them:

I don't do beadwork often, but occasionally I just get the urge, and the result is pretty things!