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[luckypineapple.livejournal.com]

does anyone have, or know of a crochet pattern for making a sweater similar to this? I don't need it to be exactly that sweater..but something like it. [yes, I know this one is knit]

EDIT: I'm just looking for a crocheted long sweater that's not really dense..with some kind of holes..it doesn't have to be diagonal or anything.

I'm an advanced beginner and feel up for a challenge I guess. Thanks! [x-posted a little]

Raven

[bukovkina.livejournal.com]

( i've meet a raven by a tree )

30см. черный мех "нерпа", войлок.

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[bukovkina.livejournal.com]

Please welcome Toto:


Little bear dressed as a pumpkin for Halloween party! :)

( toto! )

Decoupage question:

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever tried adding anything to their decoupage glue? I've been thinking that very fine glitter could be a nice effect, and also of tinting the glue with some sort of color.

Has anyone tried either of these? How did it work out for you? If you colored the glue, what sort of paint/dye did you use? It seems like either food coloring or liquid watercolors would work best.

Note: I use diluted Elmer's glue, not Mod Podge, if that makes a difference.

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[katjekattekop.livejournal.com]

uggghhhh..

i'm pissed, i bought some ink jet shrink plastic and it curls like crazy.

the kind i bought before was awesome and worked perfectly but i can't find that kind any more.

this kind curls like it usually does when shrinking except it never goes flat. i tried to press it down but it doesn't actually stay down until you take it out of the oven and then you have like 2 seconds before it's too cool and hardens. plus manually flattening it results in a crappy finished product.

is there anything i can do to salvage this crappy shrink plastic?

perhaps a lower oven temp? i did follow the instructions precisely but maybe my oven is different...

p.s. it's Grafix ink jet shrink film FYI if anyone has any experience with it!

Bamboo yarn and wedding questions...

[vogtalicious.livejournal.com]

 So, the heavens split and light doth shone down my local Hobby Lobby started carrying Bamboo yarn! I discovered this today, and bought a nice, creamy skein of 3 ounces. I've never knit with it before, and I love the soft texture. Has anyone else knit with bamboo yarn before? What's a good project for it? I'm thinking about doing another headband that can also be branched out into a long, skinny scarf, in lace, maybe? 

Also, a couple of friends of mine are tying the knot in about a year or so. Yay! The very ambitious bride-to-be is knitting her own chuppah for their relaxed beach wedding (she's about halfway done!), but I want to knit them a his-and-hers thing as a present, as Bride and I have been friends since middle school. The tricks: 

1) Bride and groom live in California, so no sweaters or scarves or hats; 
2) Bride is allergic to most animal fibres (the chuppah is being knit out of cotton); 
3) Bride hates fluffy, fancy things and groom is very relaxed (no shawls or doilies).
 
I'm thinking of either an Afghan or maybe his-and-her recyclable tote bags for grocery shopping (their city outlawed plastic bags, and they're both very into recycling anyway). Though I briefly thought of making a bride-and-groom costume pair for their two cats, because I'm evil like that : D. Any ideas? What have you knit for a soon-to-be-wedded couple? Or, er, is knitting presents a bad idea and I should just buy a Crock Pot like I did for my other friends : /? 

Red Bows and Fresh Pearls!

[thestomachdream.livejournal.com]

I am SO excited about this necklace I just made. I think it's the cutest thing I've ever done.




( Voila: )

DIY Purses?

[tariahh.livejournal.com]

This is probably a very very silly question but does anyone know of a site for step-by-step (READ: simple/idiot-proof) DIY designs for purses? In particular, I'm looking for a purse like this:



I'm a beginner at sewing with a machine & I can barely thread the damned thing but I've gotten it going before (for 15 seconds..) & it didn't die or explode. I've got tons of fabric & fabric glue. I've seen amazing purses made with just fabric glue & hand-sewing which is what I'm better at.

Anyway, yeah. I want to make that purse. :]
Thank you in advance!

THAT'S NOT MY PURSE OR MY WALLET OR MY ID BUT THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN

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[teandoranges.livejournal.com]

so for months and months now i've been meaning to re-arrange my room and put new things on the walls, and i finally finished it all! i used to have heaps of posters and things up, but i finally took them all down and started fresh. sorry about the 'before' pictures, i had to take those with my phone so the quality isn't great, but you get the idea.
 

( come in )

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[thestomachdream.livejournal.com]

Oh! Also, here is the mask I made for Halloween:

Hi!

[metalsmitten.livejournal.com]

Hello! I'm just getting back into LJ after a year or so hiatus... so my friends page is a little scant hehe and I thought this community might be a great place to meet fellow crafters :)

I make silver jewelry :) I think it's awesome that there's been such a resurgence in the DIY/handmade revolution over the past couple years.

Here's one of my recent pieces:


Any other jewelry nerds on here? :)

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[holytoastr.livejournal.com]

For Halloween, I went as Rainbow Brite!

The skirt for the costume was made from Simplicity 3847 and the shirt was Simplicity 4136 (Dorothy). I kinda rushed the costume (was hot gluing parts of the boot covers together at 2am the night before Halloween), but it still managed to win 1st place in the company costume party! Woo!

(Ignore the dusty hallway.)

( Rainbow Brite! )

Halloween!

[raw-tourniquet.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, so a few months ago i got a tutorial from Instructables.com on how to make a realistic wound. I was the hit of the party!

( cut (haha get it?) )

Few Questions

[fishbowlvista.livejournal.com]

Hello everybody.

I'm a knitter/crafter but I wanted to get a small sewing machine to help with seams and buttons as well as maybe making a table cloth here and a dog outfit there but I have NO clue where to start even looking for a "beginner" but doesn't really need anything more in the future, sewing machine.  I don't want something huge, my mom's is impossible but I don't want a toy either.  Any suggestions?

 

Also I'm looking for funky/neat/odd knitting needles but can't figure out where to go to buy/internet buy them.  Any help?

Thanks ladies.