Kitchen Hooks

"Eat your cereal with a fork, and do your homework in the dark."

                                                                                      (Pump Up the Volume; 1990)

This photo has inspired me to make cute cutting board hooks as a wedding gift for my bestest friends. Unfortunately, after a lot of effort, I failed - it was impossible to bend my forks without a vice. So I changed the idea a little bit and the final effect you can see above. And for the wedding - it was so... lovely. My friend was the loveliest bride! The food was delicious, the band did a great job with the music, the bride's wedding dress was amazing. They both looked so happy and I was happy for them too. I hope it all was just like they imagined.

Fluffy Cornflowers

"Can I get the icon in the cornflower blue?"

                                                                         (Fight Club;1999)

Once again I failed with adding new notes. And I promised! Unacceptable! But really... recent events are making me unable to find any time to add new ones. So there's a litany of the reasons of delays for those of you and I hope you'll forgive me: I am writing the first chapter of my master's thesis, I was on vacation, I was looking for job, I got the job I like, I got a ticket and I was felt down, I'm preparing for my friend's hen party and wedding, I had birthday, I was looking after my dying pet... So it was pretty much 50:50 for nice and bad events. And in today's tutorial - new ideas for chenille stems.

A Fluffy Tulip

"Tip-toe through the tulips with me."

                                                                                               (Q&A;1990)

Sorry for the long break but I have so much to do now. In today’s tutorial (and a few next ones), I decided to use the chenille stems I got for my birthday. It’s a tutorial mainly for kids but I’m sure adults can find some fun in it as well. I’m going to catch up with my overdue tutorials, so probably there will be next one next week, also with fluffy flowers.

A Handy Drawing Pad

"Did you do all these drawings, Doctor?"

                                                                                      (Silence of the Lambs;1991)

I have got my first e-mail with a tutorial request in June. I was very happy to know that someone likes my blog and find it interesting. The request concerned a drawing pad, which the author of the e-mail had found on the Internet. I have send her a preliminary version of the tutorial but I didn't have time for posting it here. This week I finally found time for completing this project. The final version vary from what I send as an answer, but the result should be the same. It is also a good opportunity to learn the patchwork technique.

Kitty Hairband

"Everybody wants to be a cat.."

                                                   (Aristocats;1970)

Recently, I have noticed a new trend among the teenagers interested in Japanese culture – cat's ears. They're supposed to be „kawaii” and adorable, but those I found are, for me, too fluffy and too extravagant so I decided to make simpler ones myself. They can be used as a hair decoration for teenagers, as an element of a costume for kids or an interesting addition to your sexy outfit. Once again the basic knowledge in crochet will be needed here (for the new readers – you can find very comprehensible tutorials for basic stitches in „A vernal hair accessory”).