The Flowery Skirt

Home made knitting needles

Recently E and I went looking for knitting needles of a bigger size. The diameter we had in mind was 10 mm or more. They were hard to find, I tell you. The only pair we found was quite expensive. 80 kn for a pair of pointed sticks? Well, I can make them myself! Why not? It's worth to try, isn't it?

So, I explained what I wanted to do to Z, we went to Bauhaus and bought for wooden sticks 1 m long. After a bit of handiwork involving a grinder, saw and abrasive paper.. voila' - my new needles!

Four pairs for the price of one bought pair.

 

The pencil is for measure. The sizes - 12 mm, 14 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm.

The thinnest ones were made of beech wood, the others of pine wood. I didn't think it would be necessary but a coat of varnish has to be applied.

I tried them right away! Isn't this beautiful? The knit is sooo soft, and also quick to make.

The only thing to figure out is the way to prevent stitches to slip off the needles. I thought about gluing beads to the edge of the needles, or wooden discs slightly larger then the needles to the end. Maybe it isn't necessary to do anything since they are long 50 cm. Quite enough for scarves. What if I want to knit a blanket? Uhm, I have to think of something nice...

Do you think I could carve out a crochet needle? I had that crazy thought...

Shoes refashion -WR

Once my favorite shoes, almost worn to death, now got a completely new look!

They were black with a slim bow. Sorry, I don't have a before photo, but you can see the little bow here, among the embellishment options.

 

Some crafting steps:

I painted the shoes with silver contour paste used for silk and a sponge.

The flowers were knitted with cotton yarn from the bag I got at the Sunday market.

The bigger flower looked better to me, but still something was missing .

So I sewed this metal piece on both the flowers and added yarn bows.

 

I glued the bows first, and after that the flowers.

 

Here they are in action:

 

Just let me think of an outfit to take them to town! Coming right back...

Bath scrunchie -WR

Since the old one was so worn out I had to throw it away, crocheting a ruffled doily out of some tulle scraps did the job to replace it. And this scrunchie really does the job, it is so rough. I wouldn't recommend using tulle if you have sensitive skin, but I love a good scrub. My boyfriend hates it. He bought a new one, heh!

The story of a bottle

Last year Z has got a nice and really big bottle of fine wine for his birthday from his parents. I forbid him to throw it away when it was empty. So the poor bottle stood alone in one corner of the kitchen until one day I decided I was going to make her a dress! Some wool remnants did the job, and the dress was crocheted to fit, with details. She is happy now, and showing off among the other paper-clothed bottles.