I’ve been totally re-designing my Spool knitted and Lucet cord hearts.
This has been a whole lot more work than I planned,
but I am really happy with the hearts and with the new pattern.
So, here they are:
Lovely hearts made with lucet cord or spool knitted cord.
The link to the etsy pattern is:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/48409277/woven-spool-knitted-heart-designed-by
When I found my box of tiny rigid heddles that had gone awol,
I was so delighted that I had to warp up several looms and show different ways of working with tiny rigid heddles.
They are small, but you can still do really neat things with them!
I made a video with hints and tips for tiny heddles. The link is:
Sometimes a tool that wasn’t originally meant to be a loom can be adapted to become a handy dandy little loom.
A couple of years ago, I bought an acrylic wire bending jig and drilled a few more holes in it.
I have used it to weave a LOT of little Goddess dolls and it’s one of my favorite looms.
Creative adaptive re-configuration for the win!
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Day 72 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-
I have always loved making dolls.
I am a dyed in the wool upcycler, so using upcycled things in my doll making is really important to me.
My ‘Rosie Recycle’ dolls are ‘pin dolls’ that have pins on the backs of their heads so they can be hung on a curtain, worn on a lapel or hat, or pinned to bag or backpack.
Their bodies are jointed from the neck so they ‘dance’.
I love them 🙂 They are so much fun to make!
When I wrote the instructions, I didn’t include lucet cords, but the Rosie Recycle dolls can definitely be made with lucet cords as well as spool knitters.
There are instructions for crocheted as well as knitted versions in the PDF pattern book. The pattern is in my etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/43880591/rosie-recycle-dolls-pattern-ebook-pdf
Days 68 to 70 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-
Spool knitted and Lucet cord can be used to make letters on banners, like the “Keep Calm and Carry On” banner in my etsy shop.
The banner is woven on the potholder loom and the letters can be made with lucet cord or spool knitted cord.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/88078934/keep-calm-and-carry-on-banner-to-weave
Days 63 to 67 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-
Lucets can be used to make quick and easy friendship bracelets.
Adding beads makes them even better- and you can make beads out of tiny rubber duckies, too.
Here’s a video that shows how to make lucet cord beaded friendship bracelets. So much fun!
Here’s a link to the video for how to make a beaded lucet cord friendship bracelet https://youtu.be/5vSUOEcZL-8
Days 61 and 62 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- a comment on my previous video about the Lucet Emotional Support Snails that said that pennies are not made anymore.
Ah! BUT there are lots of ways of putting Good Wishes into the Emotional Support/Comfort/Sweet Dreams Snails- and I have made a little video that shows how 🙂
I have updated the pattern for the Emotional Support Snails so that people who don’t have pennies to include in the Snails can still put in all kinds of good wishes and good luck.
The pattern for the Snails is at: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4492525912/pdf-pattern-for-lucet-cord-sweet-dreams
and a new video showing how I added good wishes to the new little Emotional Support Snail in the pics is at https://youtu.be/sau3CVsJJbU
Days 44 to Day 59 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-
It has taken me ages to get it done, but I have finally uploaded a pdf pattern with step by step instructions and photos on how to use a Lucet to make ‘Sweet Dreams/Emotional Support/Comfort Snails.
(The Pattern for them is available at: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4492525912/pdf-pattern-for-lucet-cord-sweet-dreams)
Snails? Yes!
Adorable, cuddly little Snails!
For weeks, I dreamt about these charming little ‘Emotional Support’, ‘Comfort’ Snails and they really did make Sweet Dreams!
They showed up in liminal dappled and speckled spaces.
They offered me comfort and guidance and spoke of the shadows that flicker in the places that are growing-when the breezes flit through the sunshine, whispering of greening new hope, love and light.
They delight me- I hope that they will offer you sweet dreams, and emotional support and comfort, too!
Throughout the amazing Artemis 2 Moon Mission, I worked away with my Lucet, experimenting to find ways of refining these snuggly Snails.
In one of the dreams that I had about these little Lucet Snails, they said that the Artemis Astronauts took us to the moon and back and showed us that we are all really made of stardust and love….
So the Sweet Dreams/Emotional Support /Comfort Snails have both hearts and stars on them so we will remember that lovely thought!
They also have Lucky Pennies inside them so they will always carry good luck and best wishes with them.
There is a link in the pattern for a how to video that has step by step instructions on how to make an upcycled chopstick Lucet.
Day 43 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- I just fixed the face of a Well Well Well Doll
I was not happy with the original face of this Well Well Well Doll –
I like the big oval, but the first version of the face felt lost in it.
I did quite a few drawings to find one that felt right for the doll and settled on this one.
Now, I am content with this version of the doll because the features of the face stand out from the background embellishments and the expression reads clearly.
When you’re making a doll, it’s a really good idea to audition lots of different elements.
Sometimes, it can take time to figure out precisely what isn’t working.
Ask yourself a lot of questions- Is the shape a problem? Is the placement of the features an issue? What does the expression communicate and are you okay with that? Are the colors right? Is there enough contrast or not enough? Is something missing that needs to be added? Is there something that is extraneous and needs to be removed? Feel free to change what doesn’t make your heart sing.
Need help with drawing faces? I made a video to help with that:
The pattern for the Well Well Well Dolls is available in my etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4473549156/pdf-pattern-for-spool-knitted-well-well
Day 42 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- How to Make a Lucet from Upcycled Chopsticks and How to Make Lucet Cord with it
One of the unexpected bonuses of doing the 100 Day Project is that it reminds me of things that I have designed and then set aside and forgotten.
One of those things is the delightful Lucet Cord maker (Lucets are flat 2 peg spool knitters) that I use upcycled chopsticks to make. They are such a pleasure to work with and I love making cord with them.
Here is the link to the video tutorial: https://youtu.be/xvGmJgq72Mg
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