Craft Cove Blog

Saturday, June 26, 2010

More Tutorials

Don't forget about all the wonderful tutorials on the 3dbeading website.  There are many free tutorials and some paid ones starting up now.  There are many in all sorts of categories, including, flowers, animals, jewellery.  There is also a wonderful forum that has many great people who can help you out and sometimes post other tutorials.


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beading

Monday, June 14, 2010

Fancy Finger knitting!

I just discovered a new type of finger knitting that I'd never heard of before! Thanks to Khalija on DeviantART. I've been knitting almost every stitch I thought possible since I was around 5 years old, but I've never heard of this.

But this takes fingerknitting to a whole new level! This is really proper knitting just like you'd do with needles, but you use your fingers in place of needles! What a great idea, I'm fascinated!

The pages are in French, but you can use the translator, and the images are probably enough anyway.

http://www.tricotin.com/fiche24.htm
http://www.tricotin.com/fiche25.htm

Monday, May 10, 2010

Beaded dogs

Beaded Maltese terrier

These are the newest beaded dogs I've added to Craft Cove.

Beaded Jack Russell
Jack Russell





Dachshund

A Maltese Terrier, Jack Russell, and a Dachshund.

These are the dogs I already had listed.


Schnauzer
Basset hound
poodle
chihuahua

Schnauzer, Bassett Hound, Poodle, and Chihuahua.


More breeds still to come.

Find them all at Craft Cove

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

All spirals

I thought I'd put all the spirals together now. There are quite a few.



The ones I know of are: Cellini spiral



embellished right angle weave-


Double spiral rope


Aussie Spiral



Netted spiral



Russian spiral



Dutch spiral


- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/03/beaded-spirals.html

Flat spiral

- http://craftcove.blogspot.com/2009/03/spirals-spirals-and-more-spirals.html




Another type of Dutch spiral



Basic spiral rope


HerringboneSpiral









Other types of spirals are: Triple spiral rope, African helix, and there are variations on the basic spiral rope.


Hmmm, looks like I need to make some more tutorials.



More added






Thursday, March 4, 2010

Wire trees or tree sculptures

beaded trees, gem trees, wire trees
Wire trees are also known as beaded trees, wire tree sculptures, tree sculptures, wire bonsai trees, gem trees and model trees.


beaded trees, tree sculptures

They are made by twisting many, many wires together and are then shaped into a tree shape. My knowledge of bonsai helps me with this process.

With my trees the roots are wrapped around and under the rock to give it a bonsai look. Having studied a little about bonsai many years ago, I know this is called the “root-over-rock” style.

I like to add felt to the bottom of each rock to cover the wire ends so that they won’t scratch the surface they’re sitting on.

All of these trees are one-of-a-kind, no two trees are exactly alike.

Here's a sneak peek.



They'll all be available from Craft Cove soon.

Friday, February 19, 2010

BEADED FLOWERS - NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

crystal bouquet

Don’t let allergies stop you from having your favourite flowers on your wedding day. Beaded flowers can be made to resemble almost any real flower seen in nature, or can be total fantasy and unique. They can even be made in to different sizes to that seen in nature. But being made of wire and beads, there is no pollen to be allergic to. There’ll be none of the sneezing, itchy eyes, or asthma attacks to spoil your special day.

beaded rose bud

Beaded flowers can be made from many different types of weaves. The most common ones are either the French Beading method, or the Victorian Beaded method. Both use wire for assembling the petals, but Victorian is usually made with horizontal rows of beads, whereas French is made with the rows going vertically around the central vertical row. Both methods are then joined to a wire stem, and is then carefully wrapped in florists tape.

beaded fuchsia

The flowers can be made into anything from table arrangements and centrepieces, to bridal bouquets and bridesmaids bouquets, and even made as wedding favours.

beaded wedding bouquet



The other great thing about beaded flowers, is that they can last a lifetime. Making them a lasting keepsake in memory of your wedding day.


beaded daisy



Written by Jenny Lawson

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And Flower Cove
http://flowercove.weebly.com


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