Thursday, October 6, 2011

Twisted Cowl






Twisted Cowl


Needed: Super Bulky yarn, and 12 mm circular needles.


CO 40

Row 1-4: k2, p2

Row 5-10: knit

Row 11: C4B, knit 4   Repeat 4 times in row.

Row 12-15: knit

Row 16: C4B, knit 4   Repeat 4 times in row.

Row 17-22: knit

Row 23-26: k2, p2

Bind off, and enjoy!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Back to digital work














And then the old tablet came out of hiding...

I haven't done any digital stuff for 2 years, if not 3, but am glad to get back to working on large digi-paintings.
I chainsmoked and lived on Red Bull back when I did my old stuff, so it was... different...

This was done in 5 hours, using a reference photo, sketch, a Wacom Graphire, and lots of coffee.

Subject is Rick Genest, tattooed goodness.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

   Kenneth Treebusch
     (3 maart 1961    -      30 juli 2010)












Monday, June 13, 2011

Make yarn from an old t-shirt and crochet it into a bowl.














You can never have to many bowls, right?
Well you can, and I have...

Still, here's a way to use up fabric from old shirts, to crochet into a bowl. (or anything else!)

Cut off sleeves and bottom hem.
Fold up, leaving a 2 inch piece.
Cut into strips, leaving an inch of the flap uncut.
Fold out, and cut strips according to this mindblowing piece of art right here...
Roll the strip up into a ball and get a hook!














Here's how I worked the grey bowl in the picture, using a 10mm bamboo hook.
I used a handcarved nalebinding (look it up) needle to weave in the loose ends, though you could also use a crochet hook or your fingers.

hdc: half double crochet

R1: chain 3, join to make ring, chain 2 (counts as first hdc), 9 hdc in ring, join in ch 2

R2: ch 2, 1 hdc in same place as beginning chain, 2 hdc in each hdc around (20 Stitches)

R3: ch 2, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st* around, join in ch 2

R4: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, join in ch 2

R5: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, join in ch 2

R6: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, join in ch 2

R7: ch 2, hdc in each stitch around, slipstitch in ch 2

Repeat last few rows till you've ran out of yarn or are satisfied with the height of the bowl.
I did a slipstitch edge around the outside of the last row, which is optional, but looked cute.

Weave in ends.


Done!

Now you have turned potential trash into something cute. :)

I'm off, re-watching the first 3 seasons of True Blood, and counting down to the next!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

First post...

Crafty Lemon, a place for crafts, pictures, tutorials and random opinions, named after my favorite fruit, word and cat.