Monday, 15 April 2013
Friday, 22 March 2013
Mini Easter Egg gift
Mini Chocolate easter egg + Egg bobble hat + egg cup = a quick and easy hostess gift or decoration!
Fridge magnets / pegs
Great for keeping notes organised: can be colour co-ordinated for different people in the house. Keep your kids homework schedule separate from your dog sitter's contact details!
Take 10 minutes to make, plus glue-drying time.
Use the blossom pattern from the Easter decoration.
Materials
I used DK cotton with a 2.5mm hook
Self adhesive flat magnets from local craft shop
Glue
Blossom
Ch 10.
3 Htr in second chain from hook.
3 Htr in every remaining stitch to end of base chain.
Tie off, keeping a longtail of about 8cm.
Stitch as desired into spiral, right side up, using the long tail.
Weave in ends.
Make up
Take a normal wooden clothes peg (as they are flat, so easy to stick magnets to).
Apply right sized magnetic strip (15mm long-ish for good magnetic stick) to the back of the peg, just about between where the wire hooks into the wood and the spring.
Glue the blossom onto the lower part of the peg front, where the wire hooks onto the wood - you need to leave the "handle" part free so you can use the peg easily.
Let the glue dry, and you're done!
Take 10 minutes to make, plus glue-drying time.
Use the blossom pattern from the Easter decoration.
Materials
I used DK cotton with a 2.5mm hook
Self adhesive flat magnets from local craft shop
Glue
Blossom
Ch 10.
3 Htr in second chain from hook.
3 Htr in every remaining stitch to end of base chain.
Tie off, keeping a longtail of about 8cm.
Stitch as desired into spiral, right side up, using the long tail.
Weave in ends.
Make up
Take a normal wooden clothes peg (as they are flat, so easy to stick magnets to).
Apply right sized magnetic strip (15mm long-ish for good magnetic stick) to the back of the peg, just about between where the wire hooks into the wood and the spring.
Glue the blossom onto the lower part of the peg front, where the wire hooks onto the wood - you need to leave the "handle" part free so you can use the peg easily.
Let the glue dry, and you're done!
Easter Decoration / Tree
Chain 10. Then 3 Htr in the second stitch from the hook.
Then 3 Htr in each stitch to end (approx 30 Htr's altogether) and fasten off, keeping a longish tail (8cm).
It creates a soft spiral that you just stitch together in the position you want with a couple of stitches, using the tail end of the yarn. Weave in ends.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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