Showing posts with label CRAFTS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CRAFTS. Show all posts

15 May 2013

first ceramic tryouts

Well I've always loved ceramics, and wanted to try doing it like a million times, but never quite got around to it until a month ago.
Believe me, I like it even more now, it is a community house and user run workshop, where you can buy clay and then otherwise you can do what you want. Hoping to learn from the others when you are a rookie like me. And luckily they are all really kind and outgoing, and I've learned so much already. The reason why I finally went there was that I wanted to make a yarn bowl for my mom as a surprise. 
The first attempt (the dry white one) I made by forming the clay from a lump shape into a bowl shape using my hands and some different smoothing tools. 
The second one (the wet light brown one) I made using the mechanical turntable and somehow this bowl came around really easy - maybe just beginners luck :) And today I finished the bottom, with guidance by one of the elder users, who is really good at throwing clay - am so impressed. And then just by chance one of the others just found so metallic letters, we could use to write in the clay - mine says: cool knitting mom on the side, and the space for the yarn to run through is shaped as a b, cos its the first letter in my moms name :) 
Now they are air drying, and are waiting to be burned. And then the next step is to decorate and glace them - so still a lot to try for the first time - am so excited about it.










26 Mar 2013

a flower headband

I crocheted this headband for my 'niece' for her 5 year birthday. I never learnt to crochet, but I've decided to let youtube help me, so thanks to all the people uploading videos showing and telling what to do :) I just made a lot of different looking flowers, some from the videos, and some from my own imagination as I got the hang of the techniques. I made a narrow band, with a wider piece where the flowers are attached. It was really easy, it didn't take long, even to a rookie and it brought a lot of smiles and happiness along, she really liked it :)






6 Mar 2013

three coloured scarf

Phew - finally done, started this project just after Christmas, and have been working on it on and off for months. But am really satisfied with it - love the colours and yarn, got two of them from my moms stash, she didn't know what to make of it, so she passed it on to me :) It looks complicated, but is really easy, it only took a long time cos its thin and I had to continuously untangle the yarns, cos they cross while knitting the pattern. I knitted from what my mom told me, but later I found the recipe on www.knittingfool.com under T - tricolor fabric, and it looks as if its the same. Now I just have to find out what to do with it, cos even though I love the colours, I can't wear them myself - wonder who around me deserves a little extra appreciation :)




with flash - colder