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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 [...]  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: [...] Japanese beadwork uses two main techniques to make 3d objects from beads, popular as charms, pendants, and rings. Hachinoji-ami, named because the thread forms figure eights (hachi=eight), is closely related to Right Angle Weave. Hana-ami (flower weave) is a form of triangular weave used to make bead flowers and to start and finish spherical or [...] Back in April, I showed you how to make round-petaled kanzashi flowers. Kanzashi are formal hair accessories often worn with kimono. Hana-kanzashi, or flowers, are a popular motif, often made by tsumami – folding small squares of fabric. Today I’d like to show you how to make pointed petals, which can be sewn together to [...] The other day I came across a feature on a jewellery maker who makes miniature models of terrariums as jewellery, which got me thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to make some real terrarium jewellery? I have whole lot of plastic ‘test tubes’ which the 100-yen shop sells glass beads in, and lots and lots of [...] Kusudama are origami flower balls – technically they don’t need to be flowers but any polygonal orgami model, but traditionally these balls were made from actual flowers. The flowers used were medicinal herbs, hence the name kusudama, which is a portmanteau of kusuri (medicine) and dama (ball). Over time, people began making models of these [...] A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the basics of making polyclay canes, and made spiral beads. Today, I’d like to show you how to construct a somewhat more complex cane, and put the slices together to make a hydrangea brooch. Ajisai, or hydrangea, are a symbol of early summer here in Japan, coming [...] On Monday, we learned how to make beaded rings. Today, lets embellish those rings by making beaded flowers. Beaded flowers are very pretty and delicate, and can also be used for all kinds of jewelry, or as ornaments. I’ve chosen a violet for this bead flower tutorial, as it involves teaching you two different techniques [...] Fascinators, which are somewhere between millinery and jewellery for the hair, are becoming really popular right now. Fascinators can be as simple or as extravagant as you like, and can be mounted on various bases, from simple clips to hairbands. Today we’ll make a small clip fascinator, including a beaded wire flower. This is not [...] |
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