American Girl Doll Shawl with Garter Stitch Stripes tutorial

Westport, CT

Materials:
1 skein – Lion Brand Micro Spun yarn
US Size 5 straight needles

Gauge: in Stockinette st: 4x4 inches = 22 sts wide by 24 sts high

Dimensions: approximately 5.5 inches wide by 17.5 inches long

Directions: Cast on 32 stitches.

A - GARTER STITCH BOTTOM BORDER

Rows 1-6: Knit across. Knit every row creating a garter stitch band. This should create 3 garter stitch ridges (plus the cast on edge). You will end with the RS facing.

B - SHORT STOCKINETTE PANEL (first and last panel)

Row 7: ODD ROWS – Right Side (RS): Knit across

Row 8: EVEN ROWS - Wrong Side (WS): Knit 5, Purl across to last 5 sts. Knit 5

Hendmeyd crocheted bag

Round hendmeyd bag crocheted of bright hexagonal motifs. The size of bags depends on the thickness of the yarn. The thicker the yarn, the bigger will be a bag. Inside knitted bags to sew cloth lining.

Begin to knit a bag of individual hexagonal motifs. Recruit a chain of 5 stitches.

Gift ideas for christmas: Snowflakes out of paper for Christmas

Snowflakes are made of paper are the most common winter decorations.
Snowflakes are easy to manufacture and extremely beautiful. To cut a snowflake out of paper you need is white paper and scissors.

Scheme snowflakes out of paper:

making round flower

what you'll need:

crochet a round

I used a 5 mm hook for these, and they ended up being about 3.5 inches by 2 inches. First, chain 25. Join to the first chain with a slip stitch, being careful not to twist the chain:

Gifts wrapping: The orchid wrap

Music courtesy of Sagye Kayagum Ensemble

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Easy silk scarf tutorial

Guest post: The Holiday Ruffle Scarf

I can't even tell you how excited I am about this tutorial! It is so easy, and it looks so elegant! Here are the materials you need:

* 11''x60'' piece of satin

*sewing machine and matching thread

*scissors

*measuring tape

*white crayon

Step 1:

Cut your satin to size. The size I used is a rough estimate. I had a lot of scraps of satin in different colors that I have been making these scarves with. Each of them are a few inches different, but they all end up looking pretty much the same!

Easy purse for sewing

This morning I'd like to share with you how to sew a little pochette in a beautiful fabric, with pearl button and ribbon.

First of all, cut a rectangle of fabric, one of  fusible strengthener and one of lining. 

Crafty jewelry: Valentine Gem set Ring

Valentine's day is here, Love is in the air, blossoming in the air with roses, chocolates and balloons.A perfect day for a perfect proposal from special someone who would go down on his knees with a beautiful ring in his hands!! Hmmmmm......Doesn't happen all the time right? 

Okay there is nothing I can do about the proposal, but I can do something about the ring. This Valentine's day I am going to help all of you make a pink tourmaline (look alike only !!) and pearl ring. May be that would just give him the hint ;) 

Again the stones I have used are from an old link bracelet and the pearl is from an earring whose pair I lost. Time taken 5 minutes...so make it and wear it right now !!
I apologize for not posting step wise pictures as I was in Delhi participating at the Abhushan Summit for the last 2 weeks. More on that later.


Materials required: 

Two Swarovski gem/stone links (I don't know what they are called in Europe or US) & a pearl

Wire round 18-20 gauge (Sterling silver, stainless steel or aluminium is okay)
Ring mandrel

nose pliers
wire cutters

Procedure:
Step one:Cut a 16 inch piece of 18-20 gauge  wire, more for larger ring sizes. Find your desired size on a ring mandrel and work with one size larger.Now there are 2 ways in which you could proceed Easy and Easiest


EASIEST 
Step two:Center the wire over the mandrel. Wrap one side of the wire around the mandrel and wrap the other side around the mandrel in the opposite direction. The band should now contain 2 strands of wire.

Sewing cute hat for girls

While we were at a restaurant, an absolutely gorgeous teenage girl walked in with her friends. She was wearing a pretty hat that caught my eye. When she turned around and I saw the back, I was completely smitten with the hat. It was a combination of beautiful and girly and a tad bit quirky. On the way out, I stopped at the table (bold, I know!) and told her how pretty it was and then asked if I could check it out. It was knitted and I don’t knit, but the wheels started spinning in my little brain.  

When I got home, I immediately sat down and made hats until I got it right. The amazing part is that all of them worked just fine, but I kept tweaking it. I love that this project is so forgiving and easy!

Make Wallet tutorial

Your supplies:

1 strip of fabric that is 18 inches long by 5 1/2 inches wide

1 strip of fabric that is 9 inches long by 5 1/2 inches wide

2 strips of second print that is 10 inches long by 5 1/2 inches wide

then you need a strip of fabric that is at least 2 inches wide by 9 inches long ( this can vary depending on how wide you want your middle strap to be )

1 snap, button, or piece of velcro to close the wallet with

Recycled paper flowers

I'd like to introduce you to my new favorite helper: Shredder! She's sharp, quick, and to the point! Literally.

online flowers: DIY wrapping a bouquet!

A gorgeous way to finish off the week - a perfect 'how to' guide to create a stunning bouquet. Also my camera arrived so will hopefully have some gorgeous pictures for next week! Kellie xx

Make a hair bow - reader submission

This tutorial is one we've been talking about doing for ages. Luckily, a reader submitted it for our reader submission post this week, so we didn't have to do it ourselves! We will have another great tutorial tomorrow on how you can use these bows for babies with little or no hair, so stay turned. Until then, enjoy these detailed instructions on how to make a hair bow with ribbon from Little Lizard King!

Here's a quick how-to-hair bow.

Supplies needed:

• Needle

• Thread

• Ribbon

• Alligator Clips

• Hot Glue and Glue Gun

• At least 1 cute little girl

Babushka Tutorial

Emma and Lily have worn their babushkas everyday since I made them last week.  They are fun and practical… and apparently quite comfortable… since they won’t take them off.
Here’s how to make one (or 2 or 3):  This tutorial is for a child sized babushka, but it can easily be made larger for an adult.
You will need:

• 11″ x 11″ scrap of fabric (A)
• 24″ of rick rack- optional
• 2 1/2″ x 19″ scrap of accent fabric (B)
• 2″ x 6″ scrap of accent fabric (B)- optional if you want your elastic in a fabric casing
• 1/4″ wide elastic

ornament craft: Making felt doves

a felt dove ornament

I mentioned it last week, but I realized some of you may have missed it: everyday this week I will have instructions for a new handmade ornament.  You probably caught on by now, seeing it’s wednesday and look! another tutorial.  This is my christmas gift to you–all my readers! I’ve said it before, but I mean it: you are awesome. And you deserve a present, or five.

This little bird takes four strips of felt and five stitches to make. Really, that’s it.

Bottle in stockings.

take a bottle, which we dekorirovat.Snimaem label.  

Orientation meeting

 Making dogs

Sometimes, in order to show the child the miracle of transformation do not have much time.

Renewable sandal

 

Renewable sandal  

Hexagon Love

 

Sommarteppet

My niece had an idea that the kexagons for my summer blanket also could be a bag. So I had to try to make one. In case someone else wants a bag like this I'll show you what I did.