origami mobile

On a weekend in August, we went on a short road-trip and took walk on one of our favorite beaches on the south-coast. I found some really beautiful pieces of driftwood - two of them where just perfect for a origami-mobile I´ve been wanting to make for a long time now.

Material:

2 long pieces of wood (I used driftwood)

nylon-thread

glass beads

felted beads 
washi-tape
for the cranes: this tutorial on youtube

 

 

 

small things - big things

 When it comes to creating, I have a thing for "unusual material". Everywhere I go I´ve got my eyes open for interesting things (some people might say I´m crazy, but that´s why I love spending time at big hardware stores like Bauhaus). 

The other day I went to  a place where they sell material for the fishing industry: chains, ropes and yarn to make fishnets among other things. I fell for some white, shiny, soft and flexible yarn they use for fishnets. I didn´t know what I was going to do with it, but it was way too pretty to just leave it there :-) 

I started by making a crochet-cover for a mason-jar I use for pencils at my workspace, just to get a feeling for the material.  I used one of my biggest crochet-hooks and now I´ve got a lot of  ideas on what to do next with this exciting material! 

A LOT of beautiful yarn for fishnet-making...

... makes an interesting texture when used for a crochet-cover

I used really thin cotton-yarn for this one - a interesting contrast to my fishnet-yarn-cover

 

together in peace and harmony 

A month of craft photos

Nr. 1: me in action in my workspace 

a month of craft photos?

I stumbled over this interesting post (from january 2012) on the "untangling-knots" blog, on a "month of crafts photos"... I thought, why not join, even if it´s a bit late, since this sounds so interesting and creative? 

I´m going to post a few pictures at a time, once a week instead of 1 picture a day, since I haven´t really got the time to post photos every day of the week, starting Friday the 9th of August.

Who want´s to join me?

Magic

I was walking in 101 Reykjavík yesterday... and how could I pass this amazing view without taking 

a picture first? 

picture taken on my mobil (nokia c5) at Harpan (on the right in this picture)

Hexagons for a baby-girl

I´ve been wanting to make the hexagon-sweater from the book "Þóra heklbók" by Tinna Þórudóttir Þorvaldsdóttir for a while and since I was going to become an aunt for the second time this winter, I started working on it a couple of months before the little one was born.

It was really fun, exciting and surprising making this one. The interesting thing about this sweater is, that it is made out of 2 hexagons.

I used wonderful, soft, warm and practical Yaku superwash merino wool by Strikkebogen (bought in "Litla Prjónabúðin") and hook nr. 3,5. My sister  told me she wanted happy colors for her baby and that´s why I went for this strong/intensive color-combo.

I had fun making it and I really like the outcome - I´d love to try making this one, using léttlopi...

Front

Back

Back: close-up

Button from my button-stash: buttons are important and I really LOVE this one!

Wisdom

Always live in the present moment:

“Walking had been easy, because his knapsack was nearly empty and he had no worries on his mind. He felt happy about the wood and the weather, and himself. Tomorrow and yesterday were both at a distance, and just at present the sun was shining brightly between the birches, and the air was cool and soft.”

 

sources:
http://fuckyeahmoomins.tumblr.com/post/27083128238 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/50-lessons-that-moomins-can-teach-you-about-life