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Garter Stitch Zigzag
Knitted in a multiple of 6 sts and a 12-row repeat. Row 1 - right side: * Knit 3, purl 3; repeat from * to end. Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Purl. Row 3: Purl 1, * knit 3, purl 3; repeat from * to last 5 sts, knit 3, purl 2. Row 5: Purl 2, * knit 3, purl 3; repeat from * to last 4 sts, knit 3, purl 1. Row 7: * Purl 3, knit 3; repeat from * to end. Row 9: As row 5. Row 11: As row 3. Row 12: Purl.
Do you make toys for your children/ grandchildren?
Hello, my dear crafters! Let this day be nice and pleasant for you! Do you make toys for your children/ grandchildren? When my girls were small, I tried to knit toys, create different games for them, which they love a lot. Now, they just stick in their iphones. It's a little bit sad.
Hand-made Phone Case With Pressed Flowers
You'll need: Pressed flowers and leaves; Sole-coloured plastic phone case; Colourless glue; Epoxy encapsulant; Sparkles in bulk; Wood stick; Actone; Cotton bud; Scissors; Sheet of pergament paper. Instructions: First of all, think about how your drawing should look. Spread dried petals and inflorescences on the surface of the plastic, try several combinations. Remember that the thickness of the flower layer should not exceed 1.5 mm, otherwise it will be difficult for you to even...
Pearls and Rose Bracelet
You'll need: Pardo jewelry clay in silver Scissors Stretchy jewelry cord 250-300 Metallic beads (depending on wrist size) Super Glue Instructions: Work a ball of clay between your palms to warm, soften and condition it. Take a piece, about the size of a pea, and flattened it to make a petal. To make the middle of the rose, roll up the petal. Make another petal, wrap it around your small rose bud and keep doing that until you get to the size you want. Use sharp scissors to cut off ...
Half-Flower Crochet Stitch
The quantity of sts is multiples 8 + 1 + 1 chain st increase. Crochet due to the scheme below. Start with the sts before the pattern, then repeat the sts of pattern, finish with the sts after the pattern. Make once from 1st to 10th rows, then repeat from 7th to 10th rows.
Braided Leaves Knit Stitch
In the sample 50 stitches are casted on. Braided leaves stitch is a 12 row repeat and is knitted in a multiple of 19 sts + 12. Row 1 - right side: K2, k2tog, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, * yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k4, skpo, k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times; repeat from * to last 2 sts, yo, k2. Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Purl. Row 3: K1, k2tog, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, * k3, yo, k2, ssk, k2, ssk, k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo; repeat to last 3 sts, k3. Row 5: K2tog, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, k1, * k4, yo, k...
Colourful Beads Necklace
You'll need: Wire; Fastener; 2 inches nails for accessories (about 400 pcs); Round-nose pliers; Cutting pliers; Beads (the more, the better). Instructions: Сut three pieces of wire, twist them at the ends tighter, in the middle - only slightly. Attach a fastener to the ends of the wire. Then with the help of nippers bite nails in half, make them shorter. You need inch nails (2.5 cm). Pass the nails into the bead, insert it between the veins of the wire, bend an...
Two-Coloured Crochet Stitch
1st row with blue yarn: arches; 2nd row with blue yarn: shells; 3rd row - violet yarn is fasten to the beginning of the 2nd row and crochet shells under chain st and arches of another colour. 4th row with violet yarn: crochet arches behind the work with threads rotation.
3D Bubbles Knit Stitch
Knit 4 below: Drop stitch off needle and unravel 4 rows down, insert needle in stitch in the 5th row down and under the 4 loose strands, and knit, catching the 4 loose strands behind stitch. Knitted in a multiple of 4 sts + 1 and a 12-row repeat. Row 1 - wrong side: Purl. Row 2 - right side: Knit. Row 3: Purl. Row 4: Knit. Row 5: Purl. Row 6: * Knit 3, knit 4 below; repeat from * to last st, knit 1. Row 7: Purl. Row 8: Knit. Row 9: Purl. Row 10: Knit. Row ...
What helps you to cope with stress?
Hello, my dear friends! I wish you a nice day and perfect mood! And health. What helps you to cope with stress? Sometimes I start knitting or reading an interesting book, but it not always helps. What methods do you use?
Stylish Leather Bracelet
You'll need: Leather, Accessories - chain, rings and fasteners, Scalpel or box opener, Pliers, Adhesive tape, Scissors, Punch. Instructions Print the pattern (with an angular ornament or in the form of a leaf - below), cut it out and glue it over the edges with adhesive tape to the leather. Start cutting with small “internal” parts, and the outer contour needs to be cut last. Try not to leave ugly sticking fibers in the corners. Cut your work along the contour and separate the pap...
Wonderful and Simple Beads Ring
You'll need: Thick wire, Thin wire, Small beads, Big beads, Pliers Instructions Determine the size of the future ring by taking one of the jewelry that suits you and measuring its diameter, putting on, for example, a marker, candle or any other cone-shaped object. Then wrap the wire around the selected base in several rows. Put a bead over both free ends and bend the wire with a loop so that the beads do not come off. Choose a few small beads for decoration. String them on a thin wire...
How To Make Fringe
Sometimes you can come across on patterns with fringe (usually shawls, ponchos etc), but without any explonation how to make it. Here are these simple instructions: Cut several stripes of yarn of certain length, fold double, then fold double once again and fasten them with the help of your crochet hook to the lower part of your work in equal distances from one another, as it's shown on the photo below. That's it! And do you know how to make the fringe before?
Tear Drops Knit Stitch
Knitted in a multiple of 4 sts + 1 additional st. Row 1 - right side: P1, * (k1, p1, k1, p1, k1) in next st, p3; repeat from * to end. Row 2: * K3, p5; repeat from * to last st, k1. Row 3: P1, * k5, p3; repeat from * to end. Row 4: * K3, p5; repeat from * to last st, k1. Row 5: P1, * ssk, k1, k2tog, p3; repeat from * to end. Row 6: * K3, p3; repeat from * to last st, k1. Row 7: P1, * sl 1-k2tog-psso, p1, (k1, p1, k1, p1, k1) in next st, p1; repeat from * to end. Row 8: K1, * p5, k3; repeat...