Handmade Laptop Sleeves for Back To School - By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

One of the Handmade items I have been making for years is a Laptop Sleeve - Knitted or Crocheted with yarns!

These can be great for safely carrying a Laptop to School - so they make a great accessory for Back To School!!!  Below the top 2 photos are available to buy - the third is my own personal one. 

These Laptop Sleeves are Knitted or Crocheted in Double Strand Yarn -- and are great for protecting a Laptop Sleeve or Tablet -- and they are in delightful colors!

~~~ I can always do a Custom Order - Customer can specify the Size, Colors, Yarns! ~~~

This one below is the most recently made one - HandKnit with Caron Simply Soft Yarns in Green and Light Blue - a Tree Tapestry - and it is available in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!

This second one is Hand-Crocheted in an Earthy Ombre Yarn with a Green Yarn -- See all the details in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!

Here is a photo of my own Personal Laptop Sleeve that I have had for years -- it is the same style as the top one, but with no Tapestry picture knit in -- I have used it for years and it is still great!

A Customer can always contact me with questions -- and specifications -- if they want something like one of these Laptop Sleeves for their own use - or they can go to my RSS Designs Etsy Shop and request a Custom Order!

Handmade Summer Colors Thread Crochet - By RSS Designs In Fiber and Friends

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
--- Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop - or at On Fire For Handmade -- or Privately

Handmade Thread Crochet can get very creative - and I think it is particularly nice in all kinds of Colors!!

It is Summer - so here are a variety of Crochet Creations in the Colors of Summer!

Some of these items are "Ready To Ship" -- and some are "Made To Order" - and some of these Crocheters will do Custom Orders in the colors / designs that the Customer requests.  Find more Crochet creations at the shops linked to online.

RSS Designs In Fiber Irish Crochet Peach Flower Doily

 Anderson Creations "Daffodil Fairy" - Bookmark or Decoration

 Crochet By MSA Pretty Pansy Doily

 Crochet By 51Bebe - Brenda Burgess - Custom Pink Name Doily

Wyvern Designs - Colorful Cat Coasters

 

RSS Designs In Fiber 3D Pink Roses on Beaded Cluny Lace Doily 

 Crochet By 51Bebe - Handmade Custom Pink Shawl By Brenda Burgess

Anderson Creations Sunflower Fairy - Bookmark or Decoration 

Wyvern Designs Red and Black Irish Rose Cuff

So-o-o - Here is some different Colorful Handmade Crochet - in various Crochet Threads!  If you check out the shops for these specific items, you may find even more Handmade Creations!

Completed Custom Order of Irish Crochet Hearts by RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Yes, I do Custom Orders!!

This Custom Order in the photo above was for 6 of these Irish Crochet Hearts I crochet - with the Crystal E-Beads crocheted in.  Each Pink Heart has 3 Irish Crochet Roses in a Shaded Pink Thread inside it.

The original pattern - that these are based on - was in an older Craft magazine I had from years ago.

I've been making them for years - in different colors, fibers and sizes - and, sometimes, a slightly different crochet design!

I have some for sale in my "RSS Designs In Fiber" Shops!

See my Irish Crochet Hearts in my Etsy Shop!

See more of these Irish Crochet Hearts in my "Hearts in Fiber Art Decor" Section of my Bonanza Booth!

Knitting Hats Again - and These Are Custom Made-to-Order

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Handmade Ribbed Knit Hat by RSS Designs In Fiber - Shown in Blue and Gray Tweed - Custom Made-To-Order

I do a lot of Crocheting - but I decided it was time to Knit some Hats again.  Knitted Hats in a Ribbed Knit, like the one above - and the one below - are really nice because of the way they "hug" the head! 

They also have a bit more stretch than other knitting patterns,  so they fit different sizes of heads, so you can buy one as a gift and not worry too much if it will exactly fit.

But I decided to do Handmade Hats as Custom Made-To-Order, so the Customer can choose the Size from the Size list, which I have for both of these Knitted Hats. ~~ And, like in the Hat pictured above, I also can offer it in different colors to be paired with the Gray for the Tweed - I am offering that Hat in these color themes:

• Country Blue - and Heather Gray (shown in photo above)
• Autumn Red - and Heather Gray 
• Dark Country Blue - and Heather Gray 
• Dark Sage Green - and Heather Gray

It will only take a few days to make - and I will ship it on the next Post Office business day after completing it and sending a picture of it to the Customer.  I always send a picture of the completed Handmade item whenever I do a Custom Order - and ship it as soon as I can!

On the other hand - the Hat pictured below is made in a Yarn that is an Ombre Chunky Yarn of Red, Blue and Tan (what is called a Primitive Americana color theme) and I am offering it in a choice of Sizes - from 20 Inches Around Head to 25 Inches Around Head.

It, too, will take a few days to complete in the size chosen - and then ship.

Handmade Knitted Hat in Red, Blue and Tan - Primitive Americana - Choose Size - Made-To-Order

All my Handmade Hats, Headbands and Scarves are available on Etsy - and you can put in a Custom Request on Etsy, too if you want one in a certain pattern or in different colors or yarns!  Just ask me!!

Handmade Hats and Scarves For Cold, Winter-y Weather

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
 - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Matching Hat and Scarf - Wine Red Clusters on Pine Green - Sold Individually
Hat or Cap - Red on Green
63 Inch Long Scarf - Red on Green

 The Above Photos are examples of the kinds of Cold, Winter Weather Hats and Scarves I make - though I have Crocheted and Knitted quite a variety of different styles since my teens!
Personally, I have made myself all kinds of Hats and Scarves for Cold Weather - in Cold Weather I must have a Warm Hat - and very often a matching or co-ordinating Warm Scarf.  I make them in different colors and yarns to go with different Jackets, Coats or Sweaters!

So, I have lots and lots of experience making them!!

And, so, in addition to the ones I have available for sale in my online shop that carries the Handmade Hats, Headbands and Scarves I make - I can make some for you as a Custom Order!!

Here are a few more pictures - with a linking list of more I have made that are Ready-To-Ship currently in my Etsy Shop:

Center: Hat and Neck Warmer Scarf Set - Black with Multi-colors 

Around Clockwise:  Headband - Black with Multi-colors

Cotton Scarf - Ripples of Spring Colors - 59 Inches Long

Chunky Scarf - Burgundy Marsala Reds - 78 Inches Long 

Cowl Infinity Scarf - Blue Multi Tweed - 25 Inches Around

(Wine Red on Pine Green Scarf and Hat - pictured at top)

Long Skinny Fancy Fur Scarf - Hickory Red Browns - 65 Inches Long

Long Skinny Afghan Crochet Scarf - Blue Multi Tweed - 86 Inches Long

Chunky Cotton Headband - Shaded Denim Blues - 23 Inches Around

Is there something you would like for a Crocheted or Knitted Hat and/or Scarf - in the colors of your choice - and length and width of your choice?

If you don't see what you want in the pictures or at the links above - contact me through this blog and ask me for a Custom-made Hat and/or Scarf !

Brand New Creation - A Wrist Cuff That Hugs Your Wrist! - New Personal Accessory

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
 - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Sometimes - in my own world of doing Handmade - I come up with something to solve a problem - and this Brand New Wrist Cuff That Hugs Your Wrist is just that!!

This one is in Shaded Denim Blues - as it really is in the shade of Blue, "Denim", I thought that in this world of "Jeans-wearing people all over the place", it might appeal to someone!

I designed it to Hug and Cushion the Wrist while on a Computer - or using a Mouse - Huh - Like other blogging, online roaming  people like me, LOL!!

I had to figure it out, but having been crocheting all kinds of things (many of which have never seen the light of online at all) in many different types of stitches, I figured it all out and it worked on the first try! (Yes I'm wearing the one I made for  myself as I type this!)

I used 2 types of Crocheted Rib Stitches - to explain - these are Crochet Stitch Patterns that create Ribs - you know those Ribbed bottoms of Sweaters or at the ends of Sweater Arms - that STRETCH - you see - STRETCH is the key word here!

I needed something that would Cover the Wrist area - sort of Fit and Hug it, but not wanting to have to attach some fastener - it had to be able to Stretch over the Wider Part of the Hand to put it on - and still "Hug The Wrist"!

The Section that "Hugs The Wrist" is Crocheted with "Post Stitch Rib", which is really rather thick and CUSHIONING (another key word) - and here is a Closeup picture that shows the detail of the Post Stitch Rib Section of this Wrist Cuff:

Then -- since I wanted the Top of the Cuff to be wider to accommodate easy movement with the Hand and still fit comfortable - I did this upper part (see it in the pictures at  the top) with a Back Loop Single Crochet Rib Stitch, which is a little more flexible and Stretch-y.

Well - some experienced Crocheters will know what I mean - and it all worked out.

It is crocheted in one of my favorite Cotton Yarns - Peaches and Creme, which I have in quite a few colors.

These are Real Casual - designed for Everyday Use - that you can slip in a pocket, case, purse, desk drawer - and then just pull out and pop on - definitely convenience in mind ( I get impatient sometimes, do you?)!

Available in my On Fire For Handmade Gift Guide Shop at:

Shaded Denim Blue Wrist Cuff - Protective - Handmade Casual Stretch-y Ribbed Cotton Yarn Hugs Wrist 

-- And I've thought some people might want some in other Colors (who knows?) - I can make one of these in all kinds of Colors - I have this cotton yarn in quite a number of Colors - practically the whole Color spectrum - just Email Me to request a Custom one made in the Color you want - and tell me the Size you need!!

NEW CUSTOM ORDER REQUEST FORM - Page on My Blog!!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - My Handmade Designs on ARTFIRE and ETSY


Over the years since I started Selling the Handmade I make, there have been various CUSTOM ORDER REQUESTS - from ones from Private Individuals ~ to ones through a local store ~ to ones through various Online Venues that I have sold on.

So ... I decided to Create a CUSTOM ORDER REQUEST FORM and put it on a PAGE here on my blog -- so anyone who would like, has a Form to Use for a Custom Order !!

I make quite a variety of items in Crochet and Knitting --- See some Custom Orders that I have made in the past!

This is one Custom Order for an Online Customer who wanted something in a Specific Size and very Specific Color to match something Specific in their home (I always respect Customer's Privacy and only post details and information with Customer's permission).

Here is another Custom Order - Requested from someone who I met locally -- who asked for a hat that I was wearing in Navy and Cotton!!

And this was a Custom Order from an Online Customer who saw one of my listings -- but wanted Six of them (Red Gingham Potholders)!!

Is There Some One Thing You Would Like Custom Made???

(I am also willing to send Custom Made Gifts to the Recipient when arranged in advance.)

Certified Handmade Artifact - Because I Do Handmade!!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - My Handmade Designs on ARTFIRE and ETSY

 I do HANDMADE! 

 Real HANDMADE!   With Care, Attention to Detail, Some Love! 

 That is really all I Sell!! 

 And I got a CERTIFIED HANDMADE ARTIFACT for my ARTFIRE STUDIO !!

CLOVER and SHAMROCK Designs In Fiber - That Sell!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade Designs on Artfire or Privately

Above is a photo of my most recent sale of a Clover or Shamrock Design that sold.  It is another theme in my Designs In Fiber that has sold quite a bit over the years!!

This 3-Foot Long Table Runner, though, is my most ambitious project!!  I have been blogging and posting about it over the time I worked on it in-between other projects -- I got it done, listed it on Etsy -- and in about 48 hours it was sold, much to my pleasant surprise!!

But I have done Clovers and Shamrocks, both 3-Leaf and 4-Leaf, over the years -- and sold a fair number of designs -- and following are a few pictures of different ones!!

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I still have a few newer, slightly different, though similar Clover and Shamrock Designs for sale online!  See below - all photos link - and, of course, I do Custom Orders by Request!!

ROSES AND SHAMROCKS - FINE THREAD CROCHET ART

SMALL COASTER-SIZE - LUCKY 4-LEAF CLOVER

SMALL COASTER-SIZE - 4-LEAF CLOVER WITH ECRU EDGING

DOILY - 3-LEAF CLOVERS with 3D YELLOW FLOWERS



New Feature on My Blog -- GUIDES TO MY HANDMADE FINISHED PRODUCTS

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Internet Shop of Handmade Items In Fibers





I do "HANDMADE" - for a variety of reasons!!

-- I like making the things I make - right now Crocheted and Knitted - all kind sof things!!

Most of my items are One-of-A-Kind!!

They can't be any other way, because even if I do a pattern or design a second or third time, I can't guarantee that I will have the exact same materials -- or that after I have made it, it will come out exactly the same size! Just a factor in "Hand-making"!! At least in Crocheting and Knitting, though I can do a Custom Order to specifications!

-- Besides, I like to do different patterns and designs -- for variety - for the challenge of trying something new - for the pure joy of figuring out a new design or color patterns!!

So, I decided, in the interest of making my HANDMADE Items more readily availabe to look at or find on the Internet --

-- I have now put a Link Box with the Blog Posts of "GUIDES TO MY HANDMADE FINISHED PRODUCTS" in the right-hand sidebar - the second Box.

These Guides will be current to within a couple of days. New items for a GUIDE will be added -- Items that have been Sold or Removed from an Online Shop will be taken out.

Please Remember -- if you see something and would like it done in a different Color or Size or Fiber --- or would like something similar, but somehow different, Contact Me - either PRIVATELY or through my Etsy Shop.

-- And Thank You to all my Customers of my HANDMADE items over the years!! You are appreciated -- and I aim to please and make what Customers need and want!!

A Spring Line of DESIGNS IN FIBER

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Internet Shop of Handmade Items In Fibers


I design and plan much of my work in Crochet and Knitting with the seasons and nature in mind - that is just me!

Some call this "Nature in Art"!

Here are several items made in a Yellow and a Light Spring-like Green!

Not sure if these are the most "trendy colors" this year -- but they were requested for Spring -- so I did make these!










CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO GO TO THE LISTING WITH SPECIFICS!!

As I do Custom Orders and I have this thread in stock -- I can also do Special Orders to customer specifications, if requested!!

A "LUCKY" SPRING DESIGN IN FIBER!!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Internet Shop of Handmade Items In Fibers

A-h-h-h!! The "LUCK" of the Four-Leaf Clover!!

Personally, I am not much of one to rely on "LUCK" -- though I don't mind if I have some time to time!!

According to "tradition" and "legend" the real Four-Leaf Clover (which does exist) brings luck to their finder!!

Actually, I do believe I really saw one once -- by accident -- in some wild place, though I will be honest, as there are some other plants that supposedly look just like it, I cannot say for sure it was actually a Four-Leaf Clover! (I have plenty of the more common variety of clover - the Three-Leaf one - in my front yard - and I am particularly fond of it -- it makes great green ground cover inbetween all my plants and pots!!!)

You can read about the Four-Leaf Clover some here on Wikipedia!!

The Four-Leaf Clover pictured above though is one made of Fiber - and is one of what will be 20 motifs in a Table Runner that is currently a work-in-progress (see the beginning 4 motifs below).



Some will tell you that no matter what form it comes in, these Four-Leaf clovers represent "LUCK"!! Therefore, this Table Runner, which will have 10 of them in it, will be quite LUCKY!!

Actually, I am doing it as a Nature-Inspired Spring-Themed item (also good for St. Patrick's Day if you so choose) in Shamrock Green (for the Four-Leaf Clovers) and Ecru for the border and alternating motifs.

The alternating motif (below) is actually a design of a flower or plant with a number of shoots - and I am doing it in Ecru beige as a background for the Four-Leaf Clovers.



The Table Runner will be a long and thin one - the type you put down the middle of a long table and often hanging over the sides some - either directly on a bare table or on top of a tablecloth. The overall design is my idea - though I am using various motifs from different places. When finished, it will be approximately 10 inches wide by 50 inches long.

And definitely for a Nature-type decor or decoration!!

Watch for it in my Etsy shop - it should be finished and listed within a few days!!

I have lots of ideas for motifs -- and lots of patterns for all kinds of motifs that I could make into a similar design - wider or longer or shorter - as I have said before - I DO CUSTOM ORDERS!! Contact me through my Etsy shop or private contact (upper right on this blog) if you want to discuss a CUSTOM ORDER!!

Irish Crochet Hearts -- a Variety of Color Themes!!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Internet Shop of Handmade Items In Fibers


Been adding a number of the little Trinket Irish Crochet Hearts to my Etsy shop over the last couple of weeks -- I now am up to four all with different colors of 3D Roses in them -- and have sold a few over the months -- and years ....





My latest is a new color for my Irish Crochet Hearts - Shaded Lavender 3D Roses in a fine, heirloom weight 6-cord thread, which is some of the highest quality of threads you can find!


Took a little bit of work and experimentation to work out how I exactly wanted these to be -- though I have patterns and instructions for crocheting Irish Lace, I wanted these Hearts to have fine thread multi-layer Roses -- with contrasting colors for the Heart shape, which I feel really brings out the flowers and the Irish lace!!


I think these are exceedingly romantic and can be used in a number of different ways -- especially with the small loop on them, which makes them easy for hanging. It all makes them great Valentine gifts for an admirer of hand-made lace!!


Some years ago I made some that were slightly different in a thicker fiber for someone to decorate their wall with -- a custom order!


I really find it fun to work out these different designs!!

Permanent FREE / REDUCED SHIPPING SECTION in my Etsy shop

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Internet Shop of Handmade Items In Fibers


Holiday Shopping - Sales - Special Deals - This is usually the time of Year for them!

For Sales or Special Deals in my Etsy shop, I usually offer either FREE SHIPPING of FIRST CLASS MAIL PARCEL to the USA and CANADA --

-- or REDUCED PRIORITY MAIL on items over 13 ounces to USA Addresses --

-- or REDUCED INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY MAIL with Insurance on all shipments to countries other than the USA and CANADA that I can and am willing to ship to (I reserve the right to not ship to certain foreign countries).

But I have decided to PERMANENTLY have a "FREE / REDUCED SHIPPING SECTION" in my Etsy shop. The items in it may change periodically -- usually some seasonal or current holiday items will be in it.

Here is the link to this Section: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RSSDesignsInFiber?section_id=6561481

And Here our the current items in it as of Today:

I also offer upgrades in Shipping in my Etsy shop -- anyone, who wants to get a shipment mailed either PRIORITY MAIL or EXPRESS MAIL, can request it for an additional charge -- if it is an item in this "FREE / REDUCED SHIPPING SECTION", the upgraded rates will be REDUCED from the Full Shipping Cost.

My aim is to please the customer to the best of my ability.

Any customers can always contact me by email on Etsy (an Etsy conversation) - or off Etsy to the email address for the Etsy Order.

I appreciate all the customers who have bought my Hand-crafted pieces. I put a lot of detailed work into everything I make and I endeavor to make what my customers will like!!