Tag: handicraft
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Crochet Noughts and Crosses!
I made this as a Christmas present for my nephew a couple of years. It started out as a 3 by 3 mat and turned it into noughts and crosses, I had fun adapted a flower design into the playing pieces, complete with a bag to hold everything. My nephew liked it. I also made…
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Crochet Spiral Bowls
These fit inside each other, and are finished off with a row of crab stitch. I use one for holding string in, but can be used for anything. I have used larger bowls for displaying crochet items, and holding wrpped sweets.
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Make This: Cross Stitch Peg Board Coat Rack
Spotted this cross stitch peg board coat rack in the Beci Orpin feature in the current issue of Mollie Makes. (Beci is a well-known Australian artist). I love this idea. It reminds me of Aesthetic Outburst’s embroidered screen door. Image: Chris Middleton / Mollie Makes
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Fluffy wool Christmas decorations
I am making fluffy Christmas table decorations for my nephews, from my own design. The designs are a Christmas tree, a pudding, Angel, santa and a snowman. I have made the Christmas tree, just got to give it a star and some christmas tree decorations (balls, possibly some tinsel type stuff. It’s great fun and…
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Free crochet
Whilst visiting my mother I taught a neighbour free crochet to go with crafts she already did, collage work and felt work. Free crochet is when you do not follow fixed patterns, and do not match wool to the correct hook. This can result in some very pretty effects, using interesting threads. It looked very…
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Crochet baskets
I made some little crochet baskets, decreasing sizes, so they form a nest of baskets. They look quite cute and are very pretty in variegated wool. They could hold jewellery or keys or similarly small items. I also made some larger baskets, in treble crochet, for displaying items. They are certainly easy to pack away…
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Easter and Mothers Day Gifts
For Mothers Day and Easter I am making crochet baskets and flowers. The flowers look very pretty and can be made in all colours and be put on brooches, hair slides and sewn onto clothes. The baskets are quite small, maybe the size of the palm of the hand, and can be made into little…
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Do you enjoy getting together to have a crafty session?
I often do my craft stuff at home, alone, as I do not know many locally who enjoy craft, and hardly anyone who does crochet. Does anyone enjoy doing crafts in groups, as a social event, swapping skills and just generally enjoying yourself? If you knew of a group in your area would you go?
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Why can craft work be so relaxing
I find it quite relaxing doing craftwork, building up something from a length of thread, or filling up a blank canvas with threads to make a lovely picture. At a networking event it was suggested I bring some of my cards to a well being event. It’s also for me the joy of creating something…
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