Beaded Tubular Net

unikatissima TubularNet Necklaces

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For a certain time I worked tubular nets, e.g. to make necklaces like the ones on the photo.
I find them beautiful and that a simply eye catcher like the beaded freeform bead is enough. Additionally they are wonderful soft because the tubular net is so elastic.

 

unikatissima TubularNet Glass Tubes detail You can use tubular netting as well to bead glass tubes like at the bead and wire wall vase or to bead little bottles.

 


Links:
TubularNet
Netz-Ketten (German) (short description, scroll down to ‘Netz-Ketten’)

Net technique (German) (not tubular)

Here at unikatissima:
Bead and Wire Wall Vase
Beaded Bottle

Entries with the tag ‘vase’

Knitting and Crochet Dictionary

unikatissima Knitting Crochet Dictionary

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I have already presented translations of crochet terms, now I found even more complete translation lists at Garnstudio & DROPS Design (see links below at the links).
I find them a great help at translating patterns into/from other languages.


Links:
At Garnstudio & DROPS Design: select your language, e.g. ‘American’ or ‘English’, then select ‘Tips & Help’ in the top menu bar and there into the sub-menu select ‘DROPS Dictionary’ (at the end).
There you have lists in a lot of languages into/from which you get translations, at the moment English to/from Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and French .

Woven Trash Basket

craftster Woven Trash Basket.jpg

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Somehow I always thought that you have to buy a lot of special items to make a woven basket, I’d’ve never thought that you can just begin with two wooden picture frames, wooden Kebab skewers and twine. But you can!
(Eh, it may be that I forgot something, best you read the original instruction ;-))
I’m thrilled about this and have to see whether it finds a place somewhere on my just-do-it-list ;-)


Links:
Hands off my trash! with tutorial (loads of pics)

Row Counter Bracelet

Sutherland Studios Row Counter Bracelet

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When knitting or crocheting you must often count the rows.
I have seen people who kept checklists in a very disciplined way, but personally I find this taking-the-pen-and-sketching-a-checkmark-on-the-list bothersome, the more so as one needs a table for this (at least I need it ;-)).
But not if you’re making a row counter bracelet (ok, you must leave your work beside, but you don’t need a table ;-)).
I didn’t make one yet, but I found the tutorial very good.

I’m sure that you can make the beads yourself, e.g. from polymer clay or felt (but felted beads may be too lightweight ?!)


Links:
Row Counter Bracelet
via: Row Counter Bracelet at ravelry

Google search result for ‘row counter bracelet’
Google image search result for ‘row counter bracelet’

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘polymerclay’
Entries with the tag ‘felting’

Beaded Hyperbolic Planes

The Institute For Figuring Beaded Hyperbolics

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Today again more an inspiration than an instruction, nonetheless fascinating: beaded hyperbolic planes.

And while you’re at The Institute For Figuring you must absolutely take a look at the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef!
Wow!


Links:
At The Institute For Figuring:
Beaded Hyperbolics – a wonderful gallery
Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef – ditto ;-)

Jewelry for the Garden

Karen Tiede Studio Garden Art

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Now that spring has come comes the time, too when to embellish the garden. Why not making garden hose baskets garden hose baskets then?

I don’t have a garden and they are too large for a balcony which can only contain two plain chairs or a canvas chair ;-)
Anyhow, I find them interesting.


Links:
Jewelry for the Garden
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Jewelry for the Garden

Online Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)

unikatissima Cellular Automaton Generator

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I wrote another online pattern generator that you can use in a manner of speaking for ‘nearly everything’ ;-), but this time not for maze patterns, but for patterns that are made with a so called cellular automaton.

 

To tell you the truth, I haven’t as yet understood fully what a cellular automaton is ;-)

Everything began when I saw this knitted Cellular Automata Tea Cozy.
I found the pattern quite funny, so I made a little research and when I found the many different patterns that such a cellular automaton can generate I was dead set on writing an online pattern generator for such patterns.

Ta-DAA! And here it is.

A suggestion: If you don’t like a (random) pattern, simply click the ‘random’ or the ‘random random’ button again, some of the patterns differ considerably from each other!
And if you don’t know exactly what to do with the diagrams simply read again my entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’ ;-)

I wish you a lot of fun with it!

By the way: On the photo you see my first printed patterns, yarn in two colours, some beads, crochet and knitting needles.
I simply can’t settle for a project to begin ;-))


Links:
unikatissima’s Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
unikatissima’s Maze Pattern Generator

Cellular Automata Tea Cozy
via: k2g2 – Mathematical Craft Projects

Elementary Cellular Automaton

Here at unikatissima:
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?