In my previous post, LINK, I shared my mis-adventure when I sliced the top of my knuckle off with the edge of the belt sander. Ouch. So, that posting was more of a ‘how NOT to’ than a ‘how to’….. Luckily, my finger is growing back and I have finished the chunky 3 bead necklace…. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘eco crafts & green projects’
June 23, 2010
Handmade chunky bead teething necklace part 1
Our gorgeous grandbaby is teething and is chomping everything in sight as he tries to ease the pain of those pesky teeth pushing on his gums. My daughter asked me to make her a necklace with large wooden beads so our wee fella could play with it and use it for teething. I made her [...]
June 17, 2010
Upcycled tunic new life for old clothes
Last summer, I bought a really frumpy skirt and a too small dress at the thrift shop. Why on earth would anyone in their right mind do that? Because I intended to ‘harvest’ the fabric from both the garments and upcycle them into something new and oh so much fun for myself. The skirt was [...]
June 1, 2010
Video tutorial on how to make tarn or t shirt yarn
I absolutely love working with tarn, which is yarn made by cutting t shirts into a continuous length of fabric strips. You then use the fabric strips as stretchie, wonderful yarn. Tarn is a terrific way to upcycle, recycle, re-fashion, re-purpose, re-use and reclaim old t shirts that are no longer wearable. Perhaps they are [...]
May 13, 2010
How to make a join in fabric strip yarn or tarn
I’ve been working with Tarn (T shirt fabric strip yarn) a lot lately. I remembered this afternoon that I had been asked how to make a smooth join in fabric strip yarn…. so I thought that I would post a quick tutorial on how to do that. Everyone has their own system of cutting t [...]
May 11, 2010
Tarn tutu for Nostepinne Dolly
Whee! My daughter in law and son just divested themselves of a heap of T shirts- and I dived in! Snip snip snip! The first Tshirt to succumb to my snippie scissors and be transformed into yummy fabric strip yarn, well, ‘Tarn’ (this is the new term for upcycling T shirts and turning them into [...]
April 12, 2010
Talisman necklace with spool knitted cord
A few months ago, our daughter was very sick and needed surgery. It was VERY challenging- we were just wrenched by the trauma of having our beloved daughter going through such a rough experience right after having her beautiful baby. The Demeter/Persephone story resonated deeply with me (by the way, ‘Traveling with Pomegranates‘ by Sue [...]
April 11, 2010
Artsy Blogger Links for April ll 2010
This week, I have been busily working on designs for a new book, as well as making a new video and getting ‘Magical Creatures to weave on the potholder loom’ converted to being a pdf eBook: LINK Busy week! And, oh yes… I also spent one morning this week in the chair of my endodontist, [...]
March 22, 2010
Celebrate Springtime with adorable doodled paper eggs
I love making little presents that I can just pop in an envelope and mail to family and friends. Yesterday, I had a flash of inspiration…. well, really it was several flashes of inspiration that came together ever so nicely! Lately, I have been blogging about doodling, Link and Link , so that’s kind of [...]
March 10, 2009
Spool knitting wire and making connections
Recently, a jewelry maker contacted me and asked me if I could make her some industrial strength spool knitters so she could spool knit wire for her jewelry making. I went for a rummage through our stash and found a wonderful old piece of wood. It looked like it was an old handle off some [...]
