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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Have you ever wanted to design your own amigurumi? Today we’ll learn how to turn an initial sketch into a pattern, making your drawing into a cute knitted character. There is a little maths involved, but nothing too challenging! Lets begin with our sketch. I’ve started with this little monster character. Your design can be [...]  …well, Sunday quickie this week – sorry! Today I’ll show you how to cover a pony band with crochet, to make a crochet lace scrunchie. You’ll need: Pony band/hair elastic Your choice of yarn crochet hook to suit yarn tapestry needle for weaving in ends Pull loop of yarn through the hair elastic, and chain [...] Yay! My new crochet pattern booklet is finished! “Brighten your kitchen and wash up in style with this collection of sea creatures. Made from acrylic yarn, tawashi save on soap, protecting real aquatic life from the phosphates in our detergents. Pattern booklet includes 6 patterns, each using less than one skein of medium-weight acrylic yarn” [...] Tawashi, or ‘eco scrubbies’, a popular small crochet project in Japan, are small dishcloths or pot scrubbers made from acrylic yarn. The benefit of acrylic is that it is amazingly good at removing food particles from dishes, meaning you need less soap for greasy dishes, and no soap at all for ordinary washing-up. This is [...] This video shows you two ways of joining yarn – a Russian join and a felted join (spit splice). Russian join is more complicated but can be used to join pretty much any yarn. A felted join is very quick and easy, which makes it good for crafts like nalbinding where you have to [...] Nalbinding was around 2000 years before knitting. Examples of this ancient technique have been found by archaeologists in Egypt and across Northern Europe. Some call it ‘Viking Knitting’ as it was most widespread amongst Scandinavian peoples. But what is it, and how is it done? Nalebinding (also spelled nalebindling, naalbinding or nalbindning) means ‘needle tying’ [...] 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 [...] The best craft material of all is love. Whether it’s providing much-needed items such as warm clothing, or simply comfort in a crisis, whether you knit, sew, crochet, or any other craft, and whatever your experience level, there are many ways crafters can help others. I’ll be adding a more comprehensive list of organisations that [...] On Monday, we started making a cute cotton grocery bag with a sheep motif. Today, lets put it together. Hopefully your fabric paint should be dry now! Take your green felt rounded-off triangles and lay one in each bottom corner so they overlap. Pin and stitch into place. If you don’t like sewing, you could [...] |
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