…compilation of tutorials
I find these sewn potholders soo beautiful!
I even tried it once but it didn’t work: I wanted to sew on spirals, but the stitching made the fabric pucker up completely although I made the stitch length as long as possible.
Probably the needle thread tension was too high or the like, I have to try it once more.
Somewhen ;-))
Links:
Easy Peasy Pot Holders and a wallet winner!
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Hmm, soon it’s ‘Ice Age’ again, then you can surely do with a little vanilla ;-)
But watch out: The extract is done with alcohol and it seems to take six to eight weeks to finish it!
Well, there are so many other things to be done in the meantime ;-))
Concerning the topic string art I presented already the Starburst card and Ganutell, but I’d never thought of pinning it to the wall!
Great idea!
Links:
Awesome Yarn Wall Art
Here at unikatissima:
Starburst Card
Ganutell
Entries with the tag ‘string art’
I already wrote about drying flowers in the microwave and about flower pounding, here at how to press flowers, leaves and herbs you can find general and comprehensive tips, there are some that I want to try out ;-)
And what to do then with the pressed flowers and leaves?
That is what I did:
On the picture you see a little ‘piece of art’ that was meant originally as a card but is much to time-consuming for this: it is a Clematis petal pressed in an old phone book, embellished with self-made decorative paper and hand embroidery.
Here I’ve pressed a leek leaf in an old phone book, too, and embroidered it.
I don’t know what kind of leaf this is, but I combined it with self-made decorative paper, self-made ‘papyrus’ and hand embroidery.
Links:
How to Press Flowers, Leaves and Herbs
Here at unikatissima:
Drying Flowers in the Microwave
Flower Pounding
Faux Papyrus
Isn’t the balloon flower polymer clay cane beautiful?
It can be made so fine because you work it big and then reduce it.
And if the balloon flower isn’t for you, try some other polymer clay canes ;-)
Links:
Balloon Flower Polymer Clay Cane
Here at unikatissima:
Reducing Polymer Clay Canes
Entries containing the word ‘polymer clay cane’
That’s great: ice cream from one ingredient only!
Banana of course :))
At the moment I find it too cold here for ice cream and the bananas that you can buy at this time are in a nice light green, that’s not right yet, but in summer…
;-)
Links:
1-ingredient Ice Cream
Filet crochet in rounds? What for?
Well, I find that it looks simply better with symmetrical patterns like those of the random squares pattern generator :)
It can that you don’t see any difference from far away, but from close I find it more beautiful if the stripes pattern made from the double crochets radiates from the center.
And that’s how the same pattern looks if filet crocheted the normal way.
The other one is much more beautiful, isn’t it?
;-)
Actually it’s another form of crochet medaillons, that you simply join.
You can have a filled or empty middle square…
…that you crochet the normal way:
You crochet the empty middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ and 1 dc for the left side (that are 9 chains and one double crochet in the first chain) and
you crochet the filled middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 3 dc for the ‘filling’ (these are 7 chains and three double crochets in the first three chains).
Or you can have four filled or empty middle squares.
You can crochet the empty middle squares the normal way, too (7 ch for the bottom of two squares, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’, 1 dc for the side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ of the left square and 1 dc for the left side), then turn and add two more squares on top.
You should begin the filled middle squares in the center: 4 ch for the bottom of the 1st square, 3 ch for the side of the 1st square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 1st square, then 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 2nd square in the last dc of the 1st square, continue this way until you have crocheted all four squares.
Here you see using the example of an empty middle square from the top how to continue: you crochet 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square(!) of the 2nd round, 3 dc to fill and finish the 2nd square. For the empty corner square you crochet ‘around the corner’: simply 5 ch and a filled square again by crocheting 4 dc. Continue this way until you join the round with a slip stitch at the end.
For filled corner squares you always(!) crochet it to be the first of the side by crocheting 3 ch as for the empty square but then you crochet the following two dc in the last dc of the previous square.
Here you can see again how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with one middle square is constructed (I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 2 und 10 that you begin a round always in the same column.
And here you can see how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with four middle squares is constructed (here again I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 5 und 17 that you begin a round always in the same column.
That’s the pattern I used for the swatches, I let it generate with the Random Squares Pattern Generator.
Of course ;-)
(To save the pictures click them with the right mouse button and select ‘Save image as…’ or similar)
The pattern:
The quarter pattern:
The border:
The repeated pattern:
And perhaps the whole as a summer shawl, straight or triangular:
Well, the whole thing is ‘cheated’ from photos of my swatches, especially ‘cheated’ because a single square is crocheted from cotton thread and has only a side length of about 10 cm. As per Pythagoras Calculator the triangular shawl was about 70 cm at the longest side and therefore rather a kerchief ;-))
Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons
Entries containing the word ‘medaillon’
Online Pythagoras Calculator
Instructions for filet crochet:
Filethäkel-Anleitung (CROCHET TUTORIAL) (English)
Filethäkeln-Grundanleitung (German)
At both tutorials there are instructions for increasing and decreasing, too, which you can use e.g. for the triangular half squares of the triangular shawl on the photo.
I can’t remember why I wanted to let generate square mirrored random patterns: it took me so long to finish my random squares pattern generator ;-)
But I must say now that I’m really amazed of the generated patterns!
I sat already for hours and let make patterns and saved them ;-)
Personally I prefer the patterns of a width from about 15 squares to 35 squares: the patterns are very varied and you can recongnize very well the mirroring of the patterns. The bigger they get the more they seem merely random and then I don’t like them anymore.
By the way: up until now I haven’t had no pattern twice except for the really little ones!
I even tried some patterns already! ;-))
I knitted and filet crocheted some swatches, there was no time for more yet, but I must say as always: you can make muuuch more from the patterns than only filet crochet and cross stich!
Have fun with my random squares pattern generator!
P.S.: By the way, you can find the patterns from the top at the random squares pattern generator under ‘Completed patterns’, they are both 25 squares wide :)
Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?
crochet medaillon
Well, I find this mouse really cute :)
The tutorial is in Chinese, but you can let it translate to English or German.
Links:
Mouse Coin Purse (Chinese)
English Google translation of article
German Google translation of article
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