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Hankering for Yarn

Archive for the ‘Quick Projects’ Category

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April 1st, 2008

Cornstarch Clay Worry Dolls - 3

Part Two of the Tutorial was about sculpting the Cornstarch Worry Dolls
Cornstarch Clay Worry Dolls Part 3  by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©
Assembling and Finishing the Worry Doll:
Let the Worry Doll  dry overnight, or longer if necessary.
If there are rough parts on the Worry Doll, then smooth them down with a nail file.

Snip a few inches of […]

By Noreen -- 2 comments

March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - Links

Part one of the Spool knitted Worry Doll tutorial

Part Two: Shape the Worry Doll’s body and head, and make the sweater

Part Three: The Skirt for the Spool Knitted Worry Doll

Part Four: The Hair for the Spool knitted Worry Doll

And, here are the links for the

Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll 
This Spool knitted Worry […]

By Noreen -- 15 comments

March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 4- Hair

Part 3 of the Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial was about the skirt.
Part 4  of the Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©

With 3 or 4 pegs of your spool knitter, spool knit a cord that is approximately 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) long.
Tie it in a loop.
Take a stitch or two to […]

By Noreen -- 4 comments

March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 3- skirt

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial Part 3
by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©
Part 2 of the tutorial was about shaping the body and making the sweater for the Spool Knitted Worry Doll
Now, to make her a skirt:

Cut a 4 inch (10 cm) long piece of 5/8 inch (1.5 cm) wide ribbon.
Sew the short ends together.
Then, go in and […]

By Noreen -- 2 comments

March 30th, 2008

Worry dolls- almost

When I was designing and making this Worry Doll:

I started out by basing my measurements on another little doll that I made a few years ago:

and I ended up transforming her, too.
So, she ended up like this:

I figured that she’s such a little cutie that I should probably upload a tutorial on how to […]

By Noreen -- 5 comments

March 29th, 2008

Worry dolls-coming soon

Worry Dolls have been on my mind lately. I blame Marcie
She teased us by saying that she’s got a posting coming up in a day or so, about Worry Dolls.
I did a few sketches of some potential Worry Dolls a day or so ago, but they were rrrrrrrrrrealllllllllly rough…. as in the dolls […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2008

Spool knitted Springtime Rabbit Pin

Spring! oh, spring!
Finally! Spring is sprunging!
I need to celebrate Springtime!
How better than with a Springie Rabbit?
When I designed the Spool knitted Kitty Bookmark 
I saw that I could use it as a starting point for a Rabbit….
and so: Here’s to springtime!
 
Spool Knitted Springtime Rabbit Pin
by Noreen Crone-Findlay© 

When I decided to make the Spool knitted rabbit pin,        […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

February 4th, 2008

Spool knitted Celtic Interlace Valentine Heart - all the links

One of the holiday traditions at our house is that I design and make a spool knitted Valentine.
This year’s Valentine heart is a Celtic Interlace Heart.
 
 
Here are the links for the tutorial for making
The Spool knitted Celtic Interlace Valentine Heart
by Noreen Crone-Findlay (c)
 
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Spool knitted random acts of kindness
 

And […]

By Noreen -- 40 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Small looms I love- Looms from the recycling bin

I should probably have started this series of postings with no cost/low cost looms.
They are a wonderful way to weave without having to invest money in a loom. You can make quite dandy little looms from cardboard and other recycling materials.
Here are a few links for postings I have done previously on making small looms […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

January 3rd, 2008

How to carry anything without a bag

My daughter found a very kewl site!
Furoshiki is the Japanese art of carrying things with knotted fabric.  Brilliant!
I am a diehard bag fanatic: I love to design bags, I love to make bags, I collect bags…….
BUT even more important:  I’ve  been using handmade bags for decades to lug things around and have faithfully carried my […]

By Noreen -- 8 comments

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