various crafties....

[momontherun.livejournal.com]

I embroidered this tote for my niece today:
 

and made this little pink & green dragonfly anklet for my other niece:

I'm making a little matching trinket box for this, but the paint is still wet!

Sorry- pics are from my camera phone & are really crappy!  The color is way off, especially in the anklet....it is WAY cute for a 6 yr old girl IRL.

Knitting help videos

[perrrfect-angel.livejournal.com]

All of these links come from KnittingHelp.com; I do recomend them to anyone with the burning desire to lift needles and start knitting today. More advice? Start with some cheap yarn you don't give a hoot about to get decent at it. If you want to get a lot of practice in, stitchmysquare has a monthly trade in which you can participate on a month to month basis. Each month you're given a choice to trade or not, and how many squares you'd like to trade. akoya is the moderator of stitchmysquare , and the first person to point me in the direction of Knitting Help. Below I've included some direct links on Knitting Help's site that should get you through the basics. Go to the top of any main page (not a page that plays a video) and there are tabs that mention other things it can help you with. Can't find the Winning Lotto Ticket tab, but I haven't given up yet!

Continental cast on video. I swear, this is the easiest method I've tried, and the smoothest cast on.
Knit stitch video, English method.
Purl stitch video, English method. Looked at the German method and recommend the English for simplicity of how to do it.
Basic knit bind off. There are other ways here.

Post inspired by ilea's post on knitting in craftgrrl.

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[tehkate.livejournal.com]

ONESIES

My boyfriend's cousin is having a baby. Actually his wife is. Har har. I'd like to do some personalized onesies for the baby but have a few questions:

1. What did you use? Paint? felt? ...other material? I want to do just a random design on them just like the person who did one with a turtle...

Yes. That's all I have. Thanks for any help!

Merry christmas, a little late

[southparkfreak2.livejournal.com]

The past years when I made christmas crafts they were kinda crappy and kiddish, like the foam kits that you get at the dollar store :p hey I was 13
 This year I'm pretty proud of what I made

( Warning: Lots of Pictures.. )

no money+lots of neices+crafty goodness=xmas gifts galore!

[momontherun.livejournal.com]

Personalized tote with hand stitched embroidery, embellished with ribbon, iron on flower & painted canvas hearts: (finaly finished!)

front                                                   back

Purple/green "Love" wooden trinket box filled with matching anklet:


Dragonfly blues bracelet:

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[cricri.livejournal.com]

I made four of these teddy bears for my friends birthday gifts.
I bought the fabric from JoAnns Fabric store for $8/yd.


(bad camera picture)
The other ones I made were lime green, yellow/orange, and deep red.

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[trulyyours.livejournal.com]

I made KerriedAway some crocheted earrings for a craft swap:

Robot

[spunky-nikki.livejournal.com]

Hi there, I've been a member but never posted anything..just kind of lurked.

I was trying to think of what to make my dog for Christmas when I
thought of a fleece robot. No patterns or anything, just went for it
and this is what i ended with:




( Robot! )

What to do with fabric scraps?

[suessigkeiten.livejournal.com]

I have tons of little bits of fabric, some in little squares, some in long strips, but none are really big enough to do anything with. Does anybody know if it's possible to recycle fabric or donate it somewhere? Or does anyone have a good project idea that would use up billions of small bits of fabric? They're all big enough so that I'd feel bad just throwing them out, but they aren't really big enough for anything else.

The only place I found to donate extra fabric to is SCRAP, which is a really neat organization in Portland, but they only take it if there's at least a half-yard.

When I figure out how to work my camera, I'll post pics of the cat bed I made today!

retro plush ornaments + fabric question

[0penheartsurge.livejournal.com]

I won an auction for this awesome vintage fabric that says things like "summer camp turns me off," "drinking coffee turns me on," and "holding hands turns me on"...you get it. It's super cute and I wanted something to really brighten up my personal tree this holiday so...



I made funky, plush ornaments. But now I have some extra fabric left over. I was thinking about just making the rest into a throw pillow, but does anyone have any other, more interesting suggestions? It really is the coolest fabric I've had my hands on in a long time and I wouldn't want it to go to some boring sewing project!

Yarn question...

[stephc.livejournal.com]

Hi! Merry Christmas~Happy Holidays!
Here's my question:
I have a pattern that calls for Lion Brand Chenille Thick & Quick. I would like it to be machine washable (it's an afghan) but I had a store-bought chenille throw that disintegrated into a pile of lint when I washed it. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Yay stencils!

[maranz.livejournal.com]

What do you get when you take 1) a bored student who 2) has a lot of books to carry around and 3) a love of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? A Karen O totebag. Yaaaaaaaay!

Here is the picture.

( Image heavy like whoa )

Crocheted handbag

[oolongtea.livejournal.com]

Who knew my grandma was a craftgrrl? She crocheted this neato handbag for me from strips of plastic grocery bags.

chocolate and ice cream

[annamarie84.livejournal.com]

I havent really contributed to this group soooo ....
Lookie lookie what I made! came out better than I thought.
  

( One more pic )

Project!

[xemotionlessx.livejournal.com]

I just got my first sewing machine (so I could stop borrowing my moms hehe) and this is what I made (and I need some help!):

( Kitty Food Mat! )

I love your friends they're all so arty

[droppingeaves.livejournal.com]

Ceramic teapot and bust

( More, larger images under here! )

Purses, and ceramic things

[giraffecrafts.livejournal.com]

Various projects from the last month.

( Pictures pictures pictures! )

x-posted to my journal :]

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[helenhelen.livejournal.com]

Hello again, I've been searching the internet and Craftster and I think this is one way to make a bag like the wrapper one:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=59563.0

I figure it's much easier than saving wrappers and it still looks just as cool.

p.s I think they tilt the ribbon pattern so they look pointed. (the wrapper bag: http://www.ecoist.com/index.asp)

Help with a knitting pattern!

[http://users.livejournal.com/kissme_imirish_/]

Hi all, this is my first time posting on here, but I am a long time viewer. I am hoping that someone out there can help me out with a knitting pattern similar to the one in this picture:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c357/kissme_imirish_/8dd5bd81.gif

What i am looking for is a type of beanie hat with a peak (I know i could jsut knit any sort of beanie and somehow find a pattern for a peak for a hat), but i was jsut wondering if anyone out there has a pattern similar or knows of any books which which carry one.
I have been on a mad search for the holidays because I am wanting to make one for my b/f as a belated christmas present. Thanks in advance!

Vest!

[banthetubetop.livejournal.com]

So, here's a little story. I saw super cute snowflake fabric onsale at JoAnn's and decided to use it to make my sister something for Christmas. I later decided to make her a fleece vest, and line it with snowflakes. It was a bit of a bitch to figure out (I made the pattern from an izod fleece hoodie vest I already own), but not actually that hard to do. It was a little too wide, and short, but overall pretty cute, so I decided to tweak the pattern and make myself one. I just finished it about an hour ago, and I'm very very excited for it. It reminds me of Gobo the fraggle.

( awesome new vest )

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[homicideisgood.livejournal.com]

helloooo everyone!
i am going to be making a nintendo DS case, and wanted to know what y'all think i should use to 'stabilize it'--i was thinking cardboard with a layer of plastic glued to it, then wrapped in batting?
i was thinking i could get a sheet of plastic from the craft store in the form of those blank stencils one can buy. any other suggestions?
any help is appreciated!

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[youheadbuttyou.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I've been craft crazy lately. I just finished stenciling my bro's face on three t=shirts and a sweater for our xmas kris kringle. I've crocheted 123386723 scarves and have had as many made for me in return.But now I'm in that period where the yarn is running out and the bank account is low.

Do you guys have any recs for places, online or not, that have yarn for pretty cheap? The only place I have near me is Michaels and the selection at this one really sucks.

THANKS!

Oh, and I really hate to do text only, but my camera is being borrowed.

Merry Merry secular holiday

[joinedatheheart.livejournal.com]

Since I gave out these gifts I made for my friends I can boastfully post em. ;)

 Also, I have a question. I want to get into jewelry making with wire and silver, things like that. What supplies would be best to get? I know small needle nose plyers are used as well as wire [any specific type?] and the obvious beads. Does anyone have any links to glass beads that aren't outrageously expensive?

              Painted boxes under the cut

( boxes wrapped with string... )