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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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A few weeks ago, we learned how to cast on, knit, increase and decrease, and bind off. Today, we’ll add to that by learning to purl, and a rather nifty technique called illusion knitting, to make what at first glance looks like a simple striped handbag. Seen from the right angle, however, a row of [...]  For this week’s Saturday Quickie, we’ll make a simple leatherwork project, this elegant flower hair accessory. You’ll need: 3 leather scraps in different colours length of covered elastic scissors and/or craft knife paper and marker pen Fold the paper into 6 and draw a petal on it. Cut out, and unfold, then use it as [...] Today we continue with our crochet lessons, learning how to single, double and treble crochet, plus chain stitch and the magic ring cast-on. We’ll be making a belt inspired by Susan Cooper’s ‘The Dark is Rising’ novels (incidentally, if you haven’t read these books, please do check them out! I’ve reread them every year since [...] Amigurumi is a Japanese word meaning ‘knitted stuffed toy’. Amigurumi are simple to make, once you’ve learned the basic techiques, and a fun way to use up scraps of yarn. Today I’ll show you how to crochet one of the simplest shapes, a ball – and to show you just how versatile even the simplest [...] Here’s an attractive way to recycle aluminium cans – create an embossed cloisonne or enameled effect that can be used for buckles, brooches, hair accessories, trinket boxes, keychains, fridge magnets, and many other uses. It’s much simpler than you’d expect to create this lovely soda can art! You need: An aluminium drinks can Craft knife [...] Here’s part 2 of our basic sewing tutorial. On Wednesday we made a coin purse and learned how to sew whipstitch. Today, we’ll learn backstitch and blanket stitch, and make a bright floral phone case (or camera case, or eyeglasses case…) With these three stitches – whip stitch, blanket stitch, and backstitch – you can [...] Felt is a cheap and versatile fabric for sewing projects. It doesn’t fray, and can be cut to any shape, making it great for decorative work. Today we’ll be learning how to sew felt, by making this fun monster coin purse. I’ll be showing you how to sew edges together with a whip stitch, and [...] Origami is a cheap and rewarding craft – all you need is your hands and a piece of paper. But did you know that with a few extra materials, you can turn your origami into unusual and surprisingly robust jewellery? Today I’ll be showing you how to make this pretty and easy origami waterlily brooch. [...] In this week’s Saturday Quickie, I’ll show you how to make this quick cute bracelet, and take a chance to respond to a couple of comments and suggestions made by readers. You’ll need: Variegated yarn (or ribbon) 2 rings – I used circular shell beads, but you could use washers, curtain rings… book or piece [...] In our last post, we glued together layers of cardboard and prepared our periodic table decoration to make a cardboard table. Today, we’ll cut out and assemble our table. First step is to mark the cut lines. The easiest way to mark out the tabletop is to lay out all the bits of your periodic [...] |
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