(P)Arts of a Whole

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Today's project:

Made a carry bag for my water bottle.

It came with a shoulder strap, but it was ridiculously thin and poorly connected.

Used Heat n Bond to tack a bunch of tiny fabric fabric scraps to a light canvas backing, then sewed over it in a loose grid pattern with a gentle zigzag stitch. The machine's tension did *not* like the constantly changing thickness of the fabric, so I added a lining fabric afterwards to hide the mess on the back.

Cut that fabric sandwich into the sleeve and bottom circle. Pinked the edges of some strips of scrap denim to join more batik strips to make the strap, sewn into a loop and tucked inside the bottom to help reinforce against the weight.

(Ravelry project link with link to pattern and more details)

A couple years back, around easter, a dollarstore near me had packages of "basket filler", which was basically just that fake spider web stuff but not white. So I spun up the yellow, pink, and green into singles and barberpoled them together. It's a soft yarn, ~bulky weight, lots of fuzz and little coils coming off it. Never really had anything I wanted to make with it since I just spun it to see if I could.

So I crocheted this snowflake the other day, finally using it up. I should probably block it out but I haven't gotten around to that.

This cheery lil guy got turned into a keychain, which I currently use as a zipper pull on my bag.

My spindle is tied up in a different project at the moment, so I just did a pencil spin.

He's only a year or two old but he's been through the ringer a few times, as the cats like to hunt him down.

I made a couple little leaves a few years back (2016, I think). This grumpy fellow became a barrette!

I saw a similar one made by someone else back then, and decided I needed to try it out.

He's made with a wire core and a CosClay base, with some Sculpy on top for colour. Then painted deatils and varnish. Using the wire and CosClay means the ring is slightly adjustable by pinching the gap closed.

Unfortunately his crown has sustained some damage, so some day I'll be replacing it with something sturdier.

They live on a shelf in our bathroom.

I've named him Crunk.