Months and months ago I offered to help out with some charity scarves for Christmas…
Well, Christmas seemed such a long way off at the time… and then I got interested in other projects, and pushed the scarves to the back of my mind. All of a sudden it was time to think about handing them [...]
Remember how excited I was to BORROW a 20.00mm crochet hook?
Well, you can imagine how excited I am now that I have my very own!
It looks suspiciously like it belongs with a chess set, doesn’t it?
I found this little gem at Lincraft… thanks to an anonymous tip off from one of my wonderful readers. A [...]
I know I made certain promises… to myself and to others… about not purchasing any more garments for recycling…
but I couldn’t help myself…
hello… my name is laughing purple goldfish… and I’m an addict
these ones are for felting… to be made into bags or baskets…
and these ones are for frogging…
of course, you understand why I couldn’t [...]
Spotted this at the op shop the other day, and I couldn’t leave it lying on the shelf:
Two rolls of lightweight pink ribbing. I guess it’s the type that would be used as a trim on t-shirts or similar, but of course I won’t be using it for that!
Actually… I’m not entirely sure what I [...]
Much of yarn recycling is trial and error… and everyone develops their own little techniques along the way. I have put together a series of photos which step you through my recycling process, to give you an idea of what is involved.
You will certainly have a million questions for me, especially once you actually start [...]
You guessed it! I just had to test out the ‘3-2-1 and you’re done’ curlicue scarf pattern using my crazy yarn…
It’s a little busy, and at first I found it a bit too full on… but I’m starting to like it… just a little
Curlicues are so simple, and so fun…
This is my 3-2-1 Curlicue Scarf, and if you can remember the name – you can remember the pattern.
work a row of loose chain as long as you want the scarf to be
row 1 – work 3 dc into each chain
row 2 – work 2 dc into each stitch
row [...]
Much as I love the elegance of those beaded scarves, I also adore the ’scrappy look’. I guess there’s a time and a place for both, really. A dressier look for ‘going out’ and a more casual feel for ‘running about’These scrappy scarves aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Mr Goldfish is really not a [...]
I know that it looks almost completely felted… in fact, you can hardly identify the individual strands of yarn here. But I am going to see if I can revive this yarn. I have a bag full of it… I haven’t counted, but there’s probably about ten balls. It was given to me by Dawn [...]
I’m really loving this ‘beaded scarf thing’ at the moment…
My purple one is finished now. I used an assortment of reclaimed beads, some of them were from the tangled necklaces I showed you all earlier. I just love the pizazz and extra colour which the beads bring to the project. I was having so much [...]