Sliding Clasps

free-macrame-patterns Sliding Clasps

I presented a sliding knot before, here they’re talking more about tipps what to take into consideration if making sliding clasps and which knots can be used to make designs of your own.

And if you don’t like sliding clasps try a self-made hook and eye clasp or a beaded shank button ;-)


Links:
Sliding Clasps

Here at unikatissima:
Sliding Knots
Self-made Hook and Eye Clasp
Beaded Shank Button

Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments

unikatissima Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments

When I saw the drinking straw pin I thought: ‘Oh yes, I want!’ ;-)

 

unikatissima Drinking Straw Jewelry and Ornaments It is quite easy: I took two different coloured drinking straws, cut them (veeery carefully!) into spirals with an X-acto knife und knotted them (not too firm) together.
This way my little ball stays in form without glue, sewing or the like.
I wanted to cut them first with scissors but I got ugly edges, the cut must be made with a really sharp cutting tool.

I find it cute as well as jewelry as well as tree ornament ;-)


Links:
Drinking Straw Pin (curly elastic brooch)

Knit and Felt a Knot Bracelet

resurrection fern Knit-Felted Bangle Bracelet

These knit-felted knot bracelets are cute, aren’t they?

I think that you can surely make them with filled I-cords, too, then they are more firm (only take care about what happens to the filling when felting with hot water!). In principle it’s what Sue suggested in her comment.

Or the whole thing may be even possible with a buttoned I-cord bracelet, where the original was made with beads. When using glass buttons or glass beads it should be no problem to felt it (but I haven’t tried it yet).

Possibly you can even use filled and felted I-cords to make a fabric bowl from?!

And when you felt some of the cords of the cute spaghetti scrap scarf it surely looks great, too.

Oof, soo many ideas ;-))


Links:
This Is Knot a Bracelet : A Tutorial to Knit and Felt a Bangle Bracelet

Here at unikatissima:
Actinia – here I put my own instruction on how to make an I-cord in the PDF file
Clothesline Knitting or Filled I-cord
Buttoned I-cord Bracelet
Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl
Spaghetti Scrap Scarf
Sues comment