Category: Yarn

Bobbin Holder

craftster Bobbin Holder

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Ok, ok, today is Saint Nicholas, but here the show is already over, the boot wasn’t only filled but emptied already and life goes on.

And to let it go on neatly (at least concerning sewing) the bobbin holders from spiral binders can help ;-))
So in case that you still have to sew something for Christmas everything should go more easily now :)


Links:
Bobbin Holder (Bevy of Bobbins- corral your unruly bobbin thread! Pics, too!)

Saint Nicholas – Celebration in Central Europe

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Entries with the tag ‘sewing’

Recycled Gift Tags

unikatissima Recycled Gift Tags

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The gift tags on the photo aren’t ready yet: I simply can’t decide with which yarn I should wrap them.

But I find the idea really great: flatten the cardboard tube, cut it in strips and wrap the pieces with yarn.
I think that it could look beautiful, too, when wrapped in a piece of beautiful polymer clay and worn as necklace, earring or pin.
Hm.

When reading the instructions for the gift tags I had to think somehow at the surprise ball gifts ;-)

But she had other ideas, too, about what to make with these paper shapes, namely a cute tealight and an interesting lamp decoration.

I presented before entries about recycled cardboard tubes here in this blog, namely the beaded amulet bag, the plaster photo holder and the knitting loom from a plastic bottle.
But there the cardboard tube was ‘only’ a tool.


Links:
recycling project no. 19 – yarn gift tag

recycle project no. 12 – tealight decoration
recycle project no. 16 – hurricane cover

Here at unikatissima:
Surprise Ball Gifts
Beaded Amulet Bag
Plaster Photo Holder
Knitting Loom from Plastic Bottle

Knit and Felt a Knot Bracelet

resurrection fern Knit-Felted Bangle Bracelet

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These knit-felted knot bracelets are cute, aren’t they?

I think that you can surely make them with filled I-cords, too, then they are more firm (only take care about what happens to the filling when felting with hot water!). In principle it’s what Sue suggested in her comment.

Or the whole thing may be even possible with a buttoned I-cord bracelet, where the original was made with beads. When using glass buttons or glass beads it should be no problem to felt it (but I haven’t tried it yet).

Possibly you can even use filled and felted I-cords to make a fabric bowl from?!

And when you felt some of the cords of the cute spaghetti scrap scarf it surely looks great, too.

Oof, soo many ideas ;-))


Links:
This Is Knot a Bracelet : A Tutorial to Knit and Felt a Bangle Bracelet

Here at unikatissima:
Actinia – here I put my own instruction on how to make an I-cord in the PDF file
Clothesline Knitting or Filled I-cord
Buttoned I-cord Bracelet
Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl
Spaghetti Scrap Scarf
Sues comment

Chevron Takadai Braid

braidweaver Chevron Takadai Braid

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Since a long time I take a look at the Takadai braids instructions from time to time – I find them sooo beautiful!
They resemble the Kumihimo braid patterns, but the cords become flat, not round.

But I don’t have any chance to try this because I don’t have the room to place a braiding loom somewhere here.
And I think that I would lose interest very soon.
But anyhow…
;-)


Links:
Instruction for the chevron Takadai braid (Creating Pattern with Texture)
How Taka Dai Braids are Made
Description of the braiding loom (Parts of the Taka Dai)

Here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘Kumihimo’

Celtic Circle Knot

Free-Macrame-Patterns_com - Celtic Circle Knot

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I find this Celtic Circle Knot really beautiful and imagine it depending on the used yarn as an ornament on a card, a pin or a hair decoration.
But I can’t show my own photo yet because my fingers were up until now much too clumsy for it ;-))

And when I have worked it out I can possibly even design my own Celtic Knot ;-)


Links:
Celtic Circle Knot

Here at unikatissima: Designing a Celtic Knot

Crocheted Beads

flickr BeaG Crocheted Beads

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I have found this tutorial for crocheted wooden beads before and then I lost it – I was quite unhappy!
But now I found it back (somewhere else!) and I’m feeling fine again ;-))

I haven’t tried it yet but I would like to make them with coloured yarns because you can make so wonderful hues with.


Links:
Crocheted Beads (Pattern for Crocheted Beads)

Here at unikatissima: Coloured Yarns

Card Holder

Recyclart Card Holder

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Wow, an idea again that I really appreciate: take a phone book, roll it up and fix it with a ring of a nature what-so-ever and done is the card holder!

The silver coloured ring looks quite good, but I imagine that it would look as good when you wrap your card holder with wire, plastic, beautiful yarns or fabrics or when you slip a poymer clay ring over, the only thing to make sure is that you fix everything well.
And in place of the Yellow Pages you can use as well coloured ads or paper – neatly stacked – or books where you removed the cover.


Links:
Card Holder (Reusing Yellow pages) – they’re linking to another website but I didn’t find the Card Holder on the other web page

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Entries with the tag ‘ring’
Entries with the tag ‘wire’
Entries with the tag ‘plastic’
Entries with the tag ‘books’

Knitted Plaster Impregnated Bandage and more

Fan My Flame Knitted Plaster Impregnated Bandage and more

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Isn’t this a great idea?
A friend sent me the link to the blog where they knit with several ‘unorthodox’ materials – it’s worth a try, I find ;-)
Perhaps crocheting, too!?

By the way, you can knit with polymer clay, too, but unfortunately I didn’t find back the links except for some photos.


Links:
Knitted Plaster Impregnated Bandage and more (Knitting… not as you know it!)
Photos of knitted polymer clay