Tag: Crochet

Wire Hairpin Lace Bracelet

Knit Awry Wire Hairpin Lace Bracelet

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You can do a lot with wire – even hair pin lace!
Looks wonderful, the bracelet, doesn’t it?

Oh yes, my list ;-))

But I have already a self-made hair pin lace loom ;-))

 


Links:
Hairpin Lace bracelet : Amber Waves

Hairpin Lace – Creating the Basic Strip (English)
Hairpin Lace (Gabelhäkeln) (German)
via: Hairpin Lace (English and German)

Google search result for ‘hair pin lace’
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Google search result for ‘Gabelhäkelei’
Google image search result for ‘Gabelhäkelei’

Here at unikatissima: Self-made Hairpin Lace Loom

Delta Crochet

creadoo Delta Crochet

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One thing that I wanted to try for a long time already is Delta crochet: it looks very easy and I like the result ;-)

But I guess anyhow that this is one of the techniques where I get bored much too fast – it’s always the same.
Well, it’s a pity ;-)


Links:
Delta Crochet Techniques (English)
Delta Crochet (Delta – Häkelei) (German)

Examples that I liked:
Triangle shawl in delta crochet (Delta Breeze) (English)
Scarf in delta crochet (Piccolo Scarf Pattern) (English)
Doilies and the like in delta crochet (Delta Crochet Patterns) (English)

Google search result for ‘Delta Crochet’
Google image search result for ‘Delta Crochet’

Google search result for ‘Delta häkeln’
Google image search result for ‘Delta häkeln’

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

Round Knitted/Crocheted Cardigans

unikatissima Round Crocheted Cardigan

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“When I’m grown-up, I’m gonna be a cardigan.”
;-))

 

Recently I had a talk about cardigans that are knitted or crocheted more or less as a big, round ‘rug’ and then simply worn.
Hard to imagine, isn’t it? ;-)

I had promised to present here tutorials for such things and I suggest that you check out one or two links, then you will know what I’m talking about ;-)

By the way I’m sure that these aren’t all, if you know more, I’d be glad if you’d put a reference into the comments.


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Postcard Boxes

Craftster Postcard Boxes

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Once I’ve seen pictures of beautiful postcard boxes (that I don’t find back, unfortunately ;-() and I always wanted to make some.
Up until now I haven’t found the time but now that I even have templates for them, it should work somehow ;-))

 


Links:
Postcard Boxes (Back The Day It Was Frugal – Today It’s Going Green)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘box’

Masa Bag

Artemis Adornments Masa Bag

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I found this bag when looking for Furoshiki and find it great!

It is very easy to make: crochet (Or knit. Or sew. Or weave ;-)) a big rectangle and then you only have to fold it appropriately, that’s all!

 


Links:
Masa Bag
Instructions for folding the Masa Bag

Here at unikatissima:
Furoshiki

Entries with the tag ‘crochet’
Entries with the tag ‘knitting’
Entries with the tag ‘sewing’
Entries with the tag ‘weaving’

Stiffen Crochet Items

flickr Vilman Stiffened Crochet

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Ususally I’m not interested in stiffening crochet items because I don’t make ornaments.
But when I saw the lamp I knew that I was lost ;-))

I haven’t made much research until now, but via the Google search and the Google image search I have found at least ‘About Stiffeners’ where there are a lot of recipes and instructions and even tips on how to reshape an item where necessary.

Let’s see what I will make…
;-)


Links:
Ball shaped crocheted lamp shade – you must also see the following pictures
via: ravelry project

About Stiffeners – there also hints about reshaping of an item

Google search result for ‘starch crochet’
Google image search result for ‘starch crochet’

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

Fabric Scrap Scarf

craftstylish Fabric Scrap Scarf

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Again a scarf from scraps ;-)
But this time it’s not only about scraps nor scarves: It’s about this technique, where you arrange fabric pieces and/or yarns on water-soluble sheet, where you make it ‘unslippable’ by spraying it with fabric glue where necessary, where you cover it with water-soluble sheet again and then sew more or less wildly in all directions to connect all elements with each other.
After rinsing it (thoroughly!) you get a more or less delicate fabric that you can use as scarf like on the photo, but you can also make a top top top or a one-of-a-kind vest one-of-a-kind vest poncho from.

There is even a book that shows how you can mix this technique with felting.

I really must do this once ;-)


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Here at unikatissima:

 

Self-made Hairpin Lace Loom

unikatissima DIY Hairpin Lace Loom

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I found two tutorials on how to make a hairpin lace loom (see links below) and because I hadn’t the appropriate material at hand (in fact that’s strange seeing all the stuff I have lying here about ;-)) I did it a little different:
I took two toilet paper tubes, cut them lengthwise, rolled them up strongly and taped them all around.
Then I pricked two metal kebeb skewers through those thick cardboard rolls: my hairpin lace loom was done!
;-)

At last I could give hairpin lace a try and it – worked.

 

unikatissima DIY Hairpin Lace Loom
That is to say that I haven’t read the hairpin lace instruction at stichdiva thoroughly(!) and therefore it didn’t work in the beginning.
They write ‘Insert hook under thread of topmost loop’, but for me it isn’t the topmost thread (blue arrow) but the foremost thread (red arrow).
After I took the foremost thread everything worked fine.

At the moment I don’t have the time for it but in future I will play around with hairpin lace :)


Links:
Instructions for self-made hairpin lace looms:
Instruction at ehow – from metal
there you can find further down (Resources) links to hair pin lace tutorials
Instruction at Little Projects – from bamboo skewers and hot glue sticks
via: DIY Hairpin Lace Loom: the link isn’t available no more.

Tutorial for base hairpin lace at stitchdiva

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Google search result for ‘Gabelhäkelei’
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