Blue Man Streamers Become a Unicorn
October 12, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, potholder looms and potholder loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
Yesterday, I posted about how I spun paper streamers from a Blue Man show into yarn.
I promised to show what I have been doing with the upcycled paper yarn.
Well…
I’ve been working on a couple of things.
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
I knitted a little pocket doll with the yarn.
Myeh. It wasn’t magical.
So I frogged it.
And, then, I followed my intuition. One of the b5 bloggers wrote recently that her little girl was saddened by being told that Unicorns are not real.
I thought…. hmmm…. why not show her that the realm of imagination is alive and well?
So, I got out my potholder loom, and started weaving the paper yarn.
and guess what I wove?
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
A Unicorn, of course!
Weaving the paper yarn
is a lot like weaving wire.
Neither of them have
any give, so it’s essential
to warp the loom so loosely
that it is almost crazy making.
BUT…
the completed weaving
is wonderfully maleable
and sculptable, so
the pain in the neck-ed-ness
of weaving with it is worth it.
Although, weaving with normal ‘yarn’ yarn is infinitely easier!
The paper yarn crochets well too and I quite like the way it can be sculpted. I am working on a crocheted piece that I am making with the paper yarn that I upcycled from the Blue Man streamers. Stay tuned! I’ll post pics of it.
The pattern for the woven unicorn is available at: Potholder Loom Magical Creatures because, yes, the world of imagination is indeed essential, important and must be cherished!
Now who would tell a little girl that unicorns are not real? That’s like telling her that Santa Claus and the tooth fairy are not real; heartbreaking!
Little girls, like little boys, needs lots of fantasy in their lives in order to grow up to be wonderful folks – like us.
Thank you so much Noreen. I just showed her the post and the picture. She replied, “They are so pretty, I like that mom it is neat.” I think this is really neat, I had no clue you could make something like this out of yarn that actually stands. I guess I’m so use to seeing scarves, blankets, sweaters, etc. This really looks great and you can see that it looks stiff, or maybe it is just the way I’m looking at it.
@barbara I was very worried the teacher would share about the other ones and quickly called her up to make sure she wouldn’t. She did insist she’d never do such a thing but it left me worried about all that. Still uneasy on that level.
Hi Barbara
Einstein made it clear that imagination is essential- without imagination we become very dull and dreary people.
I am always working towards inspiring people’s creativity and igniting their imaginations-
there are many many ways to find our way home to the Unicorns!!!
And, I agree wholeheartedly with you, Barbara, we need Unicorns!
Hi Eliza
I am so pleased that your daughter likes the Unicorn, and I hope she realizes that imagination is a precious thing to be cherished. Sorry that she is stuck with an unimaginative teacher! How dreary!
Yes, yarn does become three dimensional and sculptural when woven and crocheted and knitted and shaped
)
This particular yarn is made from the streamers from the Blue Man show. I brought them home and spun them on my spinning wheel before I wove them. (That takes imagination! LOL)