• Classy • Crafty • Quirky • (Classy Jewelry, Quirky Crafts)
Okay, not solely jewelry felting .. but that is how it starts. First, the end piece.
Cornucopia of Media – Jewelry felting (ch0328)
But it all begins with some fluff (felting wool). I will let the pictures walk you through. This project of jewelry felting and mix media was started in April 2014, then life and work got squished in, and was only completed on 29 Jun 2014.
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Recycling Bedsheets into a Crochet Rug was very satisfying. And rather pleased with the result as well.
This happened while I was “homeless”. Which meant, almost no tools nor materials on hand. Instead I got some old bed sheets from the local op shop and a large crochet hook. After a few experimentations and multiple re-dos, I settled on the crochet stitches of choice.
Rugged Crochet Rug (ch0326)
Growing library of illustrated crochet stitches. Where possible, I will try to only include the illustrated crochet stitches (so popular in the excellent Japanese magazines) with corresponding English name for the crochet stitches. I am not as familiar with the English names as I am with the illustrated icons used, so I can’t promise I will also have the English crochet term. The following crochet stitch list is in alphabetical order.
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Aligned Cobble Stitch
Src: The Harmony Guide to Crochet Stitches
This is a nice and easy crochet stitch. Produces a nice textured surface.
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Using wire netting to bezel a cabochon is what I wanted to learn. Here are the first couple of results. I watched a very useful basic video Wire Weave Cabochon Bezel Tutorial by Camille Sharon (see vid towards end part of this article) on YouTube. Even though she was teaching the Viking Weave, she also covered wire netting towards the end.
Wire Netting to Bezel Cabochon (CH0307)
In my attempts here, I made use of the basic principles but added a few things like starting from the front and adding beads as I weaved the wire. I have also included tips as to how to get the wire netting more snug, neat, and regular.
With this “Woky Traveller” door stop, I may just take a rest from these quirky doorstoppers for a while. “Woky Traveller” should be able to hold tight the last banging door in the house. For now. This article, though containing its usual load of detailed photos, will more be a photographic journey than a step-by-step tutorial on how to make door stops.
Door Stop: Woky Traveller (ch0325)
“Woky Traveller” has been made almost exclusively from recycled old materials and scraps of discarded fabrics.
