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NEON CROCHET SCARF

scarfThis scarf is made from simple crochet granny squares. The neon colours of electric blue and fluorescent yellow are an unexpected combination but they work well. It’s nice to use colour for winter accessories. The scarf style is 1960’s but the colours are pure 1980’s.

SONY DSCI have to confess that I didn’t crochet this myself. I found it at my local op shop in the middle of a hot summer. The colours took my fancy so I bought it and stashed it away until the Australian winter hit recently.

SONY DSCHand crafted fashion pieces like this scarf are one of a kind.

 

CROCHET HANDBAG FASHION


SONY DSC I CROCHETED THIS HANDBAG FROM RIPPED UP T’SHIRTS. I TORE SEVERAL OLD T’SHIRTS INTO STRIPS, TIED THE STRIPS TOGETHER & WOUND THEM INTO A BALL. I CROCHETED THE BAG USING A PLAIN STITCH ON A LARGE CROCHET HOOK.SONY DSC YOU CAN CROCHET RUGS FROM T’SHIRT RAGS ALSO.SONY DSCTHIS HANDBAG IS CROCHETED FROM OLD STOCKINGS. IT BELONGS TO A FRIEND OF MINE & SHE FOUND IT IN AN OP SHOP.crochet bagI ALSO FOUND THIS VINTAGE CROCHET HANDBAG IN AN OP SHOP.SONY DSCTHIS CUTE LITTLE BAG IS A SWEET RETRO CROCHET EVENING BAG.SONY DSCRECYCLED VINTAGE & HAND MADE FASHION & ACCESSORIES ARE CHARMING, INEXPENSIVE & ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE.

A FEW OLD FASHIONED FASHION KNITS

 

Matching sweaters never go out of style! I found this photograph in a vintage movie magazine from the 1950’s.
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Knitting needles at the ready! It’s time for some funky retro knit action.
funky knits001I think this guy needs these yarn bombed headphones, from my previous yarn bombing post.yarn bomb headphones

Knitting is da bomb, da yarn bomb.
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YARN BOMBING YOUR ACCESSORIES

SONY DSCI KNITTED SOME LITTLE NOTEBOOK COVERS & THEN I FOUND THE LARGE NOTEBOOK IN A GIFT STORE & THE KNITTED DESIGN IS PRINTED ON THE COVER.SONY DSCI TEND TO MAKE UP MY KNITTING PATTERNS AS I GO ALONG & IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO WRITE DOWN THE PATTERN FOR FUTURE USE. THESE BOOKS ARE GREAT FOR NOTING DOWN MY KNITTING & CROCHET PATTERNS & I EVEN STORE A SPARE SEWING NEEDLE STUCK IN THE FRONT COVER.SONY DSCTHESE YARN COVERED BANGLES ARE A FUN & FASHION FORWARD CRAFT PROJECT & THEY ARE EASY & CHEAP TO MAKESONY DSCI USED WOODEN BANGLES TO MAKE THESE, BUT ANY OLD PLASTIC OR METAL BANGLE OR BRACELET COULD BE USED. ALL I DID WAS WIND MULTI COLOURED YARN & WOOL AROUND THE BANGLES UNTIL THEY WERE COVERED & THEN I TIED THE WOOL OFF AT THE END BUT YOU COULD USE A DAB OF GLUE.SONY DSCIF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET STRIPES ITS EASY. JUST BUY A MULTI COLOURED BALL OF YARN ( I BOUGHT SOME FROM KMART FOR TWO DOLLARS A BALL ) IF YOU WIND THE WOOL EVENLY AROUND THE BANGLE IT WILL FORM STRIPES ALL ON ITS OWN.