…compilation of tutorials
I wrote already an entry about rolling pin prints, even so I find this instruction interesting, too.
As she says: you can use it easily to design your own gift wrap and it won’t take long until you possibly need some gift wrap ;-))
Links:
Rolling Pin Prints (Fabric Background Rollers – More Play Time)
More Rolling Pin Prints (More Rollers, More New Prints)
Here at unikatissima:
Rolling Pin Prints
I really love entrelac patterns, but when working them I get bored much too fast to be able to knit an item in entrelac pattern (usually after the first two rows ;-)).
Then I thought: ‘Who says that I have to knit stockinette or garter stitch only?’ and designed an entrelac pattern (PDF ~670 KB) with 12 different, mostly traditional knit-purl patterns.
I’ve even been able to knit a whole scarf in this pattern which never happened before ;-))
entrelac 2.0 knit-purl (PDF ~670 KB) looks beautiful from both sides, and because most of the proposed patterns don’t curl it works wonderfully ;-)
Here you can see that the scarf has a very dynamic look and it was absolutely not boring because I considered for every square anew which of the 12 patterns to use.
Additionally you can see very well that the same pattern looks a little different, depending on the fact that you knit it in a forth or back entrelac row (there are e.g. two garter stitch squares, two stockinette squares and two seed stitch squares).
On this photo I folded the scarf in another way – you see how proud I am about ;-))
Here you can see how good the patterns match.
In the instruction I added for every of the 12 patterns a diagram, a text description and a photo to show how it should look.
Doesn’t look bad, does it? ;-)
Links:
entrelac 2.0 knit-purl (PDF ~670 KB)
Entrelac tutorials:
Google search result for ‘entrelac tutorial’: there are lots
German Entrelac tutorial
via: this (German) entry
via: Google search result for ‘Entrelac Anleitung’.
I’m sure that there are more.
Some time ago I presented the Skinner blend beads necklace, the ‘skewer’ beads shown here are made in the same way.
I call them ‘skewer’ beads because I made them by rolling polymer clay sheets which I wrapped around wooden skewers. Then I cut the sheets in sections before baking.
For the beads on the photo I
Afterwards I threaded the beads on a simple leather string that matches wonderfully the colour of the beads.
The used polymer clay canes are mostly transparent just as for the egg and the flower canes of the polymer clay box.
I still enjoy this necklace.
I really wanted to play around a little with ‘jade’, especially because this is a wonderful way of using up rests of coloured, perhaps self-mixed polymer clay ;-)
As for the subject ‘jade’: Glassattic was a great help to me.
For the beads on the photo I
For this necklace I
But of course you can embellish the tubular beads that are made on skewers with other techniques and in other widths, also (as you can see at the Skinner blend beads necklace ;-)).
Here I varnished the black polymer clay sheet to be wrapped around the skewer (with I don’t remember what) in red, let it dry and pushed then the whole sheet through the pasta machine to let the varnish crack.
Additionally I made some black-only beads of the same width.
I still find this combination beautiful ;-)
Links:
On the topic of ‘faux jade’: Glassattic — Faux many => click there on ‘jade’
Here at unikatissima:
Skinner Blend Beads Necklace
Transparent Polymer Clay
Polymer Clay Flower Canes
Carving Polymer Clay
Entries containing the word ‘cane’
Na, doesn’t this sock necklace look great?! ;-)
And about the advent calendar: you can insert here easily little paper strips into the socks just as for the simple spool advent calendar and wham!, ready is your advent calendar ;-))
So, that’ve been the advent calendar ideas for this year, now you may begin…
;-))
Links:
socks necklace
More photos of recycled socks of tabychan
via: tabychan recycled work
via: Fiber Jewelery – Summer Fashion
via: art for housewives
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Simple Spool Advent Calendar
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
I really like this advent calendar, too, especially because it’s done from recycled paper.
And it has lots of place for chocolaaaade! ;-))
Have you still got some Christmas gift wrapping? That can be used here, too.
I will show tomorrow another idea that can be used as advent calendar even if it’s not at all meant as one ;-))
Links:
Paper Bag Advent Calendar (recycle bin advent calendar)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Ok, today again something with quasi boxes: the advent calendar from and with metal tins.
Looks also good, doesn’t it?
In principle you can make it with matchboxes in place of the metal tins, but then it would look quite ‘normal’.
On the following two days I will present more advent calendar ideas, then you may begin ;-))
Links:
Metal Tin Advent Calendar (Advent Calendar)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’
I must say that I really like this advent calendar.
It’s something different for a change from all those little boxes.
And if you’re taking tiny ones you can bead the spools after Christmas ;-))
Don’t forget, I will present more advent calendar ideas this week!
Links:
Simple Spool Advent Calendars
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’
Beaded Wooden Spools
It’s about time to make an advent calendar.
What about a self-made scratch off lottery ticket advent calendar?
Before beginning better wait a little, I will present more advent calendar ideas this week.
And check out the advent calendar instructions from last year, also ;-)
Links:
How to make a scratch off lottery ticket?
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
I presented several crochet squares already but the one on the photo is one of my favorites since a long time.
Unfortunately I couldn’t crochet it immediately and haven’t had the time yet to try it unhurriedly.
If you like it, too, you can download a PDF file (ca. 970 KB) with the instructions for 17(!) most beautiful crochet squares at the Free Pattern Index of Priscilla’s Crochet (Afghan Squares).
And then you can begin with your crochet Afghan ;-))
Links:
Free Pattern Index of Priscilla’s Crochet
PDF file ‘Afghan Squares’ (ca. 970 KB)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the words ‘crochet’ and ‘square’
crochet medaillon
Doesn’t the pin look wonderful?
‘Simply’ decorate several sheets of translucent polymer clay with a pattern, layer them and you get a piece of jewelry with real depth!
One day…
;-)
Links:
Layered Illusions