4.03.2010
Braid - Macramé
Tutorial - Macramé
You need a "calf" which is the thread/threads or piece of skin in the middle of the macramé braid (the calf is the thing that determines how long the braid will be) and two strands of wired pewter thread. It's rather hard to tell how much pewter you'll need since it depends on the width of the calf and your technique but a basic guide is to make the pewter threads at least 4 times longer then the calf. Since the macramé braid really want to twirl around it's center you need to straighten it continually during the braiding if you don't want to make for example a necklace where the twisting around the center can be really pretty. Then you just turn the braid over every 8 or so repetitions of steps 1-6.
How to make a macrame braid:
1. Arrange one pewter thread on each side of the calf.
2. Take the right thread and lift it over the calf.
3. Take the left thread and place if over the right thread, still on the left side of the calf.
4. Take the left thread and place it under the calf.
5. Continue up through the loop created between the left thread and the calf.
6. Tighten the threads and continue from step 1.
You need a "calf" which is the thread/threads or piece of skin in the middle of the macramé braid (the calf is the thing that determines how long the braid will be) and two strands of wired pewter thread. It's rather hard to tell how much pewter you'll need since it depends on the width of the calf and your technique but a basic guide is to make the pewter threads at least 4 times longer then the calf. Since the macramé braid really want to twirl around it's center you need to straighten it continually during the braiding if you don't want to make for example a necklace where the twisting around the center can be really pretty. Then you just turn the braid over every 8 or so repetitions of steps 1-6.
How to make a macrame braid:
1. Arrange one pewter thread on each side of the calf.
2. Take the right thread and lift it over the calf.
3. Take the left thread and place if over the right thread, still on the left side of the calf.
4. Take the left thread and place it under the calf.
5. Continue up through the loop created between the left thread and the calf.
6. Tighten the threads and continue from step 1.
4.02.2010
Chinese knotting
Chinese knotting (Chinese: 中國结; pinyin: Zhōngguó jié) is a decorative handicraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) in China. It was later popularized in the Ming and Qing Dynasty (1368-1911 AD). The art is also referred to as Chinese traditional decorative knots. In other cultures, it is known as "Decorative knots".
Chinese knots are usually lanyard type arrangements where 2 cords enter from the top of the knot and 2 cords leave from the bottom. The knots are usually double-layered and symmetrical.
History
A self-made Chinese knotArchaeological studies indicate that the art of tying knots dates back to prehistoric times. Recent discoveries include 100,000-year old bone needles used for sewing and bodkins, which were used to untie knots. However, due to the delicate nature of the medium, few examples of prehistoric Chinese knotting exist today. Some of the earliest evidence of knotting have been preserved on bronze vessels of the Warring States period (481–221 BCE), Buddhist carvings of the Northern Dynasties period (317–581) and on silk paintings during the Western Han period (206 BCE–CE6).
Further references to knotting have also been found in literature, poetry and the private letters of some of the most infamous rulers of China. In the 1700s, one book that talked extensively about the art was Dream of the Red Chamber.
The phenomenon of knot tying continued to steadily evolve over the course of thousands of years with the development of more sophisticated techniques and increasingly intricate woven patterns. During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) knotting finally broke from its pure folklore status, becoming an acceptable art form in Chinese society and reached the pinnacle of its success. Knotting continued to flourish up until about the end of imperial China and the founding of the Republic of China in 1911 AD when China began its modernization period. From 1912 to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the art of Chinese knotting was almost lost.
In the late 1970s a resurgence of interest occurred in Taiwan, largely due to the efforts of Lydia Chen (Chen Hsia-Sheng 陳夏盛) of the National Palace Museum who founded the Chinese Knotting Promotion Center. In the 1980s, Mrs. Chen focused her energies on the knotting artifacts preserved during the Qing Dynasty. Currently, Chinese knotting enjoys wide popularity in Taiwan with numerous specialty shops to be found.
In China
Historically knotwork are divided into cords and knots. In the dynastic periods, a certain number of craftsmen were stationed in the court and outside the court to produce cords and knots in order to meet the increasing demand for them at various places of the court. Cord, knot and tassels were made separated and combined later.
In Korea
In Korea, decorative knotwork is known as maedeup (매듭), often called Korean knotwork or Korean knots. Inspired by Chinese knotwork, a wall painting found in Anak, Hwanghae Province, now in North Korea, dated 357 AD, indicates that the work was flourishing in silk at that time. Decorative cording was used on silk dresses, to ornament swords, to hang personal items from belts for the aristocracy, in rituals, where it continues now in contemporary wedding ceremonies. Korean Knotwork is differentiated from Korean embroidery.
The Bong Sool tassel is noteworthy, and the most representative work familiar to westerners, and often bought as souvenirs for macramé-style wall-hangings.
Chinese knots are usually lanyard type arrangements where 2 cords enter from the top of the knot and 2 cords leave from the bottom. The knots are usually double-layered and symmetrical.
History
A self-made Chinese knotArchaeological studies indicate that the art of tying knots dates back to prehistoric times. Recent discoveries include 100,000-year old bone needles used for sewing and bodkins, which were used to untie knots. However, due to the delicate nature of the medium, few examples of prehistoric Chinese knotting exist today. Some of the earliest evidence of knotting have been preserved on bronze vessels of the Warring States period (481–221 BCE), Buddhist carvings of the Northern Dynasties period (317–581) and on silk paintings during the Western Han period (206 BCE–CE6).
Further references to knotting have also been found in literature, poetry and the private letters of some of the most infamous rulers of China. In the 1700s, one book that talked extensively about the art was Dream of the Red Chamber.
The phenomenon of knot tying continued to steadily evolve over the course of thousands of years with the development of more sophisticated techniques and increasingly intricate woven patterns. During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) knotting finally broke from its pure folklore status, becoming an acceptable art form in Chinese society and reached the pinnacle of its success. Knotting continued to flourish up until about the end of imperial China and the founding of the Republic of China in 1911 AD when China began its modernization period. From 1912 to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the art of Chinese knotting was almost lost.
In the late 1970s a resurgence of interest occurred in Taiwan, largely due to the efforts of Lydia Chen (Chen Hsia-Sheng 陳夏盛) of the National Palace Museum who founded the Chinese Knotting Promotion Center. In the 1980s, Mrs. Chen focused her energies on the knotting artifacts preserved during the Qing Dynasty. Currently, Chinese knotting enjoys wide popularity in Taiwan with numerous specialty shops to be found.
In China
Historically knotwork are divided into cords and knots. In the dynastic periods, a certain number of craftsmen were stationed in the court and outside the court to produce cords and knots in order to meet the increasing demand for them at various places of the court. Cord, knot and tassels were made separated and combined later.
In Korea
In Korea, decorative knotwork is known as maedeup (매듭), often called Korean knotwork or Korean knots. Inspired by Chinese knotwork, a wall painting found in Anak, Hwanghae Province, now in North Korea, dated 357 AD, indicates that the work was flourishing in silk at that time. Decorative cording was used on silk dresses, to ornament swords, to hang personal items from belts for the aristocracy, in rituals, where it continues now in contemporary wedding ceremonies. Korean Knotwork is differentiated from Korean embroidery.
The Bong Sool tassel is noteworthy, and the most representative work familiar to westerners, and often bought as souvenirs for macramé-style wall-hangings.
Macrome
Macramé or macrame is a form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting. Its primary knots are the square knot and forms of hitching (full hitch and double half hitches). It has been used by sailors, especially in elaborate or ornamental knotting forms to decorate anything from knife handles to bottles to parts of ships.
Cavandoli macramé is a variety of macramé that is able to form geometric patterns and free-form patterns like weaving. The Cavandoli style is done mainly in a single knot, the double half hitch knot. Reverse half hitches are sometimes used to maintain balance when working left and right halves of a balanced piece.
Common materials used in macramé include cotton twine, hemp, leather or yarn. Jewelry is often made in combination of both the knots and various beads (glass, wooden, etc.), pendants or shells. Sometimes 'found' focal points are used for necklaces, such as rings or gemstones either wire-wrapped to allow for securing or captured in a net-like array of intertwining overhand knots. Leather or fabric belts are another accessory often created via macramé techniques. Most friendship bracelets exchanged among schoolchildren and teens are created using this method as well.
For larger decorative pieces such as wall hangings or window coverings, a work of macramé might be started out on a wooden or metal dowel, allowing for a spread of dozens of cords that are easy to manipulate. For smaller projects, push-pin boards are available specifically for macramé, although a simple corkboard works adequately. Many craft stores offer beginners' kits, work boards, beads and materials ranging in price for the casual hobbyist or ambitious craftsperson. Vendors at theme parks, malls and other public places may sell such macramé jewelry or decoration as well.
History
Macramé is believed to have originated with 13th-century Arab weavers. These artisans knotted the excess thread and yarn along the edges of hand-loomed fabrics into decorative fringes on bath towels, shawls, and veils. The word macramé is derived from the Arabic migramah (مقرمة), believed to mean "striped towel", "ornamental fringe" or "embroidered veil." After the Moorish conquest, the art was taken to Spain, and then spread through Europe. It was introduced into England at the court of Mary II in the late 17th century.
Sailors made macramé objects at sea and sold or bartered them when they landed, thus spreading the art to places like China and the New World. Nineteenth-century British and American sailors made hammocks, bell fringes, and belts and called this pastime square knotting after the knot they used most.
Macramé was most popular in the Victorian era. Sylvia's Book of Macramé Lace (1882), a favorite, showed readers how "to work rich trimmings for black and coloured costumes, both for home wear, garden parties, seaside ramblings, and balls—fairylike adornments for household and underlinens ..." Few Victorian homes escaped adornment.
Though the craze for macramé faded, it regained popularity for making wall hangings, articles of clothing, bedspreads, small jean shorts, tablecloths, draperies, plant hangers and other furnishings.[1]
Macramé jewelry has become popular among the American neo-hippie and grunge crowd starting in the early 70's. Using mainly square knots and granny knots, this jewelry often features handmade glass beads and natural elements such bone and shell. Necklaces, anklets and bracelets have become popular forms of macramé jewelry.
Cavandoli macramé is a variety of macramé that is able to form geometric patterns and free-form patterns like weaving. The Cavandoli style is done mainly in a single knot, the double half hitch knot. Reverse half hitches are sometimes used to maintain balance when working left and right halves of a balanced piece.
Common materials used in macramé include cotton twine, hemp, leather or yarn. Jewelry is often made in combination of both the knots and various beads (glass, wooden, etc.), pendants or shells. Sometimes 'found' focal points are used for necklaces, such as rings or gemstones either wire-wrapped to allow for securing or captured in a net-like array of intertwining overhand knots. Leather or fabric belts are another accessory often created via macramé techniques. Most friendship bracelets exchanged among schoolchildren and teens are created using this method as well.
For larger decorative pieces such as wall hangings or window coverings, a work of macramé might be started out on a wooden or metal dowel, allowing for a spread of dozens of cords that are easy to manipulate. For smaller projects, push-pin boards are available specifically for macramé, although a simple corkboard works adequately. Many craft stores offer beginners' kits, work boards, beads and materials ranging in price for the casual hobbyist or ambitious craftsperson. Vendors at theme parks, malls and other public places may sell such macramé jewelry or decoration as well.
History
Macramé is believed to have originated with 13th-century Arab weavers. These artisans knotted the excess thread and yarn along the edges of hand-loomed fabrics into decorative fringes on bath towels, shawls, and veils. The word macramé is derived from the Arabic migramah (مقرمة), believed to mean "striped towel", "ornamental fringe" or "embroidered veil." After the Moorish conquest, the art was taken to Spain, and then spread through Europe. It was introduced into England at the court of Mary II in the late 17th century.
Sailors made macramé objects at sea and sold or bartered them when they landed, thus spreading the art to places like China and the New World. Nineteenth-century British and American sailors made hammocks, bell fringes, and belts and called this pastime square knotting after the knot they used most.
Macramé was most popular in the Victorian era. Sylvia's Book of Macramé Lace (1882), a favorite, showed readers how "to work rich trimmings for black and coloured costumes, both for home wear, garden parties, seaside ramblings, and balls—fairylike adornments for household and underlinens ..." Few Victorian homes escaped adornment.
Though the craze for macramé faded, it regained popularity for making wall hangings, articles of clothing, bedspreads, small jean shorts, tablecloths, draperies, plant hangers and other furnishings.[1]
Macramé jewelry has become popular among the American neo-hippie and grunge crowd starting in the early 70's. Using mainly square knots and granny knots, this jewelry often features handmade glass beads and natural elements such bone and shell. Necklaces, anklets and bracelets have become popular forms of macramé jewelry.
3.30.2010
Felt - Fashion
Since Felting is done by specially designed method and seams are invisible, it looks professional in fashion garment. Felting garment have also benefits of its shaping. It could be moulded in any shape wanted so that various silhouette or shape is applicable. Colour range varies with a effective colour dying of natural fibre -wool, massive range of colour can be brought into the collection. The softness and natural look of the colour really appeals to me to be matching with the other colour as well as other materials used for garments. Due to these beneficial features of felt, I think felt have huge potential to be caught into the fashion industry.
I feel felting is more to form oversize silhouette than fitted. Its effectivness to create soft and smooth silhouette and surface texture really appeal to the collection in elegant and chic vibe.
Gradiant colour changes without seaming looks gorgeous in this scarf.
What is about? -Felt
Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any color, and made into any shape or size.
Feltmaking is still practiced by nomadic peoples in Central Asia and northern parts of East Asia, where rugs, tents and clothing are regularly made. Some of these are traditional items, such as the classic yurt, while others are designed for the tourist market, such as decorated slippers. In the Western world, felt is widely used as a medium for expression in textile art as well as design, where it has significance as an ecological textile.
Construction
Felt is made by a process called wet felting, where the natural wool fibre is stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture (usually soapy water), and the fibres move at a 90 degree angle towards the friction source[clarification needed] and then away again, in effect making little "tacking" stitches. Only 5% of the fibres are active at any one moment, but the process is continual, and so different 'sets' of fibres become activated and then deactivated in the continual process.
This "wet" process utilizes the inherent nature of wool and other animal hairs, because the hairs have scales on them which are directional. The hairs also have kinks in them, and this combination of scales (like the structure of a pine cone) is what reacts to the stimulation of friction and causes the phenomenon of felting. It tends to work well with woollen fibres as their scales, when aggravated, bond together to form a cloth.
Needle felting is a popular fibre arts craft conducted without the use of water. Special barbed felting needles that are used in industrial felting machines are used by the artist as a sculpting tool. Using a single needle or a small group of needles (2-5) in a hand held tool, these needles are used to sculpt the wool fibre. The barbs catch the scales on the fibre and push them through the layers of wool tangling them and binding them together; much like the wet felting process. Fine details can be achieved using this technique and it is popular for 2D and 3D felted work.
From the mid-17th to the mid-20th centuries, a process called "carroting" was used in the manufacture of good quality felt for making men's hats. Beaver, rabbit or hare skins were treated with a dilute solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate. The skins were dried in an oven where the thin fur at the sides went orange - carrot color. Pelts were stretched over a bar in a cutting machine and the skin sliced off in thin shreds, the fleece coming away entirely. The fur was blown onto a cone-shaped colander, treated with hot water to consolidate it, the cone peeled off and passed through wet rollers to cause the fur to felt. These 'hoods' were then dyed and blocked to make hats. This toxic solution and the vapors it produced resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters. The United States Public Health Service banned the use of mercury in the felt industry in December 1941.
Knitted woollen garments which shrink in a hot machine wash can be said to have felted but, more accurately, they have been "fulled". Felting differs from fulling in the sense that fulling is done to fabric whereas felting is done to fibres that are not in fabric form. Modern fulling is an example of how the fibres bond together when combined with the movement of the washing machine, the heat of the water, and the addition of soap.
Cheaper felt is usually artificial. Artificial felt, if made using the wet method, has a minimum of 30% of wool fibres combined with other artificial fibres. This is the minimum required to hold a fabric together with the fibres alone. It would be difficult to achieve a stable fabric by hand at this ratio. All other wholly artificial felts are actually needle-felts.
Loden is a type of felt originally worn in the Alpine regions, which has gained worldwide acceptance as a textile for fine and durable clothing.
An alternative way of creating felt is to have a steam roller go over the unwoven fabrics in a shallow pool of water with the cloths rotating as the steam roller goes over it. This method is widely used in small towns in India where mass manufacturing of clothing is done.
Uses
Felt is used everywhere from the automotive industry, to musical instruments all the way to home construction. It is often used as a damper. In the automotive industry, for example, it damps the vibrations between interior panels and also stops dirt entering into some ball/cup joints. Felt is used on the underside of a car bra to protect the body.
A model of a Steinway grand piano keyMany musical instruments use felt. On drum cymbal stands it protects the cymbal from cracking and ensures a clean sound. It is used to wrap bass drum and timpani mallets. Piano hammers are made of wool felt around a wooden core. The density and springiness of the felt is a major part of what creates a piano's tone. As the felt becomes grooved and "packed" with use and age, the tone suffers. Felt is placed under the piano keys on accordions to control touch and key noise: it is also used on the pallets to silence notes not sounded by preventing air flow. Though the ukulele is most commonly plucked, the pick, or plectrum, is made of felt.
A felt-covered board can be used in storytelling to small children. Small felt animals, people, or other objects will adhere to a felt board, and in the process of telling the story, the storyteller also acts it out on the board with the animals or people. Puppets can also be made with felt.
While a woven (not felted) fabric is less expensive and more commonly used, felt is used on professional or tournament billiards table to cover the slate surface. German artist Josef Beuys used felt in a number of works. In the early part of the 20th century, felt hats like fedoras, trilbies, and homburgs were worn by many men in the western world.
Human hair has been used in the production of felt for blankets and mattresses, specifically during the Holocaust, when hair was harvested from victims of the concentration camps.
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2008/09/17/felt-in-fashion/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/08/22/felted-wool-fashions-by-vivian-peritts/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2007/08/14/felted-petaled-flower/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/12/15/giveaway-stunning-felt-fingerless-gloves-from-nadiadmillers-ecostreet-usa/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/02/23/australian-felting-artist-jill-of-maisy-and-alice/
Many cultures have legends as to the origins of feltmaking. Sumerian legend claims that the secret of feltmaking was discovered by Urnamman of Lagash. The story of Saint Clement and Saint Christopher relates that while fleeing from persecution, the men packed their sandals with wool to prevent blisters. At the end of their journey, the movement and sweat had turned the wool into felt socks.
Feltmaking is still practiced by nomadic peoples in Central Asia and northern parts of East Asia, where rugs, tents and clothing are regularly made. Some of these are traditional items, such as the classic yurt, while others are designed for the tourist market, such as decorated slippers. In the Western world, felt is widely used as a medium for expression in textile art as well as design, where it has significance as an ecological textile.
Construction
Felt is made by a process called wet felting, where the natural wool fibre is stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture (usually soapy water), and the fibres move at a 90 degree angle towards the friction source[clarification needed] and then away again, in effect making little "tacking" stitches. Only 5% of the fibres are active at any one moment, but the process is continual, and so different 'sets' of fibres become activated and then deactivated in the continual process.
This "wet" process utilizes the inherent nature of wool and other animal hairs, because the hairs have scales on them which are directional. The hairs also have kinks in them, and this combination of scales (like the structure of a pine cone) is what reacts to the stimulation of friction and causes the phenomenon of felting. It tends to work well with woollen fibres as their scales, when aggravated, bond together to form a cloth.
Needle felting is a popular fibre arts craft conducted without the use of water. Special barbed felting needles that are used in industrial felting machines are used by the artist as a sculpting tool. Using a single needle or a small group of needles (2-5) in a hand held tool, these needles are used to sculpt the wool fibre. The barbs catch the scales on the fibre and push them through the layers of wool tangling them and binding them together; much like the wet felting process. Fine details can be achieved using this technique and it is popular for 2D and 3D felted work.
From the mid-17th to the mid-20th centuries, a process called "carroting" was used in the manufacture of good quality felt for making men's hats. Beaver, rabbit or hare skins were treated with a dilute solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate. The skins were dried in an oven where the thin fur at the sides went orange - carrot color. Pelts were stretched over a bar in a cutting machine and the skin sliced off in thin shreds, the fleece coming away entirely. The fur was blown onto a cone-shaped colander, treated with hot water to consolidate it, the cone peeled off and passed through wet rollers to cause the fur to felt. These 'hoods' were then dyed and blocked to make hats. This toxic solution and the vapors it produced resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters. The United States Public Health Service banned the use of mercury in the felt industry in December 1941.
Knitted woollen garments which shrink in a hot machine wash can be said to have felted but, more accurately, they have been "fulled". Felting differs from fulling in the sense that fulling is done to fabric whereas felting is done to fibres that are not in fabric form. Modern fulling is an example of how the fibres bond together when combined with the movement of the washing machine, the heat of the water, and the addition of soap.
Cheaper felt is usually artificial. Artificial felt, if made using the wet method, has a minimum of 30% of wool fibres combined with other artificial fibres. This is the minimum required to hold a fabric together with the fibres alone. It would be difficult to achieve a stable fabric by hand at this ratio. All other wholly artificial felts are actually needle-felts.
Loden is a type of felt originally worn in the Alpine regions, which has gained worldwide acceptance as a textile for fine and durable clothing.
An alternative way of creating felt is to have a steam roller go over the unwoven fabrics in a shallow pool of water with the cloths rotating as the steam roller goes over it. This method is widely used in small towns in India where mass manufacturing of clothing is done.
Uses
Felt is used everywhere from the automotive industry, to musical instruments all the way to home construction. It is often used as a damper. In the automotive industry, for example, it damps the vibrations between interior panels and also stops dirt entering into some ball/cup joints. Felt is used on the underside of a car bra to protect the body.
A model of a Steinway grand piano keyMany musical instruments use felt. On drum cymbal stands it protects the cymbal from cracking and ensures a clean sound. It is used to wrap bass drum and timpani mallets. Piano hammers are made of wool felt around a wooden core. The density and springiness of the felt is a major part of what creates a piano's tone. As the felt becomes grooved and "packed" with use and age, the tone suffers. Felt is placed under the piano keys on accordions to control touch and key noise: it is also used on the pallets to silence notes not sounded by preventing air flow. Though the ukulele is most commonly plucked, the pick, or plectrum, is made of felt.
A felt-covered board can be used in storytelling to small children. Small felt animals, people, or other objects will adhere to a felt board, and in the process of telling the story, the storyteller also acts it out on the board with the animals or people. Puppets can also be made with felt.
While a woven (not felted) fabric is less expensive and more commonly used, felt is used on professional or tournament billiards table to cover the slate surface. German artist Josef Beuys used felt in a number of works. In the early part of the 20th century, felt hats like fedoras, trilbies, and homburgs were worn by many men in the western world.
Human hair has been used in the production of felt for blankets and mattresses, specifically during the Holocaust, when hair was harvested from victims of the concentration camps.
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2008/09/17/felt-in-fashion/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/08/22/felted-wool-fashions-by-vivian-peritts/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2007/08/14/felted-petaled-flower/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/12/15/giveaway-stunning-felt-fingerless-gloves-from-nadiadmillers-ecostreet-usa/
http://felting.craftgossip.com/2009/02/23/australian-felting-artist-jill-of-maisy-and-alice/
3.28.2010
MIXED STITCHES.. DOUBLE FLOWER
Adding rounds to Flower leaves.
increasing and Decreasing the width of flower leaf.
shape of the flower vary depending on with stitches are combinded.
Excursion - Fashion Week
Craft Victoria & iFOLD - Fashion Week Excursion.
This season, fashion is being taken to a whole new level of fleshiness, as iFOLD takes the fashion world by storm. It's the skin we’re already wearing that’s making millions of people across the globe feel dressed.
iFOLD is a new mode of dressing, inviting individuals to make a garment for themselves using a technique called Skin Folding.
Last season iFOLD presented their 2011 spring/ summer collection during the Paris Fashion Festival. The show drove the Fash Pack into a frenzy and has been said to be one of the most controversial trends since Walter Van Bierendonck’s stick on Lumps and Bumps.
iFOLD is encouraging people to reconsider the concept of clothing, and may well be the next big thing to revolutionise what it means to feel dressed.
-->I was excited to go to the Craft Victoria and look at every amazing handmade works. Their ideas was not far out of the materials but really fresh. It was like everyone can think of it but couldn't. They have values for every piece of work for existing. Their works holds unique ideas. I want something I make like that valuable.
The iFOLD excursion was very difficult to understand the purpose of it. When I went into the curtain there was nothing but small chair to sit. It was only sound. Sound of the fashion show that meant to be shown in sights. But this weird excursion totally was on the way. The ways people look at the experimental way of designing were felt different for everyone. Experimenting new and Becoming a point to change can be really challenge.
iFOLD is a new mode of dressing, inviting individuals to make a garment for themselves using a technique called Skin Folding.
Last season iFOLD presented their 2011 spring/ summer collection during the Paris Fashion Festival. The show drove the Fash Pack into a frenzy and has been said to be one of the most controversial trends since Walter Van Bierendonck’s stick on Lumps and Bumps.
iFOLD is encouraging people to reconsider the concept of clothing, and may well be the next big thing to revolutionise what it means to feel dressed.
-->I was excited to go to the Craft Victoria and look at every amazing handmade works. Their ideas was not far out of the materials but really fresh. It was like everyone can think of it but couldn't. They have values for every piece of work for existing. Their works holds unique ideas. I want something I make like that valuable.
The iFOLD excursion was very difficult to understand the purpose of it. When I went into the curtain there was nothing but small chair to sit. It was only sound. Sound of the fashion show that meant to be shown in sights. But this weird excursion totally was on the way. The ways people look at the experimental way of designing were felt different for everyone. Experimenting new and Becoming a point to change can be really challenge.
Crochet works
These crochet works that i've done was quite chellenging in making it.
It was first time i did crochet. On the way back home from linkcraft i was so excited for doing and learning a new technique, but it was so hard to understand new technique from the book. Especially it's one kind of knittting, who knows at a first glance...? But finally i did it! the grany square. Square is not enough to be square as it meant to be but i think it looks real crochet. i am so happy with it~
What is Crochet???
Crochet
Crochet (pronounced /kroʊˈʃeɪ/) is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook. The word is derived from the French word "crochet", meaning hook. Crocheting, similar to knitting, consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops. Crochet differs from knitting in that only one loop is active at one time (the sole exception being Tunisian crochet), and that a crochet hook is used instead of knitting needles.Origins
Some theorize that crochet evolved from traditional practices in Arabia, South America, or China, but there is no decisive evidence of the craft being performed before its popularity in Europe during the 1800s. The earliest written reference to crochet refers to shepherd's knitting from The Memoirs of a Highland Lady by Elizabeth Grant in 1812. The first published crochet patterns appeared in the Dutch magazine Pénélopé in 1824. Other indicators that crochet was new in the 19th century include the 1847 publication A Winter's Gift, which provides detailed instructions for performing crochet stitches in its instructions although it presumes that readers understand the basics of other needlecrafts. Early references to the craft in Godey's Lady's Book in 1846 and 1847 refer to crotchet before the spelling standardized in 1848. Some speculate that crochet was in fact used by early cultures but that a bent forefinger was used in place of a fashioned hook; therefore, there were no artifacts left behind to attest to the practice. These writers point to the "simplicity" of the technique and claim that it "must" have been early.
An example of a crocheted baby blanket. The corner square shows a common crochet pattern, the granny square.
Irish crochet lace, late 19th century. The design of this example is closely based on Flemish needle lace of the 17th century.
During the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) , Ursuline nuns taught local women and children to thread crochet. It was shipped all across Europe and America and purchased for its beauty and also for the charitable help it provided for the Irish population.
Hooks ranged from primitive bent needles in a cork handle, used by poor Irish lace workers, to expensively crafted silver, brass, steel, ivory and bone hooks set into a variety of handles, some of which were better designed to show off a lady's hands than they were to work with thread. By the early 1840s, instructions for crochet were being published in England, particularly by Eleanor Riego de la Branchardiere and Frances Lambert. These early patterns called for cotton and linen thread for lace, and wool yarn for clothing, often in vivid color combinations.
Materials
Aluminum crochet hooksThe main material is the Crochet hook, which comes in many sizes.
Steel crochet hooks range from 0.4 to 3.5 millimeters in the size of the hook, or from 00 to 16 in American sizing. These hooks are used for fine crochet work.
Aluminum, bamboo, and plastic crochet hooks are available from 2.5 to 19 millimeters in hook size, or from B to S in American sizing.
There are also many artisan-made hooks, most of hand-turned wood, sometimes decorated with semi-precious stones or beads.
Crochet hooks used for Tunisian crochet are elongated and have a stopper at the end of the handle, while double-ended crochet hooks have a hook on both ends of the handle. There is also a double hooked apparatus called a Cro-hook that has become popular.
For crocheting you will also need some type of material that will be crocheted, which is most commonly yarn or thread.
Other materials include cardboard cut-outs, which can be used to make tassels, fringe, and many other items; a pompon circle, used to make pompons; a tape measure, used for measuring crocheted work; and occasionally plastic rings, which are used for special projects.
Process
Crocheted fabric is begun by placing a slip-knot loop on the hook, pulling another loop through the first loop, and repeating this process to create a chain of a suitable length. The chain is either turned and worked in rows, or joined to the beginning of the row with a slip stitch and worked in rounds. Rounds can also be created by working many stitches into a single loop. Stitches are made by pulling one or more loops through each loop of the chain. At any one time at the end of a stitch, there is only one loop left on the hook. Tunisian crochet, however, draws all of the loops for an entire row onto a long hook before working them off one at a time.
International crochet terms and notations
Main article: List of crochet stitches
In the English-speaking crochet world, basic stitches have different names that vary by country. The differences are usually referred to as UK/US or British/American. To help counter confusion when reading patterns, a diagramming system using a standard international notation has come into use (illustration, right).
LINKS TO "Hand Knitting Free Patterns"
"Hand Knitting Free Patterns"
Here is a collection of links to free patterns for hand knitting.
Ashford New Zealand [offsite link]
Well-known for their wheels and other spinning products, Ashford also produces their own line of wool. Here you´ll find several sweater patterns using Tekapo Yarn. All include photos.
Blossom Knitwear [offsite link]
Several free baby and accessory patterns by Dilys Sutherland. Most have pictures.
Brown Sheep Company [offsite link]
Available patterns include a teddy bear sweater, and adult patterns for a vest, cardigan and socks. All include pictures.
Canadian Knitwear Designers and Artisans [offsite link]
CKDA´s freebie page features a current design by a member, plus links to other member pages offering free patterns.
Canadian Living Craft Club [offsite link]
Favorite patterns from past issue of the popular Canadian magazine. Available patterns include several adult sweaters (including a wonderful "before and after" maternity sweater), a few children´s items and a blanket. Some knit, some crochet. Includes pictures. Requirees Adobe Acrobat Reader to access patterns (link to this free download from the pattern pages).
Cherry Tree Yarns [offsite link]
One or two free patterns, complete with pictures, to complement the company´s handpainted yarn selection. Patterns change periodically, so check back regularly.
ChicKnits [offsite link]
Bonnie Marie Burns, aka the "ChicKnitter," shares her wonderful collection of patterns. Two women´s sweaters, a cardigan, shell, hat and scarf, all with pictures. Check out the rest of her site too-well worth the visit!
Circulo Yarns [offsite link]
Dozens of free knitting, crochet and needlework patterns available, with more added on a regular basis. Knitting projects include several adult sweaters, bikini and other warm weather wear, and a few items geared for kids. All include pictures.
Cleckheaton [offsite link]
Free sweater, sock and various other patterns.
Coats and Clarks [offsite link]
Nice selection of sweaters, afghans and other free knitting patterns. They also offer several crochet and other craft patterns, all with pictures.
Craftown [offsite link]
A nice selection of free patterns-baby and children´s items, things for adults, the home, accessories and more. Some include photos. They also offer free patterns for a wide range of crafts, so have a look.
Crystal Palace Yarns [offsite link]
Free patterns for four women´s tops and two scarves. Pictures included.
Dawns Knitting Notebook [offsite link]
Pictures of Dawn´s completed projects (lots of socks, sweaters, even a baseball pitching net!), several free patterns and more.
Dragon Hoodie [offsite link]
Very cute pattern for a small one, includes the little spots and the back ridge.
Elann [offsite link]
Most of us don´t make it past the great yarn sales, but there´s alot more to Elann´s site that great buys. There are several free women´s sweater patterns from companies such as Tahki yarns, plus a cute child´s hat pattern, all with pictures. Look for the link to the free patterns section under "Features."
Girl from Auntie [offsite link]
This is a site not to be missed, free patterns, games and fun.
Hat Pattern
Here is a simple hat pattern with two ways to finish.
Jessica Tromp [offsite link]
Dutch & English site of knitting motifs, sweaters and more.
Kids Knits [offsite link]
It´s all about kids here, free patterns for puppets, a monkey sweater and more.
Knitted Dog Tam
BellaOnline´s Dog Site has a list of off-site pages of dog clothing patterns for knitters and other crafters.
Knitted Shoes [offsite link]
Learn how to make your own Knitted Shoes or you can make them into boots, a great way to recycle your old shoes.
Knitting Fiend [offsite link]
This is where the famous online sweater generator is.
Knitting Geek [offsite link]
Erica Raspberry, aka "the knitting geek," takes us on a fun-filled journey into the world of sock knitting, shawls, shopping for yarn, and knitting on the net. Great photo galleries too, so do drop by!
Knitting Patterns Free
Here are some ideas to get free knitting patterns. The library, yarn shops, and designer websites all offer free patterns.
Knitty [offsite link]
Wonderful free online magazine with free patterns, great tips, and more.
Lana Grossa [offsite link]
A nice selection of adult sweater patterns from this popular European company. Most of the designs are for women, and all include pictures. The current and past patterns can be found under the "Model of the Month" section. Site can also be viewed in German.
Lion Brand Yarns [offsite link]
A great selection of projects for adults, kids and home. Many crochet patterns available as well, all with pictures.
Maggie´s Rags Free Patterns [offsite link]
Designer Margaret Radcliffe shares several free patterns for kids´ hats, Christmas ornament, toy clothing and a dishcloth. All include pictures.
Michaels [offsite link]
Michaels has links to free patterns on their site, if you put knitting free patterns in the search box even more pop up!
Mikado Gloves [offsite link]
Fingerless gloves that will go way past your elbow.
Miniature Raglans [offsite link]
Susan´s Knitting offers instructions for miniature raglans.
Rebecca Online [offsite link]
Favorite patterns from past issues of "Rebecca" knitting magazines. Includes mostly adult designs, but there are some fun kids´ knits too. Click on the "pattern" link to access the page. You´ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download the patterns (link to free download on right hand side of page), and all include photos. Site can also be viewed in German as well.
The Daily Knitter [offsite link]
DailyKnitter.com is an on-line knitting resource offering free knitting patterns, knitting basics, articles, yarn shop directory, yarn company listing, message boards, book reviews, product reviews, local knitting clubs, knitting charities, and more.
Yarn Forward [offsite link]
Yarn Forward´s website if packed with lots of great things, including several free patterns. A man´s bomber jacket, baby things, mittens and more, it´s well-worth the visit.
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Hand made Weave
Colonial Arts UnitWeaving
Starting with a 4x5" piece of cardboard, cut shallow notches 1/4" apart on the top edge.
Cut a small notch on the far right side of the bottom of the cardboard.
This will create an *uneven* number of warp threads.
Letting approximately 6" of yarn extend from the front,
secure the yarn into the first notch on the left.
Wrap the yarn down the back of the cardboard,
around the bottom and up the front.
Secure into the same (first) notch.
Wrap the yarn on the back of the cardboard around the tab,
and bring to the front, through the second notch.
Pull the yarn down towards the bottom of the cardboard.
Wrap the yarn around the bottom, and up through the same (second) notch.
Continue with this pattern until the warp looks like the picture above.
Secure the yarn into the notch on the bottom edge.
You should have an uneven number of warp threads on one side
and an even number on the other side.
Your loom is now ready for weaving.
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BEGINNING TO WEAVE
Students learned how to do simple weaving on a cardboard loom to create a small woven drawstring bag. The first step involved preparing the cardboard and creating the warp:
Starting with a 4x5" piece of cardboard, cut shallow notches 1/4" apart on the top edge.
Cut a small notch on the far right side of the bottom of the cardboard.
This will create an *uneven* number of warp threads.
Letting approximately 6" of yarn extend from the front,
secure the yarn into the first notch on the left.
Wrap the yarn down the back of the cardboard,
around the bottom and up the front.
Secure into the same (first) notch.
Wrap the yarn on the back of the cardboard around the tab,
and bring to the front, through the second notch.
Pull the yarn down towards the bottom of the cardboard.
Wrap the yarn around the bottom, and up through the same (second) notch.
Continue with this pattern until the warp looks like the picture above.
Secure the yarn into the notch on the bottom edge.
You should have an uneven number of warp threads on one side
and an even number on the other side.
Your loom is now ready for weaving.
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BEGINNING TO WEAVE
Using a piece of yarn in the same or a contrasting color, begin weaving an over/under pattern, starting at the bottom right edge of the cardboard. Leave a "tail" of several inches, which will be woven into the finished bag.
If you end one side by going "over" the warp thread, you'll go "under" the first warp thread on the other side.
Be sure to "beat" the yarn--i.e. pull it down close to the previous row--as you work.
When you need to add more yarn, simply back up a couple of warp threads, and begin as you did before. You'll weave these pieces into the bag.
When there's no more space at the top to weave, you're done. Slip the yarn off the notches at the top and remove from the cardboard. Weave in loose pieces, or simply knot (not the best finish) and turn the bag inside out.
Most students chose to add a braided drawstring to their bag. While the girls in my classes knew how to braid, most of the boys needed to learn this skill.
If you end one side by going "over" the warp thread, you'll go "under" the first warp thread on the other side.
Be sure to "beat" the yarn--i.e. pull it down close to the previous row--as you work.
When you need to add more yarn, simply back up a couple of warp threads, and begin as you did before. You'll weave these pieces into the bag.
When there's no more space at the top to weave, you're done. Slip the yarn off the notches at the top and remove from the cardboard. Weave in loose pieces, or simply knot (not the best finish) and turn the bag inside out.
Most students chose to add a braided drawstring to their bag. While the girls in my classes knew how to braid, most of the boys needed to learn this skill.
Students also finished and reinforced the top edge of the bag by looping yarn around the first several strings. They greatly enjoyed working on this project, and they were pleased with the results!
Weaving..
Weaving
| Weaved Items | ||||
| Picture | Item | Crafting Level | Crafting Experience | Required Items |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Strip of Cloth | 10 | 12 | 4 Balls of Wool |
 | Vegetable Sack | 21 | 38 | 4 Jute Fibres |
 | Fruit Basket | 36 | 56 | 6 Willow Branches |
Vegetable Sacks hold 10 pieces of produce, while Fruit Baskets hold 5.
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