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Kumihimo Pattern Planner

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?’
crochet medaillon

Frufru

Links of entry

Well, doesn’t the ruffle pillow look merry?
I got a nice email (thanks, Barbara!) with a link to the article on the subject of ‘Frufru’ and she asked me whether I have heard about this.
Never!
My search for instructions actually provided only a video that seems to be an ad for the sewing machines where you can see how this is done.
But I don’t have the slightest idea whether this can be done with ‘normal’ sewing machines, too (mine at least can not ;-)).

Links:
Frufru (Frufru: Quietschbunte Knautschzone) (German)
(Ad)Video (maquinas fazer tapete) (Portuguese)

Beaded Bedouin Necklace

Links of entry

Well, isn’t this a beautiful necklace?
I put it on the list ;-))

Links:
Bedouin Beaded Necklace Part One
Bedouin Beaded Necklace Part Two

Paper Chandelier

Links of entry

Well, with this chandelier I only can say: ‘Wow!’!
And no candle dripping! ;-))

Links:
Paper Chandelier (Extreme Paper: The Long, Dark Road to a Bright Idea)
via: Artsy Paper chandelier

Cardboard Chandelier

Simple Wire Ring

Links of entry

I presented some wire rings already, I like these rings with a bead very well, too.
Luckily one has ten fingers and every finger can wear more than one ring ;-))

Links:
Simple Wire-Wrapped Ring Tutorial

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘wire ring’

Crochet YoYo

Links of entry

I told you before of the sewn Yoyo’s, here somebody converted the principle to crocheted Yoyo’s ;-)
I find them cute! :))

Links:
Crochet YoYo (Crochet Tutorial: Yo-Yo Puff)

Here at unikatissima:
YoYo Pin

Pennant Stamp Roller

Links of entry

Oh my god, the people have such wonderful ideas: for instance making a rolling pin with pennants to send friendly messages in a nice way.
That’s sort of the mini version of the rolling pin print ;-)

Links:
Pennant Rubber Stamp Roller

Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘rolling pin print’

Plaster of Paris Beads

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Cute, isn’t?
A great idea to simply colour in plaster of Paris and to cast it in ice cube moulds to get funny plaster of Paris beads.
The jewelry you get this way is more durable but not as refreshing as the ice jewelry ;-)
And if you nevertheless prefer to crochet you don’t have to colour in your plaster beads but can instead wrap them in crochet ;-))

Links:
Plaster of Paris Beads

Here at unikatissima:
Ice Jewelry
Ice Cube Cozies

Crazy Lace Cardigan

Links of entry

Amazing! A tutorial or rather a recipe on how to make a cardigan (or another piece of clothing) where you don’t have to sew and that particularly can’t get boring because you change the pattern every couple of inches following your own gusto – Crazy Lace.
I really consider trying it ;-))
But then I’d prefer The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater as base.

Links:
Crazy Lace Cropped Cardi
There you find a PDF file where the following cardigan patterns from ravelry are mentioned:
Anthropologie Inspired Capelet DK Weight that linkes to the blog entry My First Sweater: An Adaptation and
Catherine’s Mini Cardi where there’s a direct download of a PDF file (~ 295 KB).

The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater
via: Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan
And here you can see pictures of cardigans and sweaters made following the instructions of The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater:
vneck raglan for dad
Jumper model
DSC02052
‘oxo’ sweater
icestormandpumpkin
Sensible stripes 3
Aub’s Half-Zip #1
raglan
29/7 The incredible, custom-fit raglan sweater
Craaazy! ;-)