tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24274597836726470992024-03-19T05:53:42.812-07:00thebluepixieknitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-53652117118858726012011-02-20T07:04:00.000-08:002011-02-20T07:05:24.143-08:00Regen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wb5-z4ZIQ1CY-kJqKLQeFA0z5dgVVqLYRUvo1SZI81a8pmx4XpYFbQ7lZjYbX-C20fezPATfWtRqbvmjS1Mzm1LCka7LKanOfTzWOLr0PELduAHbIXY0Tx-fFGTTjtTLQo-Lwvscc5hQ/s1600/DSC00215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wb5-z4ZIQ1CY-kJqKLQeFA0z5dgVVqLYRUvo1SZI81a8pmx4XpYFbQ7lZjYbX-C20fezPATfWtRqbvmjS1Mzm1LCka7LKanOfTzWOLr0PELduAHbIXY0Tx-fFGTTjtTLQo-Lwvscc5hQ/s320/DSC00215.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Well it did take forever to complete and even longer for me to post it on here. Got <a href="http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/10/07/stitchgasm-thebluepixies-regeneration-map/">featured on Mr. X Stitch</a> which is pretty cool. It was the blog that reminded me how much I used to like embroidery and cross-stitch in the first place.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-64076692968668030392010-08-07T07:36:00.000-07:002010-08-07T07:36:02.356-07:00This may take forever.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYQHwUvWfYhQWzxo2JB-wWkcgQBqlXNZ2Z5IGbuSKu37ghqDss5k9Am9MFIJogNg8janXSheoyuQY9N0dh2zQrcqc83UsLpf2MGYcXfKokTJ5GEBIYypvjEyoUA2DrR3MbpVXWid82ooc/s1600/DSC00195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYQHwUvWfYhQWzxo2JB-wWkcgQBqlXNZ2Z5IGbuSKu37ghqDss5k9Am9MFIJogNg8janXSheoyuQY9N0dh2zQrcqc83UsLpf2MGYcXfKokTJ5GEBIYypvjEyoUA2DrR3MbpVXWid82ooc/s400/DSC00195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Fancied embrodiering a wordle, think they are kinda cool in design terms and needed a pattern that wouldn't take as long as a picture would to create. Little regeneration geeky cos the idea is to use it as an over-spill work bag. If I ever finish the plan is to do a craft one for a project bag.<br />
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Thought would be a nice project to take away with me, as it turns out I didn't get much time between visiting bits of Northern Ireland and writing my dissertation. Now I still don't have time what with work and the still unfinished dissertation. Oh well, at least its not a gift or anything, no need to finish any time in the near future. Here's how its shaping up (or was last time I had my camera to hand..)<br />
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My election-leaflet thing has gotten this far, but no further because I'm incapable of remembering to buy glue when I'm out:<br />
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and gardening... which is new<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3-PaGwyw0EkqvVXsdR7TXrxXeowVgndAiwPTYSBrOpBTK22HWFxbaEoCfx_noxqge-lI9SBjCfNpidZOUz-UfDHCquaJtZwTumWYCTBUp9UfJYjnChO2040vG8PD341fl_110BltJJid/s1600/DSC00163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3-PaGwyw0EkqvVXsdR7TXrxXeowVgndAiwPTYSBrOpBTK22HWFxbaEoCfx_noxqge-lI9SBjCfNpidZOUz-UfDHCquaJtZwTumWYCTBUp9UfJYjnChO2040vG8PD341fl_110BltJJid/s320/DSC00163.JPG" /></a></div>...And also plotting an Isaiah Berlin/ Hayek based embroidery. But nothing is finished. Though on the plus side my purple asparagus plant appears to be pulling through.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-82763416730200754132010-05-27T05:22:00.000-07:002010-05-27T05:22:46.391-07:00Progress, finished.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieufdgTDwcMW0wRxrane1H_RpFDsuA435spXzjGf-M7gAXxa3zuFsNdJ7BQCW-eO6G86ATqZLryYo_d7ZdlWzcFow6uuKjursXBkD7df0u2q60VHD3AX3rV8RodG0SVZYfEF4c0yHe6Kzt/s1600/DSC00127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieufdgTDwcMW0wRxrane1H_RpFDsuA435spXzjGf-M7gAXxa3zuFsNdJ7BQCW-eO6G86ATqZLryYo_d7ZdlWzcFow6uuKjursXBkD7df0u2q60VHD3AX3rV8RodG0SVZYfEF4c0yHe6Kzt/s400/DSC00127.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The embroidery I started <a href="http://thebluepixieknits.blogspot.com/2010/04/progress.html">here</a> is finished and finally had time to frame it. I'm pretty happy with it and the fabric was great to stich on (unbleached - cotton? - from ikea). Not sure about the bird, thinking of unpicking, but I left the little guy there for the time being. Some close ups below so you can see all the irritating french knots in the tree:<br />
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And the bird:<br />
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"Monkeys for nothin' and the Chimps for free.." made as a birthday present for a friend with a ska-punk/ska-rock type obession! I created something like a pattern before hand, mainly for the space monkey (it's laughable really but if I come across it I'll add it to a post).<br />
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<a name='more'></a>You can see the cover or even buy the album at this <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monkeys-Nothin-Chimps-Free-DVD/dp/B000QGE7OI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1271707649&sr=8-9">amazon listing of the album</a>, looking at it I kind of regret not including the banana flag or some aliens now but was worried about over crowding the whole thing. Wanted to have the text as central focus.<br />
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Cutting and shaping the foam for the seat. The seat is curved and the original foam had been glued on to it, figured I'd follow suit so it'd be sure to follow the contours. Had no idea how difficult it is to glue foam though. Hot glue: fail. UHU: slightly better but still sucky. Superglue: so-so. Thought about going the araldite route but I hate the stuff so in the end the foam held to the seat by the fabric tension which worked fine.<br />
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Staple-gunned fabric worked great apart from running out of staples just as shops were closing, buying wrong kind, jamming staple gun. Well, something always goes wrong, just happy not to have stapled my hand to my face!<br />
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Finished seat. Back followed same pattern only slightly neater the second time round and minus the staple issues.<br />
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In the before. I'd taken the armrests off by this point, the rips also were me seeing how bad the foam padding was and whether I needed to add to it or wholsale replace it (verdict: bad, replace). The stains however, nothing to do with me!<br />
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Taking it all apart was fairly straight forward, some of the screws had been poorly put in and were jammed. Also removing all these staples to get the fabric and padding off: huge chore.<br />
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Nice pile of chair to get going with. The yellow squares are the new padding I bought, ready to be cut down to shape.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-64583418347919834002010-04-09T10:57:00.000-07:002010-04-17T04:53:48.716-07:00Reasons I'm never going to finish my masters....Part #1So with the whole day stretching ahead of me I could have done any number of things, could have even put the finishing touches to 1/5 of my dissertation. So what did I go and do instead? Well it started quite encouragingly when I cleared several weeks worth of notes/receipts/coffee cups off of my desk so I could actually <span style="font-style: italic;">get </span>to do some work. But its also when the trouble began, I found my bag of embroidery floss which has been in such a mess I've been avoiding doing any stitching: obviously sorting it was more important than essay-writing so several hours later....<br />
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<a name='more'></a>A lovely sorted box of floss all numbered and wound onto hand-cut cards. This is actually only the DMC threads, I can't face the bag of anchor ones yet..... Also found a stack of post-its on my desk with helpful-dissertation/dentist -related things written on them. They won't stick anywhere near my desk because the wall-paper has some funny coating on it. I went in search of some cork placemats that had come down from my gran's and made a noticeboard:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZdAKMWsB2Dyt4WmL0awQJdzsvMI6seCGmcqEcWlWvcXOgfrtfxE2Ss20g877IUKFfruTWp1H5smb8Y6RhQwStiNLqegxgbXzVrxXxhTs9HuZYlcg0Tnu6v6t8ZNcAJZodHv1hqA2Pt9z/s1600/DSC00018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458199648414952498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZdAKMWsB2Dyt4WmL0awQJdzsvMI6seCGmcqEcWlWvcXOgfrtfxE2Ss20g877IUKFfruTWp1H5smb8Y6RhQwStiNLqegxgbXzVrxXxhTs9HuZYlcg0Tnu6v6t8ZNcAJZodHv1hqA2Pt9z/s320/DSC00018.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
I'm actually super pleased with this, and it will help when I actually get round to some work...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3qFV_JA6Gam-Nh3tjWRB7ieIUbbWiHTYSJCTDjBd-09EgLi-GEOR2PXfez1hgKfbOi-d7VOsPKMKokz3J2jd1LIQ6jHVoW-w8usptqdtcHdnFLSru85RzZ4vY_g9ytmmgqYUxCgWlc6t/s1600/DSC00019.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458199658050090786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3qFV_JA6Gam-Nh3tjWRB7ieIUbbWiHTYSJCTDjBd-09EgLi-GEOR2PXfez1hgKfbOi-d7VOsPKMKokz3J2jd1LIQ6jHVoW-w8usptqdtcHdnFLSru85RzZ4vY_g9ytmmgqYUxCgWlc6t/s320/DSC00019.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
The pins for my noticeboard are a load of those charity/cause pin badges (also from gran's place, I have a huge tub of them, had been trying to work out what I could use them for..). Beamish, by the way, is a place near where my gran lived but heaven knows why they were selling "Beamish" badges <span style="font-style: italic;">or</span> why it was on a green clover! By this point I'd kinda stopped kidding myself about getting work done so I attacked something that had been annoying me for a while and, well, when you've got neatly organised floss its a shame not to use it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel5EwYE8_ayi0fx_wEiq6JH8IKwjzYnZVfQWzRVCpRlC3VvbeFUOCQJClA9V_S-YQvBuEU-Ek_-qdYZ0ZC2fiZJvm6I6CWxqGxdvXEd6_N_xLGb9nATfSfFjsfvseQBcl4CMpQ2avM5Om/s1600/DSC00025.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458199669703587746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel5EwYE8_ayi0fx_wEiq6JH8IKwjzYnZVfQWzRVCpRlC3VvbeFUOCQJClA9V_S-YQvBuEU-Ek_-qdYZ0ZC2fiZJvm6I6CWxqGxdvXEd6_N_xLGb9nATfSfFjsfvseQBcl4CMpQ2avM5Om/s320/DSC00025.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
This is my Dad's office chair and I haven't exactly got the okay to embroider it but it was ripped and damaged property is fair game right?<br />
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You can just about see in the picture above where I've stitched but there's a close up below. ooh and I stitched it with this ace semi-circular needle I found which made it easier (but not easy) to stitch straight onto the chair.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94cPy13Zy-_G0SqhVFN4tGB9S_ngDIm1GQrWvMdKs1o9jUr5patpYBhZ4lJDii4uBc593WVyJTPOKiN1BaBfgNVa-leYMA7mIYqIhLi1Tl03wBOZW3AvH13JAEqdOdvXK3hffkVTff0Dq/s1600/DSC00032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458203586911190178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94cPy13Zy-_G0SqhVFN4tGB9S_ngDIm1GQrWvMdKs1o9jUr5patpYBhZ4lJDii4uBc593WVyJTPOKiN1BaBfgNVa-leYMA7mIYqIhLi1Tl03wBOZW3AvH13JAEqdOdvXK3hffkVTff0Dq/s320/DSC00032.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
The -somewhat messy- green branch/trunk thingy is where it was ripped. Was a right pain to stitch because the fabric's knackered; re-covering the chair would actually be the smart move but also more of an ass and have less owls involved! The leaves and the owl were stitched on afterwards, I was originally planning just to stitch up the rip and leave be but I have no black thread and the green looked like a tree so here we are!<br />
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Oh and below are my sketches for the owls but nothing and i mean <span style="font-size: 180%;">nothing<span style="font-size: 100%;"> <span style="font-size: 100%;">writes on pleather so I had to stitch free hand. :( I'm considering adding a moon and star to the owl-tree design....what do we think, would it be too much?</span></span></span><br />
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So basically things look better but I've pissed away a load of time I really need back now. Oh well! Would write-up tonight but its friday and I'm off to the pics to watch Kick-Ass. Academia will have to wait till the morning.<br />
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tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-24010181376899688672010-03-31T04:58:00.000-07:002010-03-31T05:04:55.539-07:00Bead Games<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUdAuNYnOXfyxw4m4ZbEYIhB9cZ64Mdpi9zFLYBXUy-yWljlBsZNnIksyuwRtBovdNaI92Pt5COskhxdg3oJf0PjFaKPpgoPrNTJ9bLjWPo5ufRzj_SOSGmhfAPfPQ86AY2aGl-aIwWgE/s1600/DSC00024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUdAuNYnOXfyxw4m4ZbEYIhB9cZ64Mdpi9zFLYBXUy-yWljlBsZNnIksyuwRtBovdNaI92Pt5COskhxdg3oJf0PjFaKPpgoPrNTJ9bLjWPo5ufRzj_SOSGmhfAPfPQ86AY2aGl-aIwWgE/s400/DSC00024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454766631037481074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyKNxE-5bObvKbUwJCMXZfO-MwaGEL1Ox51JAA84lXVXqqyVo_lF4OxSTWqV64DEHR-2kIkRLcnbSN9183KNHHAOaFVe6tw45EV54MWEGQs5jTYsc5azUcSi96cGZvKfTAln8wuW9HGKw/s1600/DSC00029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyKNxE-5bObvKbUwJCMXZfO-MwaGEL1Ox51JAA84lXVXqqyVo_lF4OxSTWqV64DEHR-2kIkRLcnbSN9183KNHHAOaFVe6tw45EV54MWEGQs5jTYsc5azUcSi96cGZvKfTAln8wuW9HGKw/s400/DSC00029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454766754294499682" border="0" /></a>I think the space invaders are positively cute. Pacman is still on the loom, thats why it is soo much bigger. And please ignore all the loose threads, got some finishing to do.<br />tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-2788575888759828452010-03-22T07:22:00.000-07:002010-04-17T04:54:36.622-07:00Tetris<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcwbsFZZqCVDBTsGJgQlJVEb_cb6xf-ZVFHeDadrJw3q4DpcGKE1HIbrlRVDu_PWP4J9U_lFnRG6wCuMBbTatJyU0BEFtA3f_ND47bP_SFot5nXdMyAa4YVPkQ2tntEIG1Gl0KyZe0WLK/s1600-h/DSC00013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451467005922896610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcwbsFZZqCVDBTsGJgQlJVEb_cb6xf-ZVFHeDadrJw3q4DpcGKE1HIbrlRVDu_PWP4J9U_lFnRG6wCuMBbTatJyU0BEFtA3f_ND47bP_SFot5nXdMyAa4YVPkQ2tntEIG1Gl0KyZe0WLK/s400/DSC00013.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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I've been playing a lot of retro computer games recently partly because I've just twigged how to get them on my phone and partly because they take up less time than proper games; a good ten minute time waste! For similar reasons I'm unwilling to start making anything big/complicated that might suck up too much time. The pic is of a mostly-completed bead woven bracelet. I don't think its too obviously a tetris scene until you put it vertical which it won't be obviously when worn. Geek-lite if you will. I'm thinking pac-man and space invaders to complete the set? I wish I could think of a good way to do a spy vs. spy bracelet....<br />
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I've made a few other things (including some actual knitting!) but they all either need finishing more or photographing.<br />
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tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-81370673314328219872010-03-01T03:14:00.000-08:002010-03-01T03:25:22.799-08:00Zip Brooches<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiJYWgHrF4OOHYgMS-DirDFlMTcmy_6xV4De4DdSUJPNoG5S509Aj3d0FtG0jMQwxqhE2Xo5KAWdtLhyphenhypheny04MGKjOnPhq0MeplLcsjBjHDJ0qqHTfj4sPXJy5o37dBE9yA3JWyd0FGiPOu/s1600-h/zip+flower.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiJYWgHrF4OOHYgMS-DirDFlMTcmy_6xV4De4DdSUJPNoG5S509Aj3d0FtG0jMQwxqhE2Xo5KAWdtLhyphenhypheny04MGKjOnPhq0MeplLcsjBjHDJ0qqHTfj4sPXJy5o37dBE9yA3JWyd0FGiPOu/s320/zip+flower.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624583983465810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tBSGhprktSJkTyLpSxY44D8LYAg562toeZxS5CG7_UlUHk4rfFFH3S_o2lVZOrGhQpVFdZdMusyLvZindSVDjwkB8f7lZrrBUB36FMnrZYzTFnPqgSBbIqFsBkYj2MCPTjmA2eX6-WbQ/s1600-h/black+zip+B.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tBSGhprktSJkTyLpSxY44D8LYAg562toeZxS5CG7_UlUHk4rfFFH3S_o2lVZOrGhQpVFdZdMusyLvZindSVDjwkB8f7lZrrBUB36FMnrZYzTFnPqgSBbIqFsBkYj2MCPTjmA2eX6-WbQ/s320/black+zip+B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624579187192018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DQMsEm-NbpyBN-__kf5gAkYwMJlaxRpQSBIsfk5zCqY-bTZKqMntrFFBUbKnhjc6GEZ86s7d4tA__H6YDWsbXXLL4g_nGUUFlsfdWIMErTIL38k64KeZt8i5P8hIDMQpkEgFf6z5fIrO/s1600-h/purple+zip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DQMsEm-NbpyBN-__kf5gAkYwMJlaxRpQSBIsfk5zCqY-bTZKqMntrFFBUbKnhjc6GEZ86s7d4tA__H6YDWsbXXLL4g_nGUUFlsfdWIMErTIL38k64KeZt8i5P8hIDMQpkEgFf6z5fIrO/s320/purple+zip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624571853837250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4XJ6W4BpYvlsevQpvwUZAM8-pZTY08GQcpCl9QTVAZ1I-TDz2xlaYlBWS1H55Eu3_YIckAs5Bd-InRwXMB9r4xngE6Y_rNom_wx5JYqEHHIM0ywOPDAifI9lLOOI3tFHQ_dpDJqasuUl/s1600-h/zip+flower+B.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4XJ6W4BpYvlsevQpvwUZAM8-pZTY08GQcpCl9QTVAZ1I-TDz2xlaYlBWS1H55Eu3_YIckAs5Bd-InRwXMB9r4xngE6Y_rNom_wx5JYqEHHIM0ywOPDAifI9lLOOI3tFHQ_dpDJqasuUl/s320/zip+flower+B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624700120358242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSHEgCcxG_wqTrnJtq4NfD_IscE70W6EAFGuidUp1Zimcl_dnzFmWlqCQ6DKJid31nFisVUQ67KKMXRID1ImqY-dmOsIDLDMMSN7WpqEn0UppFSSLddMgnhsd1sVGAq8rKz5s7oftEYDT/s1600-h/blue+zip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSHEgCcxG_wqTrnJtq4NfD_IscE70W6EAFGuidUp1Zimcl_dnzFmWlqCQ6DKJid31nFisVUQ67KKMXRID1ImqY-dmOsIDLDMMSN7WpqEn0UppFSSLddMgnhsd1sVGAq8rKz5s7oftEYDT/s320/blue+zip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624562897645922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNflVePOv6uWV7e_hGNIZIODNB_OQ1Sq869Ugm6Km9_99PyWZQ3nXXeRTqR1t57XY6UU6GyDSS72v1ZaChiP30ejxJtr_INcFyMulf01b-SDdRt7e5HLRVND2pLoOEl15Oqd71Tb6hC6e/s1600-h/black+zip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNflVePOv6uWV7e_hGNIZIODNB_OQ1Sq869Ugm6Km9_99PyWZQ3nXXeRTqR1t57XY6UU6GyDSS72v1ZaChiP30ejxJtr_INcFyMulf01b-SDdRt7e5HLRVND2pLoOEl15Oqd71Tb6hC6e/s320/black+zip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443624566339923762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I mentioned in a previous <a href="http://thebluepixieknits.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-i-do-when-i-say-im-working.html">post</a> that I wanted to see if I could make the zip brooches without having to handstitch through six or seven layers of zip. These are the result, I need to clean up some of the hot glue that is showing but apart from that - and hot gluing myself multiple times in the process - they are a success. Also my pins <span style="font-style: italic;">finally</span> arrived so all have brooch pins on the back now. Got a stall at a Macmillan thing next month, some of these might find their way there.<br /><br />In other news I'm in the middle of a new knitting project so soon I'll have a post that actually fits my blog name: yay!<br /><br />tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-22150590528111892342010-02-27T06:10:00.000-08:002010-04-17T04:54:58.420-07:00Embassy Sewing Needles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQivm74_nzNZmmK_RNCQL1bp_d38Q_anoVR-rLkAe98f1pmMva-i3ERzo6BBLJe7v1bTByzqIQfMlT6HNagq3tsqrKQw1NssdQbjokATkCD-ZJvYBIgbTIM5OLENz0kCc1SG652k6_7cV/s1600-h/embassy+needles.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442926023169435826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQivm74_nzNZmmK_RNCQL1bp_d38Q_anoVR-rLkAe98f1pmMva-i3ERzo6BBLJe7v1bTByzqIQfMlT6HNagq3tsqrKQw1NssdQbjokATkCD-ZJvYBIgbTIM5OLENz0kCc1SG652k6_7cV/s320/embassy+needles.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /><a name='more'></a></a><br />
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I love the design of these old sewing supplies plus the fact that the needles are still sharp and not rusty after all these years. Also think its great they include stitch diagrams to match your choice of needle.<br />
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tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-31360741136087404942010-02-15T11:54:00.000-08:002010-02-15T12:11:38.593-08:00Plastic FantasticThis is continuing the flower theme of the last post. A while back I frogged a project that I'd started with yarn made from carrier bags that hadn't worked out so I have a load of skeins laying around. I've got a few ideas about what to do with it all; the purse was just a way to test how it worked in crochet (I've only knitted with it before), I hoped with crochet I'd be able to make some more structural items that woulds suit the use of plastic. Think it might work too, builds up nicely and found it a much easier material to deal with when I have a hook rather than a point. Purse:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQYYpIR-YtCryR6xGiuLW5NHc_O9KHztgtCj2YccIRghE1T8HFTy8xXko1rXUUNvbiIdSs71MxSQnNQrMeGk8RdlEE0MFNcxbiYWrllyltlM4mL_N-w7613jma_wjDlP_H3kryKrVQJn-/s1600-h/croch+purse+whitebr.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQYYpIR-YtCryR6xGiuLW5NHc_O9KHztgtCj2YccIRghE1T8HFTy8xXko1rXUUNvbiIdSs71MxSQnNQrMeGk8RdlEE0MFNcxbiYWrllyltlM4mL_N-w7613jma_wjDlP_H3kryKrVQJn-/s320/croch+purse+whitebr.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438561884051628930" border="0" /></a>Its a pretty simple design. Perhaps too simple? I think I'd prefer to put a design into the stitchwork next time or use a fancier stitch (rather than embellish). I also can't decide whether it should've been cotton-lined: coins aren't going to slip through the crochet but it would help hide the plastic/zip seam which wasn't easy to make pretty <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> secure. Hmm...<br /><br />I have to say that I love Sainsbury's for their ridiculously coloured bags! They make colourful flowers and look awesome melted together too:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbPIhMEoi8efNOh3lvs-wQt6018_0MsH2kQEWlCRLcsuCbKpdx8lLWVZhISHJY2u_hc4yS9TBFzcmNL9bMqWlyQoPIDcQlessXLtVxkeurYBqxDomcOPpidsMP_HiCQErT4QbCLdyOOtM/s1600-h/Ig+Bag+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbPIhMEoi8efNOh3lvs-wQt6018_0MsH2kQEWlCRLcsuCbKpdx8lLWVZhISHJY2u_hc4yS9TBFzcmNL9bMqWlyQoPIDcQlessXLtVxkeurYBqxDomcOPpidsMP_HiCQErT4QbCLdyOOtM/s320/Ig+Bag+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438564327115257986" border="0" /></a> ( back of a shoulder bag made from fused plastic bags, minus the strap)<br /><br />tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-53904016964686786832010-02-13T08:51:00.000-08:002010-02-13T09:10:28.590-08:00Spring Flowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5bIVKvWS0CbRceQU5wJ9Xxa2BwsAamZsHVu84VZeqnmUOWGpA2tBWNKUD7pRZ2IS5DhVhyVhy3dNLevcPZywtgN2h2wTzrSYjpT5_RHk7w7GhMa3EJm3ZSo4V4Hyehw30S6OBdKOn8pX/s1600-h/crochet+wool+flower+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5bIVKvWS0CbRceQU5wJ9Xxa2BwsAamZsHVu84VZeqnmUOWGpA2tBWNKUD7pRZ2IS5DhVhyVhy3dNLevcPZywtgN2h2wTzrSYjpT5_RHk7w7GhMa3EJm3ZSo4V4Hyehw30S6OBdKOn8pX/s320/crochet+wool+flower+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437775487619422642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />After a week spent freezing my ass off a)walking across Manchester and b)in the seemingly unheated rooms at the uni, I thought I'd create some spring cheer and use up some scraps of yarn in the process. Also the <span style="font-style: italic;">perfect</span> way to avoid writing my research proposal because I'm in denial about it needing to exist at the moment!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5EQRbWGDxTJCRGa-7jhyphenhyphen5PIYALSr4u4nG9-0240Wx9MzFzjnXMK-ypw0eV7wewmXxH9413B_ZzqDSyyVYNwq4iFwLE2mYSfqTx8fEGioVz332pD8LLw1eY-pIxLbgoOHrkAc3P9UzH2W/s1600-h/crochet+wool+flower+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5EQRbWGDxTJCRGa-7jhyphenhyphen5PIYALSr4u4nG9-0240Wx9MzFzjnXMK-ypw0eV7wewmXxH9413B_ZzqDSyyVYNwq4iFwLE2mYSfqTx8fEGioVz332pD8LLw1eY-pIxLbgoOHrkAc3P9UzH2W/s320/crochet+wool+flower+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437775641784399586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not sure what I'm going to do with any of these; the middle one might make a half-decent brooch because the yarn holds its shape but I'm still waiting on a load of pins I ordered a while back *grumble*. They better arrive before the table sale in April or I will be annoyed. Half tempted to make like a million of the first one and have a daisy-chain type scarf or shawl, it would be a good excercise in hiding the lose strands at the back. Normally I'm super lazy and just leave them hanging. As for the last one, I'm not sure. I don't like that sappy light blue colour much; either that has to go or it has to find a home that isn't mine...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkQ0mBq7XUUk5DllHUfCGnPqPPWp31EZFVhoAuLpKQli69qHrro6swHv9_xq2vsvgc4twh4H-sG4-1lAgYxiTJIpUfBn2J3FH0LGA_VdN0H8rCuPtIfWNiTcv5I7eLREyVkv_7-tuWII/s1600-h/crochet+wool+flower.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkQ0mBq7XUUk5DllHUfCGnPqPPWp31EZFVhoAuLpKQli69qHrro6swHv9_xq2vsvgc4twh4H-sG4-1lAgYxiTJIpUfBn2J3FH0LGA_VdN0H8rCuPtIfWNiTcv5I7eLREyVkv_7-tuWII/s320/crochet+wool+flower.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437775879069235778" border="0" /></a><br />Not the carrier-bag crochet I promised but hey, not done the finshing on that yet. It involves some very tedious hand-sewing that I will only do when there is something worth watching on TV....so you'll see it when they re-commission Firefly then!<br /><br />tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-29768640702339555462010-02-13T04:08:00.000-08:002010-02-13T04:18:11.161-08:00Split FocusI've been working with my collection of plastic-bag yarn this week and its completely ruining my set of coloured crochet hooks. There will be some proper posts soon, once I've done some finishing on the crochet and I have a couple of x-stitch things in the works. Basically done my usual, begun like ten things at once in weeks where I have a load of work/uni/other commitments. Plus I have a load of vintage sewing stuff I'd like to post because the packaging is lovely.<br /><br />Must. Learn. Time. Management.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2427459783672647099.post-22766345223813396452010-02-08T05:21:00.000-08:002010-02-13T09:27:33.630-08:00What I do when I say I'm working....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hjmpCGs73v8ZqP2q866COWTI6OF8K9KPMG0DUWe9KNgtxQ2Sf6MOsbuO-E4papdJ1chf42e_sQ0kyZYizVgq8oSZelqvoFVCmk1dU0Gd39p-kDl9cS_wf1-3IVHtTjYk4DwpbPJM3Viv/s1600-h/zip+broaches.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hjmpCGs73v8ZqP2q866COWTI6OF8K9KPMG0DUWe9KNgtxQ2Sf6MOsbuO-E4papdJ1chf42e_sQ0kyZYizVgq8oSZelqvoFVCmk1dU0Gd39p-kDl9cS_wf1-3IVHtTjYk4DwpbPJM3Viv/s320/zip+broaches.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435933489521205138" border="0" /></a>I nicked the idea from something I saw in Boots the other week but I've since discovered that there is a<a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=135070.0"> tute</a> by Eli-Chan for something similar over at craftster. They are stitched together but to be honest it's a bit of a drag hand-stitching through several layers of zip, I might have another go and see how hot glue works. Or get over my distaste for thimble-wearing.<br /><br />I'm low on metal-teeth zips but if I do have another go I'll post up the result. Guess I could use the manky plastic ones, got like a million of those....<br /><br />tbp.xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0