Crocheted Stitch Markers

unikatissima Crocheted Stitch Markers

I wanted to present these little, ingenious crocheted stitch markers.
I crocheted mine in less than five minutes!

She offers instructions for small, medium and large ones at ravelry.
Generally speaking it’s ‘only’ a chain ring base crocheted with single crochets – very simple as all ingenious ideas are :)

 

unikatissima Crocheted Stitch Markers I did it a little differently:
– I wrapped a needle 3x too big a couple of times with the crochet thread and
– crocheted single crochets around this tread ring.
That’s because I don’t like rings of chains ;-)

Her stitch markers are more beautiful, but mine are sufficient for me ;-)
And I don’t have to fall back to my usual stitch markers ;-)


Links:
ravelry instructions (Stitch Markers)

Photos of her stitch markers at flickr: photo 1 (IMG_6415[1]), photo 2 (IMG_6411[1]) and photo 3 (IMG_6415[1])

Here at unikatissima:
Little Improvised Knitting Helpers

Crocheted Flower Shawl

junghanswolle Crocheted Flower Shawl

I find this crocheted scarf really cute, it simply consists of lengths of chains and strewn little flowers ;-)
Once I crocheted this pattern, but without the lengths of chains and even though it looks tricky I didn’t found it very difficult.
You just have to follow the diagram carefully ;-))

 

junghanswolle Crocheted Flower ShawlThe pattern isn’t available anymore.

But I found the scarf very cute and so I tried to remember how it worked and wrote my own pattern.
It is much more flexible because it tells you how to modify the length of chains between the little flowers.


Links:
Blümchenschal (German and English)

Crocheted Flower Shawl (Modell 827/8, Gehäkelter Blumenschal aus Aparta) (German)
They suggest another yarn now for this shawl:
Crocheted Flower Shawl (Modell 411/0, Gehäkelter Blumenschal aus Batik) (German)

Read the English translation of the overview page.
The instruction (PDF file, ~270KB) itself contains a good-to-read crochet diagram, the same as before.

Random Squares Pattern Generator

(The Random Squares Pattern Generator does not work anymore because Adobe discontinued the flash player.)
 
(Note the scrollbar directly here on the right, use it e.g. to reach the save buttons.
The page can get long and I couldn’t adjust the length dynamically.)

 


Frequently asked questions:

  • Question: What about property rights?
    Answer:
    I thought that I make it easy ;-)
    You may

    • let generate as many random squares patterns as you like,
    • adapt and vary the patterns and
    • create from the original or your patterns what takes your fancy;
    • sell the produced items and
    • I don’t mind if you link to this site or
    • give credit to unikatissima ;)
    • not sell random squares patterns created with my random squares patterns generator!
    • not embed my random squares patterns generator into your site and
    • not claim the patterns as your own.

     

  • Question: What can I do with these patterns apart from filet crochet and cross stitch?
    Answer:
    Such patterns can be used to work with many techniques, check my entry about what you can do with filet crochet and cross stitch patterns or see e.g. the Advent mittens at ravelry – most beautiful :);

     
  • Frage: What’s this with the ‘speed up the pattern generation’?
    Antwort:
    If you let generate many big patterns it can happen that your computer gets slower, that depends on technical conditions that I couldn’t consider while programming.
    Best if you reload this whole page from time to time.
    This is mostly done with the browser menu commands ‘View’ => ‘Refresh’ or similar.
     
     
  • Question: The saving of an overview or a pattern takes sometimes a lot of time! Why?
    Answer:
    The answer has two parts:

    • On the one hand the time that the random squares pattern generator needs to save a chart depends on the size of the graphic.
    • In case that you’re still using the Flash Player 9 everything works but the saving process takes longer than with the Flash Player 10.
      If you want to update your Flash Player you can do this directly at Adobe.
      If you don’t know which version you are using you can let display the version at Adobe, too.

     

  • Question: My friend can let generate larger random squares patterns than I can. Why?
    Answer:
    This depends on your Flash Player version, version 9 oder 10. The Flash Player 10 can generate larger random squares patterns.
    If you want to update your Flash Player you can do this directly at Adobe.
    If you don’t know which version you are using you can let display the version at Adobe, too.
     
     
  • Frage: What are the overviews and patterns for? And why do they have such strange names?
    Antwort:
    unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Random Square Generator The overview is the small picture, the pattern the larger one that you can use to work in different techniques.
    I like to let generate different random squares patterns and found, that I can’t see from the actual patterns whether I like them. Therefore I always compare the overviews and print then the random squares patterns with the same name identification code, e.g. is the overview called ‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_OV.png’ (OV = overview) and the pattern ‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_PT.png’ (PT = pattern).
    If I only need the quarter pattern (e.g. when I want to work in rounds) I’m printing the overview ‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_OVQ.png’ (OVQ = overview quarter) and the pattern ‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_PTQ.png’ (PTQ = pattern quarter).
    I never actually print the border (‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_OVB.png’ (OVB = overview border)) and the repeated pattern (‘unikatissima_RS_15_7kD_OVR.png’ (OVR = overview repeated pattern)), but they can help you to find out whether you really like the random squares pattern, because the pattern repeated in one or both directions looks often very different from the single one.
     
     
  • Frage: Can I get back the last pattern?
    Antwort:
    No. Every time that you click on ‘create (new) pattern’ everything that has been seen before is removed or overwritten.
    Hypothetically speaking the last pattern could be generated a second time if you let generate enough patterns, but this hasn’t happen to me not yet although I have let generate thousands of patterns already.
    So save everything immediately if you like it! :))
     
     
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    Credits:
    Just as for the last programs and generators I want to thank RIAmore.eu.
    Left alone it would have taken me ‘foreverer’ to realize the random squares pattern generator.
    And I presumably would have despaired on it ;-))

     


    Completed patterns:
    While working on my random squares pattern generator of course I generated looots of mazes – and most of them I found beautiful enough to save.
    I give here some of them for your use. Simply click them with the right mouse button and select ‘Save image as…’ (or something like that).
    I suggest strongly to save the overviews as well!
    Please note that you accept my copyright terms by saving/downloading the pictures.

    Please keep in mind that your items can look quite different if the unit represented by a square isn’t square!
    A unit could be a stitch, a bead or a knot and so on. See also the entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’.

    I’m giving here ‘only’ one pattern with a width of 15 squares and two with a width of 25 squares, bigger ones would be beyond the bounds of this page.
    And additionally they all look simply stunning (well, nearly all anyway), I can’t present so many ;-)

     

    Width of 15 squares
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    Width of 25 squares
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    Width of 25 squares
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    crochet medaillon

Knitted World Gas Commercial

YouTube Knitted World Gas Commercial

Did you already hear about the great video where they tried to visualize the warmth of gas with knitting?
Wonderful!
And I like the making of as well ;-)

While you’re at it, perhaps it’s time to see the knitted video again?! ;-)


Links:
Knitted World Gas Commercial (Natural gas commercial) (without words)
via: Prachtig reclame filmpje met breiwerk!

Making Of Natural Gas (French with English subtitles)
via: Knit Stop-Motion Commercial

Here at unikatissima:
Knitted Video

Circular Needle Organizer

flickr Circular Needle Organizer

When I saw this circular needle organizer I was amazed: again a very simple and yet very effective idea.
You can get the pattern for the circular needle organizer (regrettably only) at ravelry for free.

 


Links:
Circular Needle Organizer (ANGLE VIEW 2)
Free pattern at ravelry (“Circularity” Needle Organizer) (more pictures there)
via: DIY Hanging Circular Needle Holder (more pictures there)

Shortrow Spiral

knitting-and Shortrow Spiral

I like spirals – now I like rectangular ones, too ;-)
What I like especially at the short row spiral is the fact that you never have more stitches on the needle than the width of the stripes.
I can make it with normal double pointed needles (which I own in all sizes) and additionally I find the frequent back and forth less boring than knitting those immense long rows.
Here the spiral is part of an afghan but you can work it larger to make a (square) afghan from.
And personally I find the stripes a little too narrow, I’m sure that they can be knitted wider.
Well, let’s see.
;-)


Links:
Shortrow Spiral
via: Shortrow Spiral

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘Spiral’

Round Crocheted Cardigan

junghanswolle Round Crocheted Cardigan

I wrote an entry about round knitted/crocheted cardigans already, now somebody has send me (thanks, Monika!) a link to a very nice round crocheted cardigan.
New link to different but also round crocheted instruction: Modell 124/9, Rundgehäkelte Jacke.
Grumble! Although I find the patterns of Junghanswolle beautiful they become obsolete too fast for my taste.
That’s why I give now in the links of entry a list, one or two round crocheted cardigans will hopefully stay available ;-)
What I find makes it special is the fact that it includes a graphic which shows where to put the arm holes and the size of them – this way it makes it possible that I design my own round knitted/crocheted cardigans.
Whether I will be able to finish it is just another question ;-))


Links:
Round Crocheted Cardigan (Modell 405/0, Gehäkelte Weste aus Batik) (German)
Different but also round crocheted instruction: Round Crocheted Cardigan (Modell 124/9, Rundgehäkelte Jacke) (German).

Here at unikatissima:
Round Knitted/Crocheted Cardigans

Crochet, Tatting and Sewing Patterns in Rick Rack Braid

knitting-and Patterns in Rick Rack Braid

Do you still have some old rick rack? Then you can download an old book with crochet, tatting and sewing patterns using rick rack braid.

 

Fortunately I don’t have any, so I’m not led into temptation ;-))


Links:
Crochet, Tatting and Sewing Patterns in Rick Rack Braid (Nufashond Rick Rack Book Volume 2)
via: Corset Cover or Camisole