Upcycled Mask trimmed with spool knitting
October 22, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under cords and cordmaking, holidays and holiday crafts
Making a decorative mask is easy and fun.
Trace around
a pair of glasses
onto a scrap
of card stock.
Cut it out
to use as a template.
Trace the
template
onto a piece
of card stock.
In this case,
it’s a piece of
card that I saved
from a package
for upcycling.
Once you’ve
got the base of
your mask cut out,
get out a small
ball of yarn,
and a spool knitter.
Spool knit about 20 inches of cord.
And, gather up
some beads,
buttons and charms.
Glue the spool knitted
cord and all the other
embellishments onto the mask.
Punch holes at the tips, and attach elastic or ribbons. Tie the mask on and dance away, or hang it on the wall…..
Halloween Dolls to weave on potholder loom
October 17, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under potholder looms and potholder loom weaving
Last summer, Syne Mitchel invited me to contribute some more designs to Weavezine. I suggested some Halloween dolls, and Syne said, “Yes!”
So, I had a
delightful time,
designing and
making these
charming and
somewhat zany
dolls.
Here’s the link for how to weave the Halloween Dolls on the potholder loom on Weavezine (which is an awesome online zine).
While I was looking for props for the photo shoot, I found the wonderful little cauldrons that I turned into pincushions.
Here’s the link for how to make a pumpkin pincushion from a miniature cauldron.
Can you see the pumpkin sitting on the chair next to the Pumpkin head doll in the …read more
