Archive for the Crafting Category
Here is another project from my home. My friend has crocheted a couple of colored washcloths from yarn made of cotton. The colorful yarn really makes the cloths look lively and refreshing.
Since she used crocheting to make these washcloths there will be some kind of knots in the fabric. These knots will stimulate the blood, in for example your face, when you use the washcloth so they are both nice looking and healthy.
I’m wondering if there is a marked for selling washcloths like these?
Here is a picture of a hand towel that a girl in my collective has knitted. I think it looks really cool with the way she knitted squares into it. She knitted it out of plain white cotton so it will be nice and soft.
Knitting stuff like hand towels is a part of the plan, in our household, to create much of the stuff that we need.
Here is a picture of her holding the knitted hand towel:
As a follow up to yesterdays post here is another picture of ragg socks that I have knitted.
Most of these ragg socks has been sold on eBay for various prices. The crazy ragg socks with all the different colors definitely fetch the best prices on eBay, but are also way more time consuming to knit than “regular” ragg socks with only a couple types of yarn.
I wish I could be more productive and blog and knit at the same time 😉
Here is a few of the first ragg socks I ever knitted. I was experimenting with colors and wild patterns, and just had a lot of fun.
The people posing with the socks are some friends that I studied organic farming with 2 years ago.
Great people 🙂
After starting this knitting blog I have come across lots of weird stuff that people craft and my dear friend Claire suggested that I should make a post about what is the weirdest thing you have knitted (or any other forms for crafting), received or seen.
Can’t say I have made so much weird stuff, but a few years ago I shaved my beard and complained a bit about my chins were freezing. A couple of days later a friend had knitted me a chin warmer. It looked very weird 😉
Here is a couple of odd things I have stumbled across on the world wide webz.
Bearded cap
The Icelandic knitting company VÃk Prjónsdóttir have made a very bizarre looking bearded cap that you can see in the image to the right. Apparently caps like this was used by Icelandic farmers when there was heavy snowstorms and they had to walk for long distances. It covers most of your face and neck against extreme conditions.
I’m not sure why it needs a mustache though? Maybe the Icelandic farmers wanted to look cool or maybe it’s a device to remove snot? I got a hunch that this will become a trend among bank robbers who care about fashion.
VÃk Prjónsdóttir sell the bearded caps for $135 a piece so might have to dry to knit my own as an alternative to the old school balaclava. If there are any bank robbers out there reading my blog please contact me for a cheaper price 😉
Knitted Mr Hanky
Found a knitted version of the South Park character called Mr Hanky, the Christmas Poo. Why anyone would want to knit Mr Hanky is beyond me, but if you want knit one yourself “Pocket Farmer” have written up the pattern that she used to knit this poop.
Now it is your turn to share your bizarre crafted discoveries. 🙂
My Recycled Bags is a crafting site by RecycleCindy where she shows us what she have crocheted out of recycled plastic bags! You can even buy products from her shop.
To get you started here is a detailed description on how you can make plastic yarn (or plarn as she calls it) out of plastic bags.
Turn this:
Into this:
This is so cool! When I get some free time I will try to knit something out of plastic yarn. I wonder how socks made of this material will feel.
