Sunday, July 4, 2010

Locker Hooking? Crochet, Threading, Latching, Rag Stash Buster

I stumbled across this craft known as locker hooking!
From this
To this
And this
And this
Here is a good selection of information to get you and I started.
YouTube Video Tutorials.
These tutorials will lead you to the next in the series too.



You may also like to see some latch hooking

                           


Materials you may need. 
The locker hook from Amazon could not be posted to Australia, so I ordered mine from here.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Recycled Sweaters and Dyeing Yarn

I've been contemplating on recycling old sweaters.
I looked into this once before and browsed the second hand shops for used sweaters, but I was baffled, I really did not know what sweaters would unravel well. 
So this time I am going in prepared with the knowledge I have discovered on the internet. 
I'm also considering the purchase of felted sweaters, the ones that were accidentally felted that can be cut into shapes for all types of uses.
I also thought it may be handy to have some knowledge of dyeing yarns too.
I just have to learn about what types of yarn will take the dyeing process.
I found some handy video tutorials that will assist me in this venture and I would like to share them with you too.

Excellent link for more help.


Link for more help.





Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Have A Browse Around These Sites

These site's are all about yarn creations, full of pictures, minimal reading and links to the original post. Certainly worth the browse.
Check out the youtube video's below too. 






Let's Go Back To The Lady Bug Scarf

Let's Go Back To The Lady Bug Scarf.
I have a couple of pictures from the makers of my ladybug scarf pattern.
Crochet Quackers ... home of the ducks .
Oh my, crochet quackers really does the pattern justice. 
You may want to have a look at her blog too, she crochet's ducks among other things.

This one is from a maker from ravelry, her name is Themrselliot.
This is what she had to say about her ladybug scarf.

"I used buttons with some variation of size for the dots on the back and the eyes. Time saver! I also pinned in the corners of the scarf neck piece so it tapered to the first attached ladybug’s head"
It is pleasing to see people using the pattern and their version of the pattern too, thank you Ladies.