Big Cuddly Bunny. My hometown has an agricultural fair every August that I rarely miss. My brother watches the oxen pulls for hours and my mother lingers over the prize vegetables, but I always head straight for the rabbits! I totally love them: their blinky eyes, their fat bellies and their ridiculous ears. And so when it comes to Easter and its wonderful cast of characters, for me, the bunny wins. Our Big Cuddly Bunny gets its shape and inspiration from this winter's Big Snowy Owl. With a couple of key modifications a wide-eyed owl turns into a floppy-eared rabbit, full of sweet, earnest personality. Oversized and overstuffed, the Big Cuddly Bunny is just that, as loveable as the real thing! The Materials Main Yarn: 6 skeins of Blue Sky's Bulky, 50% Alpaca and 50% Wool. The Pattern Gauge 2 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette Finished Size 15 inches from ground to top of head 38 inches in circumference The Bottom With the Main Yarn and the double pointed needles, cast on 8 stitches.
Round 2: Purl. Round 4: Purl. Lumi - Photography you can touch. Perfect Summer Bangle. Here's a fun tutorial on how to make a message bangle that's one-of-a-kind, done in the sun, waterproof and weatherproof. Even after several trips to the beach, it won't fade or wash off! Essentially, it's the Perfect Summer Bangle.
Used in this tutorial: Inkodye Red Prepare. All you'll need for this project is a raw wooden bangle (we got ours from DIYBangles.com), a black paint marker, plastic wrap, and some Inkodye! Transcribe. Perfect. Pour. Brush. Wipe. Wrap. Tape. Expose. Develop. Cut. Reveal. Wash. Enjoy. Dry-Erase Doodle Pillow. This project is a perfect way for kids to help make gifts for their parents. You can let their imaginations run wild with an expo marker in hand. Then, transform their doodles into prints that will last for years! My niece and I had just as much fun making this project as we did giving it to her dad for his birthday.
She especially loved watching the print develop in the sun! Prior to the tutorial, I asked her to draw a nice picture that we would make into a simple pillow. A baby and daddy dinosaur is what she came up with -- so cute! All you need for this project is Inkodye, a glass plate (I got mine from a picture frame) and a black Expo marker. Prepare. Dye. Brush. Blend. Wipe. Compose. Expose. Watch. Reveal. Trim. Sew. Display. Lace Lampshade. This project is shockingly simple, yet produces really beautiful and unique results. We were able to transfer the pattern of lace onto our lampshade by using the photographic property of Inkodye. It's like magic! The lamp we used was found at Ikea for $15, but any cotton or linen lampshade will work perfectly. Total tutorial time: 20 minutes Used in this project: Materials. Prep. Mix. Paint. Pin. Snip. Develop. Unravel. Scrub. Illuminate. Sun-Printed Batik. Batik is a traditional technique that uses Resist to prevent dye from reaching the fabric.
You can use this method to create detailed patterns on textiles, wood and unglazed ceramics. With specially formulated Inkodye you get to use the power of the sun to develop the full vibrance of your colors and make them permanent, no other steaming or fixing is required! Decide how to apply the resist. We used fine line applicators, also try brushes, stencils and sponges. Choose your design. Flatten your work surface. Apply Resist. Finishing touches. Apply Inkodye.
Go out into the sun! Watch the color develop. Details. Develop your final colors. Wash out resist. Take a look at your work! Dry your artwork. Enjoy your piece. Share your artwork. Icarus Scarf. The Silken Straw yarns used to make this scarf are like blasts of sunshine. They shimmer and glisten and make me feel like I'm on a winged journey straight to the sun!
Combining Alchemy's usual color wizardry with a beautifully nuanced texture, the effect is rustic and elegant at the same time. Definitely one of Purl's most sophisticated yarns, it crochets up into a very special scarf. Materials 3 skeins of Alchemy's Silken Straw. These colors, from left to right, are Canary ("Color A" in the pattern), Michelle's Marigold ("Color B"), and Persimmon ("Color C").1 size D crochet hook The Pattern Gauge 6 single crochets = 1 inch, before blocking Finished Size 4 inches wide x 64 inches long (including the fringe), after blocking Notes At the beginning of every row (except the first), skip the first stitch and start the row in the second stitch from the hook. When it's time to change colors, loosely carry the yarn that you need up the edge of the scarf. The Scarf Turn the work. The Fringe. Purl Bee Penguin. Winter in New York City can be hard to love with its frozen sidewalks, dirty snowbanks, and bare trees.
But this winter I'm counting on my new cold weather friend, the Purl Bee Penguin, to help me through! Its happy ovoid shape and graphic palette are sure to remind me that joy really does exist in January. Just ask an Emperor Penguin! I used our new Penguin Fat Quarter Bundle, a lively mix of black and white dots, stripes, and prints, to sew up this quirky little trio of penguins.
The Purl Bee Penguins are pretty addictive to make, and I don’t think that I’ll be able to stop with just these three. Materials To make three 9-inch tall stuffed penguins: A Penguin Fat Quarter Bundle or 1/4 yard each of seven dots, stripes, and chicken wire in black and white.A piece of bright yellow felt. It will also be helpful to have a size 3- 7 straight knitting needle or a similar pointy object for stuffing. Cutting Cut out the fabric according to the directions on the template. You will have: Sewing. The Forty Minute Tote - Knitting Crochet Sewing Crafts Patterns and Ideas! I love straightforward, well-constructed projects that yield something practical. I know this might sound a bit boring, but the efficiency and elegance of simple design really gets me excited. So it’s no surprise that one of my favorite all time projects (if I do say so myself) is my Twenty Minute Tote. It’s something I go back to again and again, any time I want to highlight a special fabric. I love its streamlined engineering and the fact that it really does only take 20 minutes!
And so, in this same spirit of economic design, I thought I’d expand the Purl Bee’s family of quick totes with a new roomier bag, the Forty Minute Tote. As useful and everyday as the original, this one has the added features of an inside pocket, a boxed bottom and a linen lining. The Forty Minute Tote comes together in a quick, clear way, and it features a new favorite fabric, Robert Kaufman’s Cotton Linen Denim. Materials To make one 15-inch tall, 14-inch wide, and 5-inch deep tote bag: Cutting From the webbing: Friendship Bracelets. Macraméd friendship bracelets were all the rage when I was growing up in the eighties. All the girls at my school would obsessively make them for one another in a dizzying variety of colors, widths, and patterns. It's amazing, thinking back, that such young girls could make such beautifully intricate accessories. I, of course, tried my hand at making them as well.
I would ride my bike down to the five-and-dime store and pick out the most sophisticated color combinations of embroidery floss I could find, but when it came to the actual macramé I never got beyond plain stripes. There was nothing wrong with plain stripes, except that the other girls seemed so much more advanced with their diamonds and chevrons. A bit intimidated, I never did become a big friendship bracelet expert. Fast forward 20 years: Purl Soho started carrying DMC Cotton Embroidery Floss in every conceivable color (including fluorescents! Materials Beginning To begin, pick out your colors. The Left Knot Right Knot Ending 1. Just Triangles Entrelac Scarf - Knitting Crochet Sewing Crafts Patterns and Ideas!
It seems that many of us have two reasons to knit and that these reasons are the opposite of each other! We, on the one hand, choose projects for their monotony, knowing that mindlessness and repetitive motion put us in a meditative state that even a yogi might admire. And, on the other hand, we love a challenge, knowing that when a pattern activates our minds and surprises our expectations the result is an elated sense of achievement. Here's a pattern for when you're in that kind of a mood! The Just Triangles Entrelac Scarf takes traditional entrelac knitting, which involves lots of small triangles and squares, and gives it a modern look with a blown-up scale and a pared-down style. Omitting all those squares, you'll knit just the first and last rows of entrelac, ending up with eleven big triangles in all. Pretty fascinating and definitely fun! The secret behind this scarf's spectacular glow is a new yarn from the wizards at Alchemy.
The Materials The Pattern Gauge Finished Size Colors. Knitting Crochet Sewing Crafts Patterns and Ideas!