An outfit from The Village...... or just freeform crochet

The Village 2004

by M Night Shyamalan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_%282004_film%29

For those who watched the film, that featured the hooded scary outfits. My latest project, once on the mannequin really reminded me of this.

my latest re-do 2. (This meaning that I have used the same material but in a new way)

I'm always recycling my canvas, but my knitted dresses....... I figured why not!

This was once a dress, sitting OK on a mannequin but unwearable in life as it just pulled down and didn't have the desired affect on the person as it did the mannequin, so simply I cut it in half.

I made a poncho a hood, hence the Village reference for those who have seen this film.

As well as a poncho I also think that I'll get a free-form shrug out of the original sleeve/shoulder part;-)

The wooden spoon makes for an excellent head prop, no expensive spared.

The bottom skirt made the poncho part and the hood was the once waist part of the dress in the YouTube below shows the original milk made style dress.
I'm not quiet sure what I was thinking with my original design, well basically I wasn't, they just grow.

Recycling at its best, turning unwearable into wearable.




Skirt

I'm now knitting! yes knitting an underskirt, boring round and round stitches, it maybe tedious but I really like the result.





Below Red and black

This was also a really early skirt/ like first few weeks of crochet, something I'm pretty precious about as I think that you should always have reference to show that your skill has advanced.

But this untouched can be a shrug , scarf or top;-)
re-think......

Things some time have better intentions than you have/had planned.






Knitting Outcasts

http://theoutcasts.co.uk/



Learning

Well its plain to see that I have not learnt how to! follow any type of pattern.
I managed parts but without a picture to follow I was a little naked, not literally;-)

But I did try.

The outcasts/guest leader ran a finishing group. Finishing in a knit world, so out of my depth just a little.

Apparently crochet chains can not be used for everything;-).

And I learnt, mattress stitch.........seam less fun.

And to turn! Oj Oj

And sort of how to pick up stitches and even how to kind of attach a sleeve.

This will all come in very handy if ever knit should become my crochet;-)

It was great fun, my 1st knit class.....good to be home.

Butterflys, Bowls and an 80's Bright Bag.

Charity shop Bargain


Adorable little hand made crocheted butterfly's. These are actually purpose made fridge magnets and they where the equivalent of 50pence each. Now that's a bargain.

What & How to make
Yarn
Small magnet
Little pipe cleaner(called that in the UK fluffy bendy metal.)

The picture is very close up, so I think that if you wanted you could basically copy the pattern.

The wings are doubled(but I guess that could all be one piece and folded that way?).

The stitches are brought in using the pipe cleaner at the centre.? Maybe a little tricky.

(it would be a shame to pull one apart, but I won't rule it out)


SAAB 95


Rich new job earned a celebrating card, he is a huge SAAB fanatic(huge) and this was the perfect post card, a SAAB with the lady showing off her hand made lovely green cardigan.

Birthday Bowls



This is a salad bowl and the perfect little olive or dip bowl. It was recently my Birthday and I always like the buy something useful,(practical me) that will remind me of that time. So these are that!

I love pottery.

Rasmus liked this too, I didn't notice until uploading the pic that his big nose was in the picture.



Busy making posters


My teenage son graduates this week and so I have been busy making embarrassing posters, graduation is very big in Sweden.(not in UK) So here's my version, hand made, what else is there?

Not sure he will be that impressed...........

80's

A new chain stitch that I'm working on.

Mindless stitches

When your mind is just not in it (The knit) Crochet and knit is something I do daily
with out a thought.

Bags really are the best way to go. Quick easy and I guess they can be attached and made into a bigger bag or a bigger project or simply a little bag.

This is my 80's bag

I find that when it's a smaller piece, I seem to be more experimental in mixing my stitches.

If this bag where a cocktail it would be a Leg-warmer.