I always knew this: if you want something, you must advertize for it;-))
Links:
Advertize (Dogs Home TV Ad (every home needs a Harvey)) (non-verbal )
Category: Miscellaneous
Straighten Up Round Needles
I suppose that you know the trick already, but if not: here it is:
If you have round knitting needles that stubbornly curl so that the work is no more fun anymore, lay them in hot (not boiling) water.
The plastic thread straightens up and the knitting is fun again.
I have very different needles (from plastic, wood, metal) and therefore I lay them in the hot water only for a very short time and see then whether it was enough. If not I repeat the procedure until the plastic threads lay flat.
But this way nothing can get in pieces.
Happy knitting! ;-))
Packing Tape Transfers
Packing tape transfers are wonderful ;-)
You can see how it looks e.g. at the flexagons or at my artist book.
In the instruction they are using laser prints that they sell but I’ve made already all sorts of papers (more or less) ‘transparent’: articles from Arabic and Chinese newspapers, pictures from old comic books, patterns from some ads or my beloved travel brochure, pages from old music books or old books written in Fraktur.
Self-printed pictures (I have an inkjet) didn’t work and the quality of my packing tape transfers was differing strongly.
Therefore it’s true again: The proof of the pudding is in the eating ;-))
Links:
Transfers With Packing Tape
Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (English)
Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (German)
Here at unikatissima:
Flexagons
Artist-Book
Paper Shopping Bag
Color Scheme Designer
I have to know often how colours look when put together. Because this isn’t really one of my strong points I hope that the color scheme designer will be a help ;-)
Links:
Color Scheme Designer
via: Kleuren kiezen
DIY Postal Scale
Linking is wonderful: I found a self-made postal scale, inspired by a self-made postal scale, inspired on its part by another self-made postal scale ;-)))
And we have now the chance to choose the self-made postal scale that we like best or where we have the material for at hand ;-))
Links:
DIY Postal Scale (Postal Balance)
via: DIY postal scale
via: Pretty Good Postal Scale from Old CDs
via: A 67 Cent Postal Scale
For Europeans:
Wikipedia entry ‘Euro coins’ (English)
Wikipedia entry ‘Euromünzen’ (German)
Magic Ball
I wrote about leftover needlework before, however I find the magic ball, a yarn skein from yarn rests knotted together, so great that I wanted to mention it again.
It doesn’t matter there whether you knit it or crochet it or both, it looks greatnearly every time. Some use it for freeform work, some crochet only half double crochets or knit in stockinette or garter stitch.
I think it would also look great if you used the magic ball for weaving.
Many people like the loose ends to be seen, in the instruction someone even suggested to add beads on the tails, which have to be long enogh for this (entry of mbriz).
Links:
Magic Ball (Tips and Tricks: Magic Ball Knitting)
Here at unikatissima:
Leftover Needlework
Freeform Needlework
Entries with the tag ‘knitting’
Entries with the tag ‘crochet’
Entries with the tag ‘freeform’
Entries with the tag ‘weaving’
For your inspiration:
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Knitting’
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Crochet’
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Afghan’
Macro Photos Without Macro Lens
Do you still have a camera where you can screw off the lens?
Then you can see here how to make macro photos with it :))
Links:
Macro Photos Without Macro Lens (How To Make Macro Photos Without Buying An Expensive Macro Lens!)
Learning Chopsticks
I really like to eat with chopsticks – it tastes different.
Not, because the thingies are from wood, but because I’m eating less with one mouthful and quasi separately, while I always have my mouth ful of everything when using a spoon ;-)
But I know that many people have problems to handle the chopsticks and then these learning chopsticks may be of help.
Plaster Stamps
Did you always want to make stamped polymer clay items, e.g. beads, but were you reluctant to use your beautiful stamps for this?
Then you can find the solution here: make from your stamp a plaster stamp that you can easily use for polymer clay.
Links:
How to make a plaster stamp?
Sturdy Mail Envelopes
I showed before how to make mail envelopes from gift wrapping or the like, but sometimes mail envelopes are too flimsy (sometimes much too flimsy ;-)) and one needs something sturdier.
Then you simply make mail envelopes from cardboard.
Cereal box seems to look nice ;-))
(By the way: we had a TetraPak CD case before).
However I doubt that you then can make a gift bagalope from your sturdy mail envelopes ;-)
Links:
Sturdy Mail Envelopes (Recycled Cereal Box Envelope Tutorial)
Here at unikatissima:
Self-made Envelopes
Tea Bag Envelopes
TetraPak CD Case
Gift Bagalopes