use my stash – micro

I got lots of wool from a friend some time ago and till now used or swaped much of it. Still, everytime there is some wool left. In a wonderful book about handicraft I saw crocheted triangels and some beautiful squares. So I started crocheting triangles and joined them. I need to work a little more accurat and for the rest I hope straining will do.

And something that primarily wanted to become a hat now is my treasure chest.

Relief action for orphans in Kenya

In my favourite forum a member collects bags for orphans in Kenya. The children lost their relatives because of AIDS and the director of the orphanage told her that what the kids need urgently are bags for their school stuff. Some of us decided to help and produced bags which our member will take to Kenia in March. A lot of different bags were developed with the help of a pattern of another of our members.

warming my shoulders

I swapped some old pink wool and got beautiful cotton yarn and crocheted this triangular shawl. To prevent the shawl from slipping it may be fixed with a safety pin which is hidden under the flower.

The first pattern I tried did not work at all

I started it three times and then gave up, finally using this pattern. (English)

hook hat(s)

my first crocheted hat. a present to a friend. thanks to this tutorial. guess I will now use all my leftover wool to crochet hats for friends

sorry for the quality of the pic. I only had my mobile with me. I’ll try to catch the owner with his new hat. Unfortunately he is a little camera shy

edit: I really did some more. one found a lover too fast to take a pic. here are the others

once more

a simple shopping bag for a friend. and now I finally may buy some more fabric since I shrinked my stock essentially

a colorful bag

“My girlfriend wants a bag made by you”, a friend told me some weeks ago. I was pretty flattered, especially because I’m still not this convinced of my sewing skills. It took me about ten hours because the bag should be of different fabrics and it definitly was lots of fun again. Sewing clothing wasn’t this effective the last times I tried. I did sew some things, but nothing presentable, only wearable like cycling tights I wear beneath my trousers when it’s cold…

So I now proudly present my latest patch bag. The lining is made of cord and there are also three small pockets inside. Still there are things to improve, but I like it a lot and a hope the girlfriend of my friend does too.

merry christmas…

and a happy new year!

soap and wool

thanks to this tutorial I now own some felting wool.

and I also felted some soap. Nice little presents…

don’t burn your fingers

I guess you know it well. The casserole is ready, smelling really good. You grab your oven cloth but you just do not get the right grip around the dish. The cloth slippes and your fingers are burnt. Sh*t!

In my favourite sewing forum I saw oven cloth you can slip in with both hands and get the dish out save and well. That’s how I did it: Cut two pieces of fabric for the outside, two for the pockets, a little loop and an old towel for the padding.

Sew one outer part and the padding together.

Stick all the pieces into place. Don’t forget to leave a hole to turn the cloth after sewing.

Done!

fast needles

A friend asked me to do a little pouch to put money in for a wedding couple. I did not have any fabric concerning marriage so he chose a fabric which is a little transparent and I decided to add four hearts for the closing. Pulling the big hearts closes the pouch, pulling the small ones opens it. Took me a little more than an hour