…compilation of tutorials
They twist a beautiful cord for these necklaces and string a pendant on.
I find them very nice and if you have a little more time, try some other cord techniques, too ;-))
Links:
Fast Necklace, click on ‘Twisted Foil Pendant’ there (PDF, ~ 180 KB)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘cord’
Recently I got to know Travis and he showed us how the weaving really works ;-)
There’s a video where he shows how you can try to weave with a little cardboard, a pencil and a lot of wool – I find this a great idea, surely also great for children’s birthday parties ;-)
Travis weaves ‘real’ fabric – also on his cardboard loom – whereas I’m pulling the weft quite firm and weave a strap.
Here my steps:
First I cut the heddle from cardboard (from a cereals packing).
Because the cardboard is rather stiff I didn’t fold it but draw the 10 lines and then cut them with an X-acto knife.
Then I punched the 9 holes.
As you can see I used different coloured threads: 2 blue, 2 white, 3 blue, 2 white, 1 blue and back again.
The shuttle is cut – as suggested by Travis ;-) – from cardboard, too.
I always pulled the weft very firm.
And that’s how my strap looks.
I like it ;-))
Links:
Learn How To Weave with Paper Index Cards
Actionweaver
We all know where you wrap in glue soaked yarns around balloons to get beautiful yarn spheres.
I’ve never had the idea to make most beautiful lamps this way ;-)
Links:
String Lamp (Handmade lamp, lamp shade, pendant, ceiling, hanging lamp by FiligreeCreations on Etsy)
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’
I find the idea great to simply pull different coloured threads through a chain.
Looks good, doesn’t it?
Links:
Chain and Thread Bracelet (DIY: Braided Chain Bracelet)
via: (FULL TUTORIAL ADDED!) My version of a $385 bracelet! :) chain and thread.
I found a great tutorial on how to make needlepoint lace.
It doesn’t seem to be too difficult, but veeery time-consuming.
Nothing for me, I think ;-)
Links:
Needlepoint Lace Tutorial
Giant Granny Squares of apparently unfelted wool.
Wow!
I couldn’t even store the raw material in my flatlet ;-)
Links:
Giant felted Granny Squares
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Actually it’s rather easy to make this necklace: you crochet with big beads und wrap afterwards interesting yarns around.
If you like you can add some extra fringes.
I like the necklace very much indeed :)
Recently I looked again for pattern generators, after all I made some myself (see links below ;-)) and I want to know what great ideas other people have ;-)
One of these great ideas ist the Kumihimo pattern planner.
You can get with it the initial position of the threads for a simple 8-braid for a given pattern.
They didn’t explain what a ‘simple 8-braid’ is but I think that it is the same as in my Kumihimo entry, I didn’t have the time to check this, yet.
Links:
Lytha Studios KumiPlanner – Kumihimo Pattern Design Application – Beta
Here at unikatissima:
Kumihimo – here you can find also a template for a brainding disk (Marudai) that you can make yourself from cardboard
Entries with the tag ‘Kumihimo’
Maze Pattern Generator
Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
Random Squares Pattern Generator
With this comes the entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’
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