Craft Cove Blog

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.

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