My husband’s dad built a desk when my husband was a wee little guy. Sadly, the desk fell apart last winter. BUT!
The desk lives on in all manner of ways!
I have made bag handles and a heap of bracelets from the bottoms of the drawers.
And, today, I made myself another ‘Lady Hoare’ (I pronounce it […]
Part 1: Drawing the butterfly & starting to stitch
Part 2: Stitching the butterfly
Part 3: Spool knitting the outline & finishing the butterfly
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My last posting was about stitching the butterfly outline.
I stitched over the outline a couple more times. Then I pinched the fabric and started snipping ever so carefully….
All 4 wing sections needed to be snipped carefully away….
and then stitched again
I decided to spool knit cords to make it really pop …. so,
I spool knitted a […]
In my previous posting, I got started with reclaiming a woven scrap to embellish a Tshirt.
I drew a butterfly, then layered the drawing on top of the scrap of reclaimed weaving….
Next, I cut the excess weaving away, and pinned the drawing and weaving to the WRONG side of the Tshirt front.
Then, started stitching. I didn’t […]
Recently, I posted about the Saori process of using scraps of weaving in appliqué.
It made me think about a scrap of weaving that’s been kicking around the studio for awhile. I cut it off a set of placemats that I wove several years ago, and couldn’t bring myself to throw it away. I thought…. […]
Yesterday, I posted about the ‘Blogiversary Bracelets’ that
I made to celebrate my daughter, Chloë’s and my blogiversary of our blogging for 2 years for b5.
We drove to their house for dinner last night - through a storm of epic proportions. Whew!~ visibility at one point was zero. We had to pull off the road because […]
Happy Blogiversary to us!
Happy Blogiversary to us!
Happy happy to us!
My daughter, Chloë Findlay-Harder of (Tangled Threads and Her Accessories among others!) and I are both celebrating our 2 year Blogiversary at b5media.
To celebrate, I have made us each 2 recycled wood bracelets that I call: Recycled Ruffle Cuffs: I guess you could call them a […]
Do you find that you make little piles of snipped yarns and threads next to the chairs where you sit to sew and weave, knit or crochet?
I do, and it bugs me.
Usually, because I know it’s only a matter of time before the little pile of snippets ends up on the floor.
Yes, I know! Use […]
Yesterday, I posted about one way I use recycled cd spindles in the studio.
Here’s another one of the ways I use the base and spindle stand thingies from the package of cd’s:
Turn it upside down in a pretty blue bottle……
Why?
To block a hat fresh off the crochet hook or knitting needles, that’s why!
It works great!
Image […]
One of my most favorite gadgets is actually a freebie.
Yup.
It’s a recycled/reclaimed thingie.
Yup. It’s the base and turnie spindlie thing that blank cd’s come on.
Why do I like these things so much?
Because, when I am warping a loom or crocheting or knitting with yarns or threads that are on cones or tubes, the cd thingie […]
For the love of knitting, crochet, spoolknitting, spinning and weaving!
Written by Noreen Crone-Findlay [email] for b5media.
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