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Make a kokeshi doll from recycled PET bottles
For this week’s Saturday Quickie, I’d like to show you how to make a kokeshi doll from recycled drinks bottles. Kokeshi are traditional Japanese dolls, usually made from turned wood. The origin of the...
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How to sew felt – microbe stuffies
A couple of weeks ago we learned how to sew felt flat and how to applique. Today we’ll go 3D, and learn how to make felt stuffies with these two easy toy microbes, an amoeba and a salmonella bacterium....
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How to design an amigurumi
Have you ever wanted to design your own amigurumi? Today we’ll learn how to turn an initial sketch into a pattern, making your drawing into a cute knitted character. There is a little maths involved,...
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Weekend Quickie – cardboard tube drum
Hope everyone’s having a great weekend! Today’s weekend quickie was inspired by these cool PVC chromatic drums. My topic for my Saturday class this month is musical instruments, and today we made...
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Weekend quickie – make a kazoo harmonica
Having a good weekend? Hope so! This weeks’s quickie is another musical kids craft – an easy to make ‘harmonica’ which is played by blowing and makes a sound like a duck whistle or a kazoo. You’ll...
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Designing Amigurumi 2 – tall row shaping with half double crochet
A little while ago we looked at the first steps of how to design an amigurumi. We learned how to break down a sketch into simple shapes and how to translate that into a pattern. Today I’d like to show...
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How to needle felt 3D shapes together – little matryoshka doll
A little while ago, we looked at how to needle-felt 3D and flat shapes. Today, I’d like to show you how to join 3D shapes together in needle felting, and how to make this little matryoshka doll....
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How to design Amigurumi Part 4 – Octopus
Today, let’s finish up our series on designing your own amigurumi, by combining the techniques we’ve learned so far. Of course, many simple amigurumi patterns can be improvised on the fly, but working...
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How to sew a felt Dalek stuffie
I’m now on my fourth or fifth marathon re-watch of the last season of Doctor Who, and today I decided I’d pay tribute to one of my favourite scenes with this little felt Ironside Dalek, politely...
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5 things you can do with empty milk cartons
Here’s 5 fun and useful ways to recycle milk or juice cartons! 1. Make a wallet Cut down the side of the carton, and cut as pictured. Fold in half, and cut the bottom section up the centre, and...
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