August 12, 2010

“We Are Warm" sleeping bag and a baby hat.


Last year we were blessed with a wonderful girl in our family and since then I mostly make baby projects.

Among the first big ones were a sleeping bag and a hat for her.

Winter 2009/2010 turned to be really cold and although Sweden is not directly a warm country it was a bit harsh for Stockholm area. That led to a fact that very quickly all the warmest (actually all other, too) sleeping bags for babies were sold in the shops.

We needed a bag that is good for both pusher and a car seat, i.m. with openings for the car belt.

I bought very chunky wool yarn “Giant” (Ca 90m/100 g) and started to browse through many magazines. I could not find any design I really liked so I made my own. I used a pattern of a sewn bag from a Swedish magazine, yet omitted the hood. Instead I knitted a hat from Drops Designs.

The lining has two layers, one very thick fleece (bye-bye my cosy blanket) and a 100% cotton stretch fabric for the soft contact with the baby skin. The hat has only stretch fabric lining.

The lengths of the bag and the sleeves are regulated by cords I sewn in.

Bunny- The- Runner

Very recently I discovered the world of hand made toys. Amigurimi are cute but I like a bit more sophisticated designs. Again at Osinka site I found on-line crochet-together project after the picture of a bunny by a Canadian designer Samantha Lutterotti.


http://www.bearsandbuds.com/December%202007/Sammibears-Dec2007.asp


My variant was a present for my little baby, so it was important to make it as baby safe as possible. That’s why all details even small like eyes and nose are crocheted.


I used hook 2.5 and white Turkish yarn (mohair), and used a bit of eye shadows to highlighten the face. The original bunny seemed a bit sad, so I changed the expression of the face as well.


The body is stuffed with fibers and there are hard carton circles in the base of the feet for a better balance.


July 28, 2010

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 9. Ding-Dong

Chandelier earrings “Ding-dong”





Supplies: silver clay elements, silver beads, glass beads, fresh water pearls



The idea of the necklace is taken from wonderful book "More Metal clay for Beaders" by Irina Miech, page 9, Textured Earrings.


http://www.amazon.com/More-Metal-Clay-Beaders-Innovative/dp/0871162423/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280270596&sr=1-5

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 8. Metallic Shine

Earrings “Metallic Shine”



Supplies: metallic bead, rock crystal, silver findings

Simple crystal earrings for summer and office, the idea is mine.

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 7. Amethyst Summer

Earrings “Amethyst Summer”



Supplies: Circle earrings, glass beads, silver beads, cubic zirconia.


The idea is taken from an Australian beading magazine “Creative Beading. Be inspired”, vol 2, N 4, p.36. I changed the small pendant in the center of the earring from a silver bead to a small zirconia (a part of some old earrings)

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 6. Garnet Flower

Parure “Garnet Flower”, necklace and a pair of earrings



Supplies: Garnet beads, silver beads, mother-of shell flower and ovals, silver clay elements.


The idea is my own. First I made a silver clay leaf by applying the paste in a small leaf of some tropical plant and then just built up the rest around it. It became rather big piece of jewelry, type that my husband classifies as “gumba- gumba jewelry” but I think it’s quite wearable.

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 5. Crystal Drops.

Parure “Crystal drops”, necklace and a pair of earrings




Supplies: Rock crystal beads and a pendant, silver chain, silver findings


Again my own ideas, but inspiration is taken from jewelry by Swedish “Snö of Sweden”.

http://www.snoofsweden.se/


2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 4. Black Rain

Parure “Black rain”, necklace and a pair of earrings.


Supplies: Hematite beads, silver beads, silver findings, silver clay leaf pendant
The idea is mine, the leaf is made by applying silver clay paste on a real leaf , sorry, do not know the name of this plant in English.

   

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 3. Pearl Pendant

Parure “Pearl pendant”, necklace and a pair of earrings




Supplies: silver findings, fresh water pearls, Swarovski crystals, silver clay elements with incorporated cubic zirconia stones.

The idea is my own.

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 2. Muse

Parure “Muse”, necklace and a pair of earrings



Supplies: Silver findings, hematite, rock crystal, Swarovski crystals, glass beads, silver clay element.

The idea is completely mine.

2009 Summer rain of jewelry. Part 1. Blue Heart

Summer rain of jewelry.
August-September 2009 I had a possibility to fulfill the projects from many months ago. I made several sets of silver jewelry with natural stones. I also incorporated silver clay elements in many of them.

The first one is a parure “Blue heart”, a necklace and a pair of earrings.


Supplies: silver chain, beads and findings, crystal beads, silver clay (syringe), transparent thread.

 
The idea of the necklace is taken from wonderful book "More Metal clay for Beaders" by Irina Miech, page 70, Starburst Pendant.

The earrings are made all by myself.

July 27, 2010

My fair wedding. Part 6. Beaded bag "January Snow"

And finally, my pride, knitted bag with beads. I did not plan to make one but after visiting many shops I could not find a nice bag of this crispy white color that matched my dress. I do not why but only off-white and creamy bags were available in abundance.


So I bought nice white yarn and beautiful beads, used this chart as the basic for my knitting, yet I had to make my own calculations, of course.



The lining is made of double face ready-made lining, the handle is from Panduro.

My fair wedding. Part 5. Pearls for girls

As a gift to my maids of honor as well as a present to my mom I made three sets of pearl jewelry.


The ones for two maids of honor consisted of a pair of earrings and a bracelet, the one for my mom was a necklace and a pair of earrings. I did not take the pictures of all the three, but those for the girls are identical, just different color (blue and purple)

Set “Blue ice”, sweet water pearls, 4 silver beads and one silver clay bead that I made myself.


 



Set “Snow Rose”, sweet water pearls, silver beads, Swarovski crystals.