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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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This pretty tam has a stranded colourwork pattern of flowers and butterflies, and a scalloped picot hem. You’ll need: 1 skein (approx 150m) each of 2 colours fingering weight yarn 3mm circular or double-pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge. Yarn needle for finishing Gauge – 19 sts/24 rows to 10cm Fits large woman’s head [...]  In a recent post, we learned how to fingerweave friendship bands in diagonal stripe and chevron patterns. Today, lets look at how we can make lengthwise stripes, checks, and other designs. To make diagonal stripes and chevrons, each strand in the design took a turn at being the ‘working’ strand, which the other strands were [...] Finally, lets make some handles for the bag we’ve been working on in the last two posts, and apply the flowers to finish the bag. You’ll need: felted bag felted roses and leaves fiber to match your bag felting needle and mat We’ll begin by adding some felt handles. If you prefer, you could sew [...] Hopefully the felted bag we made in part one is all dry now! Lets move on to part 2, and learn how to make needle felted roses, rosebuds, and leaves. We’ve already taken a quick look at making needle-felted flowers, and we’ll be using the same techniques today to sculpt roses and buds. You’ll need: [...] There’s a change coming! Rather than three small projects a week, we’re going to present one larger three-part project each week. This will give us chance to go into techniques in more depth, and present a variety of techniques in each project. On with this week’s project – a felt flower bag, similar to the [...] I remember making tons of these when I was in secondary school! The technique for making these colourful friendship bands is called fingerweaving, although more accurately it is a form of macrame as the fabric is formed by tying knots. A variety of different designs can be made using just two basic knots (well technically [...] Meep, looks like I spoke too soon when I said we were back! Hopefully from now on we can get back on our regular schedule (touch wood). Today we’ll take a look at knitting into the row below, a stitch which is used to create some reversible stitch patterns such as fisherman’s rib (also known [...] Lace knitting can seem pretty daunting to the new knitter, but all lace knits, from the simplest eyelet pattern to the complex designs of Herbert Niebling, from simple mesh dishcloths to the gossamer shawls of Eastern Europe, are all made up of the same basic stitches. Today, we’ll learn the basics of lace knitting, and [...] I saw some of these ‘swinky’ things in an accessories shop a few weeks ago, and thought they looked pretty, and easy to make yourself. They consist of two combs joined by elasticated strands of beads which cross over each other, and are worn by sliding the combs in your hair so that the elasticated [...] Here’s 5 fun and useful ways to recycle milk or juice cartons! 1. Make a wallet Cut down the side of the carton, and cut as pictured. Fold in half, and cut the bottom section up the centre, and v-shaped cuts in the centre of the middle section. Fold the bottom section up, then [...] |
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