mandala

Machine Knitting from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend of min had some Lion Brand Mandala she no longer wanted. She gave it to me and I decided to turn it into hats. This is what it looked like on the machine before I started the decreases for the top of the hat.

This photo, and the next, are more for me than you. Tension can be a tricky thing for a machine knitter. This is my tension setting on the yarn mast. I almost never change it. I just set it there and leave it alone.

What I do change, is the stitch length selector. This ...

added by Becca 1 year, 8 months ago. under 2022 , baby , charity , hat , knit , knitting , lion brand , lk150 , machine knitting , mandala , yarn

Machine Knitting from Becca's Crazy Projects

If you think knitting machines can only knit large flat pieces of fabric you should check out this experiment.

Here is the basic shape before blocking. This project used a single ball of Mandala by Lion Brand. This is the colorway Sirens.

After steaming the edges don't curl as much. For this project I used yarn-over decreases combined with short rows to get the curved shape. I also added a couple rows of eyelets at the end. I think this could be so much more fun with additional rows of eyelets. I'll have to pick up some more ...

added by Becca 2 years, 5 months ago. under 2022 , knit , knitting , lion brand , machine knitting , mandala , shawl , yarn

New Releases For May from Kitty and Me Designs

I've been keeping myself busy with some new design projects. No stitching lately but that's okay. I'll get back to it.

For now, I have some new releases to share.

As you can see, I'm definitely thinking "Summer" now!! And I seem to be liking geometric mandala designs.

Did I ever tell you that you're welcome to send your ideas to me? If there's anything you'd like to see, just leave me a comment. I'm always open to new ideas!

Ask for my designs at your favorite needlework retail store or you ...

added by Unknown 2 years, 7 months ago. under cross stitch , mandala , patriotic

Slow Stitching and Updates from Quilting & Learning

I'm taking a short pause from my playing to make Easter supper (it's in the oven) and write a post on my many ongoing projects. There's lots to show, so here it is!

Community Stitch Challenge Redo

So far I've participated in two stitching challenges with TextileArtist.org. You may remember my challenge piece from Cas Holmes' week. I liked my piece but I knew that it didn't have the layers that Cas Holmes adds to her pieces.

Stitched piece for Cas Holmes stitching challenge

After thinking about it for a week, I remembered the ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 7 months ago. under amanda mccavour , batik , cas holmes , community stitch challenge , improvisational piecing , mandala , masks , solvy water soluble , textileartist.org , tumbler template

BIG Mandala to help heal the world - PQQ 2020 from Quilting & Learning

It would seem that the Project Quilting is not quite over. It's been extended to Project Quilting Quarantine (PQQ) 2020! Same fun stuff but with no sponsors and prizes, so that means that it's a little more flexible (good thing because my project is not quite finished!)

A BIG Mandala to help heal the world

A Mandala is the Sanskrit word for "circle". It can be a very sacred if created by monks, but it can also be a wonderful creation to focus meditation. You may have seen them in colouring books for helping to reduce stress.

I ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 7 months ago. under batik , challenge , cording , fmq , free motion quilting , healing , mandala , project quilting quarantine , quilting art magazine , scallops , slow stitching

Inspiration in everything! from Creating Chaos

I'm often asked what inspires my work. Well, how long have you got?

There really isn't an easy answer to this as I'm inspired by so many things. Sometimes I get so much inspiration from one thing that it leads to a series of work. This was so when I began to see rusty objects over and over again and the more I saw, the more I noticed rust in many other places. This overload of inspiration lead to two series - Corrosion, which was inspired by the rust itself, and Oxidisation, which used fabric and threads dyed ...

added by Lynn 5 years, 9 months ago. under block printing , book making , creative sketchbooks , gelli plate , gelli print , inspiration , layers , mandala , maps , photoshop , prairie points , rust , rusting , seen from above , shells , wooden blocks

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