Chez Plum » Tutorial: How I make my knitting charts for lace
So, a couple weeks ago I showed a glimpse of the knitting chart I was working on. I finally took the time to make a little tutorial and explain the way I did it. I hope it’s clear enough, or feel free to ask your questions ! This one will be the lace pattern used in the Isabeau purse pattern. I start with creating a table in an Excell-type software (Im using the freeware OpenOffice Calc, here with a french version). First, select all the area of your future chart, go to format/columns/width and decrease the witdth of the columns (I chose 0,53 cm) to create nearly-square cells. Select the area of your future chart, color it in a light color of you choice. Number the rows and stitches, starting at bottom right corner of chart. Then the “real work” starts. Then I copy the “repeat” of my lace pattern below, in another colored area. The chart is nearly ready.
Tatting & nothin' else
Yup, well known for it too!!! It's something that Nick and I have in common - a love of bags! Not posh bags, expensive bags, but downright useful bags!! Wherever we are we seem to be drawn to bags. We buy bags and then find that the 'new and REALLY useful' one that seemed like our dreams come true in the shop turns out to be flipping useless!!! I also make bags - I have a 'thing' about making them too. I honestly can't remember when I made the first bag but it was many, many years ago. Well the week before last we had a 'turning out' of bags. PS - yes, I'm allowed a PS in a blog, I'm sure!!
Knit One Below (K1B) Baby Hat
Variegated yarns are beautiful, but they are not always easy to incorporate into projects. You never know until you start knitting how the colors will pool. If the yarn is self striping each colored section is long enough for you to knit multiple rounds in a single color. Otherwise, you don't know if you'll get a spiral, or big patches of color that appear unordered. The book Knit One Below: One Stitch, Many Fabrics by Elise Duvekot discussed a wonderful technique to mix up the colors a bit, Knit One Below (K1B). Materials Peaches & Creame, Salmon Royale (Color 169). The colorway. The Pattern: CO 60 sts. Crown Decreases:Row 1: *K1b, K1, K1B, K1, K1B, K1, K1B, K3tog*, repeat across (48 sts)Row 2: *K1, K1B* repeat across (Note: you are K1B'ing into the k3tog stitch. K1B fabric is stretchy, like a ribbed pattern. Notes: At first I cast on 70 sts, but the circumference as 16 inches. Suggested Pattern Variations: The right side (top) and wrong side (bottom) of this K1B pattern.
A Green Guide to Natural Beauty + Mango Citrus Body Butter Recipe
It’s time to review our very first Garden Therapy Book Club book, A Green Guide to Natural Beauty: 35 step-by-step projects for homemade beauty by Karen Gilbert. There are many different types of books we will be looking at in Book Club, but when the book is DIY or project-based, then the best way to test it out is to give the projects a try. As the title suggests, A Green Guide to Natural Beauty boasts 35 different natural beauty projects, which made it very appealing given that I’ve been aiming to make as many of my bath and body products as I can. First and foremost this book is beautiful. The rest of the book covers recipes and detailed instructions with photos on Chapter 2: For the Face, Chapter 3: For the Body, and Chapter 4: Bath and Shower. I picked two recipes to try: Apricot Face Scrub (Chapter 2) and Mango Lime Body Butter (Chapter 3). Apricot Face Scrub Recipe p. 60 This fairly simple recipe only required a few minutes to make, as long as you have the ingredients. Review 2/5 1.
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Scalemail Belly Dance Bra Top in knitted by Crystalsidyll
January 2011 Archives
January 31, 2011 A Small Parade The hunt for unfinished things, and the desire to move them to the other category yielded up a few things in the last few days. The urge to tidy the box holding UFO's didn't go away. It's such and unusual feeling that I thought I might recover from it - the same way you get better from a cold, but nope. I know that picture is blurry, but you have no idea what it took to get a good enough shot of my own feet. My Lenores have been sitting on my desk, waiting only for the ends to be woven in for months. They've finally made it into rotation. Next up, the January socks for this year. Pattern: Basic Sock Recipe from Knitting Rules , and the yarn is a discontinued one from the depths. It's Online Supersocke 100 "Sierra Color" #893... That tidy up meant that the only socks around are the cashmere ones... and I've finished one of the pair there. Tomorrow - finishitupitis and the mitten portion of the basket. Then the sweaters. This might be harder than I thought. 1.
Frost White Bridal Opaque Studded Tights Bridal by Lalilouche
Summer Cotton Crocheted Bracelet ~ Free Pattern!
I'm pleased to offer this new free pattern today. The Summer Cotton Crocheted Bracelet was inspired by a trip to Virgin Gorda. It's perfect for those casual, carefree days of summer when only the feel of cool cotton will do. This pattern will make a bracelet that is 7 inches long from one end of the clasp to the other. You will need:Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton Size 3 (Natural)32 Size 6/0 Glass BeadsCrochet Hook US D3/3.25 mmBeading needleSewing needleScissorsClasp (I'm using a lobster clasp with a closed ring) Threading The Beads Before you begin to crochet, use your beading needle to easily slip your beads onto the cotton thread. Making The Bracelet Begin with a slip knot on your hook leaving a 10" tail for sewing on clasp [picture 1]Row 1: ch 2, sc in 2nd st from hook, ch 1 turnRow 2: 2 sc in st, ch 1 turnRow 3: 2 sc in each st, ch 1 turn (4 sts in row)Row 4: sc across (4 sts) [picture 2] Finishing Pattern Notes 1. 2. 3. You could double the pattern for a cuff style bracelet.
DIY Clothes Tutorial: Making an Elastic Harness [DIY Fashion]Monoxious | Monoxious
Hello peeps, It’s been long since we had a post on DIY Fashion. We apologise on that part, the past month has been pretty crazy with the holiday season and setting up resolutions and priorities as the year drew to an end. We have load of exciting things lined up for Monoxious this year. Today we present something which we have been procrastinating for quite a while (which is not good since fashion waits for no one.) and raved about it back here. These are what you will need. Elastics (approx 5yards)Trimmings with hook and eyePinsBlack threadDress form (not pictured)Optional: Black Sock cat (for entertainment) Start pinning your elastics to the dress form. Just keep doing it until you’re satisfied or run out of elastics. I marked the lines a little further as you can see as elastics are stretchable and you would want the harness to be slightly snug when wearing. Sew all the straps together~!!!! And here’s the completed piece~!!!
