My nephew turns one on Thanksgiving!

Pattern: Dove Knits Green Zebra Baby Sweater

I used leftover Knit Picks Swish Superwash in 3 colors. You can probably tell which I had the most of, and which I had the least of. I made a little v-neck action up at the top — This one was knit from the bottom-up– very easy! I think I finished in 3 days. Lost track of button spacing on more than one occasion – but that’s okay. I’m just hoping he can wear it more than once before he has another growth spurt.

Cabled cowl hand-knitted with pure merino wool. It has an ending that gives the garment a Victorian style at the same time modern. The body was knitted with cabled ribs that gives consistency and firmness to the piece. It is attached with 2 wooden buttons.

Details:
-Dimensions:
Length 18.5 in – 48 cm
Wide 7.09 in – 18 cm
-Weight: 3.17 oz – 90 gr
-Materials: pure sheep merino Patagonian wool, variegated brown, turquoise and beige. Wooden buttons.

This collar is a detail of sophistication to be worn on the lady’s neck. It could be fine with a hair up, with a collarless shirt, both in winter and mid-season.
The ideal complement and gift for her.

More…

Today has been a really busy day here in the studio! It was our first ever Handmade Christmas Gift Workshop… and we had fabulous time.

And… since we spent all day making book cover/cases for young readers, that is exactly what gift idea#20 (of our Great Homemade Christmas Ideas list) is all about. Fun to make, and perfect encouragement for all those young readers on your list!! (after all, who wants to walk around with an ugly book in hand when they can be ’styling’?)

We started off with purple felt because the lucky recipients of these book cases love the colour purple. Then, because we love recycling where we can, we took some really neat appliques off old clothing and mixed them up with some new fabrics to make these cases personal for each girl receiving them. Finish that off with some seriously bright pink ribbon, and the project was done. (The inside of the case features a pen pocket and pouches to hold the cover of the book – just to keep it securely in the case.)

We actually ended up making 3 today (they make up fairly quickly when made out of felt – the real time spent here is making sure the case is decorated the way you want). One of them was for a 6 year old, another was for an 8 year old and then, just because we couldn’t believe they went so fast, we decided to do another one too – for a 10 year old (I think that was their ages, but don’t quote me on it…. I am sorry if I got the ages wrong.)

So, between the purple felt and all the pink ribbon, flowers,  and appliques, there was a lot of fun and girly creative inspiration in every corner of the studio. But best of all, the book covers turned out to be really cool – a good way for the young reader on your Christmas list to take their books with them everywhere. (But if I were doing this for boys, I would not use pink and purple or flowers – I am thinking blue and animals and trains.)

As I said earlier, the trickiest (and most fun) part of this whole project is embellishing and decorating the cases.  (The scrapbook-er I worked with on this also said the same thing.) So, if you want to give this a try, and want the pattern, we will have it posted on our brand new website very shortly, but until then, email me and I will send it to you right away as a .pdf file.

(And… if you want to make a book cover, but would rather crochet one, check out this pattern for a bible cover at CrochetnMore.com.)

Well, it’s that time of year again.  Time for my yearly trek back to Virginia and gorge myself on tasty turkey, gravy, and apple pie.  Yum yum.  The downside, of course, is that it’s a five-hour flight to said turkey.  Not to mention the time waiting for the flight in the airport and on the tarmac.  So there has been careful planning about projects, as you can imagine.

First up, my plain sock for knitting while talking to family.  This was yarn that I dyed almost a year ago but never used because I thought it was too plain.  Recently, I re-skeined it and over-dyed part of it to make it have stripes.  The purple is the new part.  I also have some hand-dyed light brown for the cuffs, heels, and toes.  No matter how I take pictures of this yarn, the color never turns out right.  Trust me that the purple is more… purple in real life.  I’ve learned my lesson, though, and I’m only bringing enough to make one sock on the trip.  That should guarantee that I finish the sock, right?

Next, I’m making a scarf for someone for Christmas. Malabrigo Worsted, in Loro barranquero.

This beautiful yarn will be a pair of cabled socks.  The Yarn Hollow Squish, Teal on Teal.

This merino/bamboo fiber that I bought at Weaving Works.  Only about an ounce; I just wanted enough to tell how the blend spins.  I dyed it myself with food coloring.  I’ll be spinning it on my new Mt. Baker spindle!

And one last-minute addition, Shibui Knits Baby Alpaca DK in Spruce.  Project to be determined soon.

I’m not worried that I’m not bringing enough yarn.  I am worried, however, that the projects I have won’t be complicated enough to keep my interest.  After all, the flight back is an hour longer… Maybe I should bring a stitch dictionary just in case…

I have a dear friend. I loved his plaid shirt – it was oversized, cozy and reminded me of the laughs we shared while on our travels together. We met while working the press junket a few years ago and became fast friends.

He came to visit me in Toronto one year and left behind his plaid shirt for me. It was a nice surprise to find it nicely folded under my bed.
Although I loved the shirt, I never wore it.

What to do with it? Well, I decided to create an oversized stocking for my boyfriend. I think it turned out fabulous. I kept one side buttoned, and maintained the collar too. So I was able to create this great Christmas Stocking AND keep the memory of this shirt alive and make it part of a special time of year. It’s fun, it’s friendly and it’s got a lot of room for lots of stocking stuffers.
I think my good buddy would love what I made of his shirt. In a funny way.

This is the back of the Christmas Stocking

This is the front side of the Christmas Stocking

This is Mike's Stocking hanging

Cashmere wool has a fine texture in addition to being strong, light and soft. Cashmere is obtained from the Cashmere goat, which refers to any variety of goat from which the highly valued wool is produced. The finest cashmere comes from the underbelly and throat of the goats, but a lesser grade is also taken from the goats’ legs and backs. Longer fibers from the belly and throat area make the wool especially soft. The shorter fibers from the backs and legs are heavier and less expensive.

Chasmere goat

More Ongoing Wish Swap goodness! If you’re Craftster user Mlsocci74, you should stay away from this page until you get your package!

Anyway, I claimed Mlsocci74 for kitty things and armwarmers for her daughter.

It took me like, nineteen tries to get a color combination that wouldn’t make me want to stab my eye out while I was knitting them. I believe I was successful, though they’re still vaguely sickeningly girly:

Pattern: The one from my head. Top-down fingerless mitts with extra long cuffs.
Yarn: Reclaimed thrift store sweater wool. Natural/undyed* and kool-aid hand-dyed pink, which would be a pretty color if I liked pink at all.
Needles: US 7/4.5 mm Clover dpns

*Mac dictionary wanted to correct this to “undead”. Bahahahaha, zombie mitts!

These took me a grand total of like three hours to make, which isn’t bad at all. And they’re cute I guess. I wouldn’t wear them (I need my pink to be SERIOUSLY TEMPERED if it’s on my person), but a 13-year-old might like them if she’s girly. Yay.

I also made a bunch of kitty toys (mice) for the package:

Pattern: My own. Increase up to 16, knit around, decrease down to three and knit icord. Ears are crocheted mostly.
Yarn: Various scraps of things including Cascade Eco Wool, Knit Picks WotA, and thrift store sweater wool.
Needles: US 7/4.5 mm for the Eco Wool and US 5/3.75(right?) mm for the others.

(I have a serious love for this photo. I love the Macro setting.)

They’re cute. I like to hold them. I might make some for my cats for when I’m home over winter break because they take only a tiny amount of yarn and are GREAT for stash/scrap busting. I used up every inch of that purple WotA. Win.

Anyway, that’s what I sent off. One of my packages has arrived (not this one), so I can claim someone else! Whoo! I also recently finished two knitted things, which I will have FO posts for soon (today is gloomy and not a good day for photos).

Yep, the whispering was a surprise birthday party for moi!  I had no clue.  Even when Lake was ushering me into the house, I actually thought he might be staging a yarn intervention! 

So after a wonderfully exhausting Saturday, I relaxed and spun yesterday.  I hate to admit this (because I love the color), but got kind of bored spinning the Plucky Knitter Honey Wilkes sw merino.  I like color changes. I can’t help it.  So I pulled off the partial bobbin and plunked on some of my own dyed sw merino.

Then I re-watched the how-to-navajo-ply on a wheel video again and holding my breath, gave it another shot.

Not so bad-

154 yards sport weight

I am still cleaning up from the party. Popping balloons (40 balloons-seriously?) and unwinding black crepe paper (de-crepifying per the husband!) from the banisters.  Then spinning!

Is there anything cuter than a baby in a Santa-themed outfit?  No, not one with a picture of a Santa Claus on it, an outfit that makes them look like they are wearing Santa’s suit.

We came across these “Twisted Trousers” and matching hat from Cabbages and Kings in the Capella congo, and thought they were just adorable.  It’s also rare that you see someone put some interest into solid color longies, and the cable knit makes these look extra luxe.  One thing is for sure – the lucky baby who gets these will look adorable this Christmas.

Did you buy this item?  We’d love to have an update with a modeled picture!

Saturday it’s a Saturday. Jamming out to new music all day from Marcus’s Birthday mixes (35 songs from 35 people) but only have the first 12 of 35 . So far, I’d have to say my favorite collections (after Marcus’s own picks) are Olivia’s and Liam’s. I’ll be posting my favs in another post sometime when I go through them. It takes time to listen to everything. What would your strategy be?

Saturday, November 21st

jacket – gift from Silly Sarah

t-shirt – MOB (Married to the MOB) bought @NEU

suspenders – punk store in Ximen, perhaps Chaos Theory?

skirt- Vintage, bought at the Buddhist second hand store on JianGuo and BaDe

tights – Wolford

shoes – Melissa (also bought @NEU)

In case you didn’t know.

Close up on the tights:

Drank 3 bottles of wine with Amanda Hug and Kiss while reading her cards and having a bonding sesh. What a great night! Then we went out on the town. Holy Moly.

We was wasted!

ahaha… not the most flattering picture – but it captured the moment!

We found some guys worse off than us outside Room 18:

Ya, shutup, I got my karma on Sunday.

Memory #200: I set off at a sprint. I run back the way we came, past trees and shrubs and cacti. If it were not for the handy signposts I am sure I would get lost. The ship remains still.

Memory #201: I realise that I have no idea where I have to run to so I turn around and go back to find the librarian-come-tree. He has completely gone and is now nothing but tree.

Memory #202: I am all ready to run off again until I realise that I do not know where I am running and why, so it would be better to walk rather than running slap-bang into trouble. Whatever trouble that may be. I hope to recognise any trouble as such but really I don’t have a clue.

Memory #203: A solitary leaf falls from high up on the librarian-tree and sits there, reddened and crunchy on the ground. It seems to have no idea what to do next.

Memory #204: We are floating in space. Silently, motionlessly. Eerily we are floating in space.

Memory #205: I reach the main library and there seems to be no one around. I search it thoroughly, even looking down the aisles which house books that no one ever looks at. It is completely lacking in people and most of the books have gone too. The shelves are practically empty – even the memorial shelf to the dead librarian has no books on it.

Memory #206: I notice that there are some books in piles on tables. On closer inspection I find that these are all books written by library users onboard the ship.

Memory #207: I leave the library to explore the rest of the ship but there is no sign of anyone anywhere. There is no one in Cashew’s, there is no one in the spaceshop-

Memory #208: I begin to feel like a character in a childrens pop-up book. “He looked behind the counter in the shop. Lift up the flap to see if you can find anything. No, there’s nobody there.”

Memory #209: -there is no one in the seats, there is no one in the showerrooms, there is no one in the librarians’ quarters.

Memory #210: My spine tingles, my skin shakes and my head feels hollow. I half expect this to be a pleasant surprise, for everyone to jump out and yell, ’Happy Birthday!’ at me – is it my birthday? I wouldn’t know. Somehow it feels like a more sinister stillness than that.

Memory #211: It’s just me in the spaceship floating through space. Strangely, silently, motionlessly floating through space. I have never felt the ship float before in the way it is now, in this strange and unsettling way. But then, everything about space so far has been strange and unsettling and after so long on board that is what I have become used to. I would probably find it strange and unsettling if I didn’t feel strange and unsettled.

Memory #212: It would be nice to be told what was going on or to have some books to consult.

Memory #213: As the only person onboard the ship I feel very inadequate. I wish I had spent some of my previous time on the ship finding out how it worked and where the controls are.

Memory #214: I return to my rounded plastic seat and it is only now that I realise that I can no longer see the space ocean outside. In fact I can see nothing. No fish, no clouds, no nothing, just darkness. It is as though someone has thrown a giant black cloth over the ship.

Memory #215: THE WOOL HAS COME! THE JUMPEROCALYPSE! My brain jumps to irrational conclusions. That explanation would not tie in with the events of the past few hours. It would not explain where everyone has gone and also I imagine that the jumperocalypse would cause more commotion.

Memory #216: I remain in my plastic seat, not knowing quite what to make of it all. My brain is weary from so much speculation but I do not want to fall asleep for fear of waking up to find that the rest of the spaceship has disappeared and that I am left floating in space on a plastic seat.

Memory #217: I get up and stroll around the ship. I have a moment of pride and swagger a little as I consider the fact that I am floating through space in my very own spaceship before once again feeling lonely and confused.

Memory #218: I wander through the deserted spaceship floating in space. Floating in space. Though it doesn’t feel like we are moving. Still, floating in space. Floating in space. Until I am told otherwise.

Memory #219: I am hungry and decide to get some cashews to eat. Although there is no one else around I would feel wrong stealing cashew nuts so I go to a cash machine so that I can leave some money in exchange for the nuts.

Memory #220: When I put my cassette in the machine though I find that there is no information about my finances and instead it has been recorded over with, ’Popped In, Souled Out’ by Wet Wet Wet. The hole in the wall starts playing the tape halfway through and the ship is filled with the sound of, ’Sweet Little Mystery,’ the smooth pop sounds blasting out from every speaker.

Memory #221: I root around in my pockets and find that I have enough money left to buy a small bowl of cashew nuts. I decide to try the richter scale flavour cashew nuts.

Memory #222: This proves to be a bad descision because as soon as I crunch into the first nut my mouth begins to shake and my precarious teeth wobble around. The second cashew nut I eat must be from the higher end of the richter scale as it causes my teeth to rattle around more violently than before. Two of them shake completely loose and I spit them out into the bowl to lie with the remainder of the cashews. These are no good for me and my dodgy teeth.

Memory #223: It strikes me that perhaps I should check if there is anyone left at the other end of the spaceship. Buses appear to have stopped running so it will be a long walk there and back.

Memory #224: Since I have nothing much else to do all alone on my floating spaceship it doesn’t really matter how long it takes. I walk along the familiar tree-lined road and sing loudly to myself. My words bounce back at me from the cavernous walls.

Memory #225: The other end of the spaceship is empty too. I should not be surprised at this but I am. The smell artworks are gone too but the crash site remains the same higgledy-piggledy mess of smashed and twisted metal.

Memory #226: The eternal chuntering of the teds is the only sound at this end of the ship. I think that they would carry on forever, their murmur travelling through space until some alien lifeform finds them and tries to communicate with them presuming it to be the language of some newly discovered lifeform.

Memory #227: There is no reason to hang around here and so I turn around and trudge back down the road. The leaves have started to fall from the trees and I find myself walking through piles of crispy leaves which crunch under my feet. A few miles of leaf-crunching pleasure helps to lift my spirits.

Memory #228: Now that I am feeling more cheerful I begin to wonder if maybe it is a surprise party. Perhaps they were waiting for me to walk to the other end of the ship and when I get back they will all jump out at me and we will have a party in the library with toblerones and whisky and balloons.

Woollen blue coat empire style. Size XL. 70% wool and 30% viscose. Warm and confortable. Never used. Euro 30.

Yes, this is the Gooseberry Cardigan that I started weeks ago. The pattern is very easy and the only reason why I didn’t finish it sooner was because the endless stockinette and 2×2 ribbing was boring me to tears. Friday I decided that I was tired of looking at it and since I only had a sleeve and a half left to finish- I finished it!

The color in these photos don’t do it justice, but I am too excited to wait for decent lighting and for me to have time to actually take the photos. I am also very happy with the buttons- which are a pretty blue and have brown bird graphics on them.

I will do a better post later- most likely including the shrug I have yet to take pictures of as well.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Gingerbread boy ornament

I recently ran across this pattern/tutorial on Elsie Marley’s site for a half-eaten gingerbread boy ornament, and I had to make it!  He’s so adorable!  It’s an interesting technique to sew the front cut piece onto a rectangular back piece, and then cut the back piece into the correct shape after sewing.  Worked very well.  My only hint on making this would be to stuff it a little bit when you are halfway around instead of waiting until the end.  I had a hard time getting stuffing into the far arm and leg, and it would have been easier if I had stuffed as I went along.  I also used a backstitch to embroider the year on the back of the piece.  I can’t wait to hang him on my tree when we put it up in a few weeks!

Already being played with by J

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I completed this blanket a few weeks ago for my bosses nephew. I actually really like the material, it’s Silke Alpaca from Scandinavian Knitting Design, and while it was quite thick , it was incredibly soft.

Compared to my other baby blankets that I make this was easier and quicker to knit, as it was knitted in four separate parts. Also, the fact that it was so soft made it a real pleasure to work with. The colours were well chosen, especially as it was for a little boy.

I’ve got quite a few more things to add on here, but keep forgetting to do so during the week. At the same time I also have a whole lot more things to finish, especially some more blankets. So, look out for them here.

Spring hadn’t quite kicked off in Melbourne by mid September the weather had regressed to cold and rain only a fortnight before my departure to Canada. It was still cold enough to sport a scarf as you can see by this picture of supportive parliamentarians wearing a scarf we designed in collaboration with Plan Australia for the Because I’m a Girl campaign.

After tormenting Fareeda Chand at Austrade in Toronto for two years with the prospect of an Otto and Spike marketing visit, finally during mid September we made the decision to present at the Mode Accessories Show. The consequences of our decision sunk in quickly – less than two weeks to complete a new cardboard display booth.

Before I could get ready to leave the residual winter weather played an important role in making our task more difficult.

First I smashed my ankle into the bitumen while riding my bike.  I was checking on a friend’s house while he was away in Canada and the roads were slippery from an unseasonal tropical downpour. My ankle blew up, went black – the weekend before I had to begin the task of building the booth. Then exactly a week later I endured a mental scarring when the Saints lost the Grand Final. It had taken a year to get used to the idea that they were winners  only to have it snatched away again.

The booth for Mode was special as it had the added requirement that all the pieces had to fit into 5 shipping cartons. We needed a design that would give us maximum wall coverage, floor area and be lightweight and strong.  After pages of sketches, mock ups and with time rapidly evaporating we had to move straight on to building the final construction. Fortunately it all worked and the pieces could be freighted out a week prior to the show.

Three units of the modular display system

The design is based on a modular system of interlocking units each is the dimensions of the inside measurements of a yarn carton, 620 mm X 450 mm.

Seven units make the base

Large display form

And this is how it came together in situ.

At the Mode Show

I always imagine when I travel to the Northern Hemisphere that the there will be a distinct change in the season. This time I had the impression of being in a continuous Autumn. It’s a really disorienting sensation that leaves you wondering what season you’re coming from and going to. My mate Joe Rogers (whose house I was checking on and who hails from Nova Scotia) assures me Canada has the same effect on him at this time of year. The other thing that took a little getting used to was the lack of little local cafés. It took me a while to find this great little French Pâtisserie as most places in Toronto are franchised – looking out their window at Trinity Bellwoods Park it’s hard to tell that it’s Autumn.

Trinity Bellwoods Park from Clafouti's window

On my way across town on day one I was reminded of our connection with Plan and the B.I.A.G. campaign when we pulled up alongside these posters.

Once I hit the ground I had two days to familiarize myself with the lay out of the city while I located the last bits and pieces needed to finish the booth.

Regal

The guys at Regal had everything I needed to complete the build on our stand. It is such a great store I wish I’d photographed the interior – wall to wall tools and gadgets -  just like a real hardware store should be. I visited a wide range of stores from the large department stores and international brand name stores to small consignment boutiques specialising in Canadian made craft. The window displays in the two ‘big’ stores were elaborate and fantastic.

Fishing at Holt Renfrew

Holt’s lavish, layered outdoors themed Autumn windows were approaching psychedelic.

Barbie at The Bay

Life sized

At The Bay the windows featured Barbie. Not the doll but Barbie clothes for real people – I’m not sure if it’s life imitating art maybe life imitating commerce.

There were a few reminders of home – Australian clothing brands stocked in stores around town. Nobody Jeans from our neighborhood in Fitzroy were available in some good stores like Lileo in the Distillery and Lavish and Squalor on Queen West.

Nobody in Lileo

Toronto has a layered public transit system, subway (TTC), ground level trains and buses (GoTransit) and street cars. It was hard not to think of Melbourne – riding the ‘rocket’ along King and Queens streets.

It’s great to see different approaches to issues  – I couldn’t help noticing this public health message.

Sleeve sneeze?

I quickly became aware of another form of transport closer to my heart – bikes. Everywhere I was noticing examples of a strong bike culture. When I photographed this eccentric bike trailer the guy who made it appeared from a doorway to make sure I wasn’t trying to steal his design concept. My interest was in the aesthetic properties of the trailer not the engineering which he assured me were exceptional as the arm attaching the trailer to the bike had a universal joint for fluid movement.

Copper pipe trailer

Like cities all over the world the fixed wheel bike phenomena is sweeping through Toronto – converted road bikes and track bikes kept popping up everywhere. The ones I have  photographed I liked for the intricacy of the paint work and the choice of colour combinations – Fixie 2 was an unusual combo of white fading into dark purple contrasted with bronze anodised head stem, handle bars and pedals. Number 1 used a dark grey frame with hot pink highlights on the head badge and on the top of the front forks and grips.

Fixie 1

Fixie 1.2

Fixie 2

Located on Queens Street West is Toronto’s Community Bicycle Network – it’s hard to miss all the yellow signs and bikes parked on the pavement. You can go there to rent a bike, fix or make one. There’s a lot of bike action on Queen West.

C.B.N. bike stand

Vintage Chopper

One of the highlights of the trip was singing I heard each morning outside my hotel room door.  At first I wasn’t sure who was serenading the new day until I discovered the housemaid Maxine’s mellifluous voice escaping from the open door of the next room. I asked if she sang anywhere else and she replied in a beautiful lilting Jamaican accent, “only in Church”. Maxine generously allowed me to take her photo as she was a bit concerned about a strange guy asking to take her picture.

Maxine

I’ve always been interested in Jamaica so finding a city that has a big Jamaican population and  culture with Mr Jerk restaurants to Ethiopian Coptic Churches was an added fascination for me. The signs below feature the ancient Amharic language of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Orthodox Church

In another part of the city I discovered Corrado’s Barber Shop on Bathurst Street. I love the painting on the front, it reminds me of Nigerian barber shop paintings. I was so captivated by the sign that I had to go in. I knew I needed a trim and the painting pushed to do something about it. Corrado emigrated from the Southern most part of the Italian mainland fifty-three years ago. He said he’d like to be there now, “somewhere that it’s summer nine months of the year.”

Corrado's

Corrado the man

Here he is surrounded by some very buxom women – company on the long afternoons napping in the chair between customers. He was such a character I didn’t notice handing over $20 for a number zero trim, despite the fact the he missed a section on the back of my head.

Streetscape Queen West

My favourite area in Toronto is West on Queens Street. There’s a strong culture that’s evident in the shops and businesses that resonate with visuals, design, and an eclectic style that reminded me of home. Jennifer Durand at Ziliotto told me that often people from Melbourne feel very at home on Queen West. It’s also where you’d find a Crumpler store in Toronto.

The store windows in this precinct presented a catholic array of objects displayed in unconventional ways.

One of my favourite windows on the strip is Chatelet. Their engaging combination of found objects and products are intriguing.

In Ziliotto the best-selling hat is a cloche – something we understand at Otto and Spike.

The next image completely baffled me when I first saw it. At a distance I couldn’t figure out what I was looking at – I had to get quite close before I could see that it was a wooden post completely covered with rusting steel staples used to hang posters.

Queen West has a number of art galleries.  An intricate and intimate collection of found objects in one and pop art simplicity in another.

Toronto is a great city and Otto and Spike will soon be there. To get this far we were lucky to get help from some new friends.

Fareeda Chand at Austrade, Peter G from N.A.F.E, Jason at Crumpler, Sean and Lisa at dconstruct, Orusia from Pushan, Jen from Jeelee, and Jo Balles (even though we didn’t get to meet).

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PTFE(TEFLON),NOMEX,KEVLAR ÖRGÜ(HASIR) KURUTMA BANTLARI
( UV lak,Serigrafi,reklam,afiş,kumaş fikse,egalize,yaş sebze meyve kurutma,shrink..vb )
SİYAH ANTİSTATİK TELA YAPIŞTIRMA SİLİNDİR PRES TEFLON BANTLARI
( Meyer,Hashima,Zafer Mak,Güneş Mak,Alba Mak,Özer Mak,Mas Mak,Mcn Mak,yerinde montaj..vb )
PTFE(TEFLON) ÖRGÜ FİKSE BANTLARI ( Müller,Emar,Logel..vb )
KALIP AYIRMA ve TEMİZLEME SPREYLERİ ( Tela presi,gömlek..vb )
KENDİNDEN YAPIŞKANLI ve YAPIŞKANSIZ TEFLON KUMAŞ BANTLAR
( Sanfor,ütü,gıda,ambalaj,paketleme..vb )
BEYAZ ve SARI SAF TEFLONLAR ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Kumaş Boyama..vb )
SANFOR ve ÜTÜ KEÇELERİ ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot..vb )
ENDÜSTRİYEL YÜN ve SENTETİK KEÇELER ( Tekstil keçeleri,çamaşırhane keçeleri,kağıt keçeleri..vb )
SİLİNDİR SARGI LASTİK BANTLARI ( Ram,kurutma,kumaş kontrol,rulo sarma..vb )
KIRMIZI SİLİKON KUMAŞLAR ( Şirink tünelleri,sünger imalatı..vb )
ÖRGÜ(ELEK) BANTLARI
( UV,IR kurutma,tela presi soğutma,yufka hattı,makarna hattı,çay soldurma,tütün..vb )
PVC,POLİÜRETAN,DOKUMA BEZ,TEFLON,SİLİKON,KAUÇUK TAŞIYICI(KONVEYÖR) BANTLAR
( Konveyör hattları,montaj hattı,balon sıkma,ters çevirme,bobin taşıma,hallaç,seçme,ayıklama,kurutma..vb )
GIDAYA UYGUN KONVEYÖR BANTLAR
( Unlu mamüller,tortilla lavaş hattı,yufka hattı,hamur,çikolata,büsküvi..vb )
ÇİVİLİ ÇİVİSİZ AĞAÇ ÇITALI HASIR KONVEYÖR BANTLAR
( Egalize Kurutma,AMS MAK,DİLMENLER MAK,CANLAR MAK,ACC MAK..vb )
KOŞU YÜRÜYÜŞ BANTLARI ( Spor salonları,Fitness..vb )
KASA KASİYER BANTLARI ( Marketler,alışveriş merkezleri..vb )
ETİKET KESME KATLAMA KEÇELERİ ( Willy,Uçak Mak,Yafez Mak..vb )
İĞ ŞERİTLERİ ( İplik sarma,büküm,dokuma..vb )
GÜÇ TRANSMİSYON KAYIŞLARI,TANGENTİAL KAYIŞLAR
( Ring,iplik büküm,dokuma,sarma,dairesel örme,miğfer boru kayışları..vb )
MATBAA KAYIŞLARI ( Linateks kaplamalı kayışlar,ofset baskı,Heildelberg,Taiwan,UV lak,serigrafi,vakum..vb )
CAMELYAF HORTUM ve ŞERİTLER ( Buharlama mak..vb )

OUR PRODUCTS

PTFE(TEFLON),NOMEX,KEVLAR OPEN MESH DRYING BELTS ( Fixing,fabric drying..Etc )
BLACK ANTISTATIK FUSING PRESS BELTS ( Meyer,Oshima,Summit..Etc )
PTFE(TEFLON) OPEN MESH FIXING BELTS ( Müller,Emar,Logel..Etc )
PERMANENT ADHESIVE AND SILICONE SPRAYS FOR TEXTILE PRINTING (Textile printing machineries..Etc )
ADHESIVE AND NON ADHESIVE PTFE(TEFLON) COATED FABRICS ( Heliot,Santex..Etc )
SILICONE COATED FABRICS( Entrance and exit curtains on shrink tunnels,conveyor belts..Etc )
ORGINAL SANFORISING TEFLON(PTFE) SHEET ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Muzzy..Etc )
ENDLESS SANFORISING AND CALENDERING FELTS ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Muzzy..Etc )
INDUSTRIAL WOOL AND PES FELTS ( Lubrication,Label folding,calendering..Etc )
SELF ADHESIVE AND NON ADHESIVE ROLLER COVERING BELTS ( Ram,drying,fabric control..Etc )
POLYESTER OPEN MESH DRYING BELTS ( UV,IR Drying,cooling for fusing pres..Etc )
PVC AND PU CONVEYOR BELTS ( Yarn-fabric drying,spool transmision..Etc )
CONVEYOR BELTS FASTENING SYSTEMS ( Conveyor belts..Etc )
WOOD BELTS ( Fibre,drying machines..Etc )
SPINDLE TAPES TANGENTIAL BELTS ( Spin winding,Twisting,weaving..Etc )
FLAT TRANSMISION BELTS ( Ring spin winding,twisting,weaving,circular knitting machines..Etc )
GLASS FABRIC TRUNKS AND TAPES ( Textile machineries..Etc)

ENDÜSTRİYEL YÜN ve SENTETİK KEÇELER ( Tekstil keçeleri,çamaşırhane keçeleri,kağıt keçeleri..vb )
Tekstil Sektörü,Deri Sektörü,Çamaşırhane Sektörü,Alüminyum Sektörü,Kağıt Sektörü,Mobilya Sektörü,Makine Sektörlerinde kullanılan yüksek teknolojik özelliklere sahip keçelerin ve bantların ithalat-ihracat,imalat ve satışı.Çamaşırhane Keçeleri grubunda,Silindir Ütü Keçeleri,Bantlı Ütü Keçeleri,Katlama Bantları,Havlu Katlama Bantları,Elastik Bantlar,Klavuz Şeritler,Pres Ütü Keçeleri,Bant Ekipmanları.
Silindir ütü makinelerinde ürünlerin ana silindire verilmesini ve ütüleme sonrasında da çamaşırların makinenin diğer tarafından alınmasını sağlamak üzere kullanılırlar.

ÜRÜN YELPAZEMİZ

 PTFE(TEFLON),NOMEX,KEVLAR ÖRGÜ(HASIR) KURUTMA BANTLARI
 ( UV lak,Serigrafi,reklam,afiş,kumaş fikse,egalize,yaş sebze meyve kurutma,shrink..vb )
 SİYAH ANTİSTATİK TELA YAPIŞTIRMA SİLİNDİR PRES TEFLON BANTLARI
 ( Meyer,Hashima,Zafer Mak,Güneş Mak,Alba Mak,Özer Mak,Mas Mak,Mcn Mak,yerinde montaj..vb )
 PTFE(TEFLON) ÖRGÜ FİKSE BANTLARI ( Müller,Emar,Logel..vb )
 KALIP AYIRMA ve TEMİZLEME SPREYLERİ ( Tela presi,gömlek..vb )
 KENDİNDEN YAPIŞKANLI ve YAPIŞKANSIZ TEFLON KUMAŞ BANTLAR
 ( Sanfor,ütü,gıda,ambalaj,paketleme..vb )
 BEYAZ ve SARI SAF TEFLONLAR ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Kumaş Boyama..vb )
 SANFOR ve ÜTÜ KEÇELERİ ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot..vb )
 ENDÜSTRİYEL YÜN ve SENTETİK KEÇELER ( Tekstil keçeleri,çamaşırhane keçeleri,kağıt keçeleri..vb )
 SİLİNDİR SARGI LASTİK BANTLARI ( Ram,kurutma,kumaş kontrol,rulo sarma..vb )
 KIRMIZI SİLİKON KUMAŞLAR ( Şirink tünelleri,sünger imalatı..vb )
 ÖRGÜ(ELEK) BANTLARI
 ( UV,IR kurutma,tela presi soğutma,yufka hattı,makarna hattı,çay soldurma,tütün..vb )
 PVC,POLİÜRETAN,DOKUMA BEZ,TEFLON,SİLİKON,KAUÇUK TAŞIYICI(KONVEYÖR) BANTLAR
 ( Konveyör hattları,montaj hattı,balon sıkma,ters çevirme,bobin taşıma,hallaç,seçme,ayıklama,kurutma..vb )
 GIDAYA UYGUN KONVEYÖR BANTLAR
 ( Unlu mamüller,tortilla lavaş hattı,yufka hattı,hamur,çikolata,büsküvi..vb )
 ÇİVİLİ ÇİVİSİZ AĞAÇ ÇITALI HASIR KONVEYÖR BANTLAR
 ( Egalize Kurutma,AMS MAK,DİLMENLER MAK,CANLAR MAK,ACC MAK..vb )
 KOŞU YÜRÜYÜŞ BANTLARI ( Spor salonları,Fitness..vb )
 KASA KASİYER BANTLARI ( Marketler,alışveriş merkezleri..vb )
 ETİKET KESME KATLAMA KEÇELERİ ( Willy,Uçak Mak,Yafez Mak..vb )
 İĞ ŞERİTLERİ ( İplik sarma,büküm,dokuma..vb )
 GÜÇ TRANSMİSYON KAYIŞLARI,TANGENTİAL KAYIŞLAR
 ( Ring,iplik büküm,dokuma,sarma,dairesel örme,miğfer boru kayışları..vb )
 MATBAA KAYIŞLARI ( Linateks kaplamalı kayışlar,ofset baskı,Heildelberg,Taiwan,UV lak,serigrafi,vakum..vb )
 CAMELYAF HORTUM ve ŞERİTLER ( Buharlama mak..vb )
 

OUR PRODUCTS

PTFE(TEFLON),NOMEX,KEVLAR OPEN MESH DRYING BELTS ( Fixing,fabric drying..Etc )
BLACK ANTISTATIK FUSING PRESS BELTS ( Meyer,Oshima,Summit..Etc )
PTFE(TEFLON) OPEN MESH FIXING BELTS ( Müller,Emar,Logel..Etc )
PERMANENT ADHESIVE AND SILICONE SPRAYS FOR TEXTILE PRINTING (Textile printing machineries..Etc )
ADHESIVE AND NON ADHESIVE PTFE(TEFLON) COATED FABRICS ( Heliot,Santex..Etc )
SILICONE COATED FABRICS( Entrance and exit curtains on shrink tunnels,conveyor belts..Etc )
ORGINAL SANFORISING TEFLON(PTFE) SHEET ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Muzzy..Etc )
ENDLESS SANFORISING AND CALENDERING FELTS ( Ferraro,Speretto,Heliot,Muzzy..Etc )
INDUSTRIAL WOOL AND PES FELTS ( Lubrication,Label folding,calendering..Etc )
SELF ADHESIVE AND NON ADHESIVE ROLLER COVERING BELTS ( Ram,drying,fabric control..Etc )
POLYESTER OPEN MESH DRYING BELTS ( UV,IR Drying,cooling for fusing pres..Etc )
PVC AND PU CONVEYOR BELTS ( Yarn-fabric drying,spool transmision..Etc )
CONVEYOR BELTS FASTENING SYSTEMS ( Conveyor belts..Etc )
WOOD BELTS ( Fibre,drying machines..Etc )
SPINDLE TAPES TANGENTIAL BELTS ( Spin winding,Twisting,weaving..Etc )
FLAT TRANSMISION BELTS ( Ring spin winding,twisting,weaving,circular knitting machines..Etc )
GLASS FABRIC TRUNKS AND TAPES ( Textile machineries..Etc)

“When you consider the buttery softness of flannel… the smooth gloss of broadcloth… the rich depth of velour… it is difficult to imagine that all these textures and hundreds more could come from one fiber –Wool.”

I’m in Textiles class right now. We have been studying wool and silk. My teacher just started a movie about the process wool needs to go through. Bare with me… as I talk to myself and try to review wool for my test.

Just in case you don’t know… Wool refers to fibers from various animals including sheep, Angora and cashmere goats, camel, alpaca, and llama.

Steps In Processing:

1. Grading and/or sorting
2. Washing
3. Blending of types of wool
4. Dyeing
5. Carding
6. Combing
7. Drawing
8. Spinning
9. Weaving or knitting

10. Finishing

My teacher passed around a sample of wool at each stage of the process.

Grading: evaluating the whole fleece for fineness and length.

Washing: The wool is washed thoroughly with a soap or detergent and water solution where it looses 30-70% of its weight when natural grease and dirt are removed. Wool is passed through a squeeze roller and dried.

Blending: Wool is usually spun from different types of yarn, so it can achieve a certain color and uniformity. Blending is made by mixing different wools.

Dyeing: Dyeing can be done at any point of the process. If the wool is dyed after it is spun into yarn, it is called yarn dying. The wool is piece dyed if it is dyed after it is made into a garment. The proteins in wool help hold the dye extremely well.

Carding: Carding is the process of opening the wool fibers, separating them and laying them parallel to each other. The yarn is passed through rollers that have teeth on it, straightening the fibers as they pass through. The carded wool is then divided into “slivers.”

Combing: The next step would be for the carded slivers to be combed. Combing makes the fibers even more parallel, removing any short fibers in the process.

Drawing: The wool is now drawn through machines, which reduce the slivers into slightly, twisted “roving.” The next stage would to be put onto spools, ready for spinning.

Spinning: After the spools are in place on the spinning frame, the ends of the roving are pulled through rollers, which lengthen the fibers even more. They are put on to bobbins that apply a specified twist to the yarns.

Weaving or Knitting: Weaving is the actual production of the fabric, by interlacing two sets of yarns at right angles. Threads running lengthwise are called the warp. The threads running crosswise are called weft. The knitting is done on machines, which resemble the process of hand knitting. Knitting is formed by interlocking series of loops of one or more yarns.

Finishing: Everything that happens to the wool after it leaves the loom is considered a finishing process. There are vast choices of finishes for wool. They can alter the appearance all the way to how the wool performs.

Wow! That’s quit a process to get wool cloth. Thanks for helping me study… Hopefully I’ll remember it for my test. Next time you go shopping and pick up a wool garment, take a minute to study the label. See what kind of wool it is, try to picture the process your garment had to go through in order to get into your hands.

I finished this sweater last week – It took a good while to dry after blocking, and I kept forgetting to add buttons. But here it is! This is from BrooklynTweed’s “Made in Brooklyn” pattern book for Classic Elite. It went by pretty smoothly. The trickiest thing was reading the color chart (while in a car driving cross-country). I started over a few times, but I’m glad I did.

There are a few things about this sweater that upset me.

1- I made it a size too big. It’s too flimsy. I have no idea why I sized up. I guess I thought if it was going to be a bulky sweater, I’d want a little more ease than 2″ – but not the 6 or 7 that I ended up with!

2-For whatever reason, the underarms on this one ended up really messy. Not sure if it was my sloppy kitchener’s stitch or the fact that they tell you to wait until the entire sweater is done to sew up the underarms (I should have done them right away to minimize stretching). Since the sweater is too big, the underarms droop and you can see my messy stitches. Yuck.

What I DO love:
1-Berroco Ultra Alpaca! So soft and cozy. Light enough while still being warm since it’s half wool, too.

2-the Roll-over collar! This uses short rows to create a soft half-oval shape.

3-Placket with buttons! No wool right under your chin! Gives it a bit more detail than a standard sweater.

Overall, good pattern. I want to try a few more things from the book but not till I get Christmas shopping out of the way. Oh yeah, and that dress I’ve been meaning to make.

Stilwell on Ravelry

i have new toys!

i don’t technically own this, but it is in my possession for the next year!

yeah spinning!!!

and plying!!!

this is also in my possession for the next year…

loads of fun to come!!

lily and i made pizza too…

the crust was absolutely perfect and all the toppings came from the farm. i am so lucky!!!!!

I have finally finished spinning the 4kg bulk order of merino slub yarn, and the first kilo is already swimming in the dyepot. Man I can’t wait for the yarns to be fully painted and dried so I can feel really good about the results. Here they are waiting to get some colour:

I also finished some new handpainted slub yarns for my ebayUK store, they are all of super bulky yarn weight and sold in small quantities so people can choose various colours for smaller projects, like e.g. freeform knitting, felting and also for dreadmaking of course!

Plus I drum carded a gorgeously soft handpainted lot of 4 merino wool batts this morning, which I have also displayed in my ebayUK store. The colours are really wonderful, all warm and earthy shades of lilac, peach, apricot and lemon, YUMMY!

I am currently spinning the same colours into a fingering weight yarn. Something I hadn’t had time for while I was working on the slub yarn order, so now I am thoroughly enjoying spinning a very fine yarn for a change )

It has been quite warm again recently, we are talking about 16-20 degrees Celsius, which is very unusual for November, and I don’t like it.  My blood pressure plays up, and I feel dizzy most of the day when the temperature jumps up and down like this. Nevertheless I am preparing for advent and christmas time,  I have to admit that if my sister hadn’t mentioned advent I would have forgotten about it, drowning in yarn orders and making fresh soap batches day and night,  no wonder I sometimes lose track of what season is currently up and around…Last week we there was a huge rainstorm pouring down for hours and hours.  Towards sunset the sky started clearing on the edges, and this is what it looked like -  It was very impressive and so breathtaking!!!!!!

Below is my advent wreath I bought 2 days ago. Over here in Germany we celebrate the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday until christmas eve by lighting a candle for each Sunday, meet with friends, bake christmas cookies and stollen, drink a lot of tea and  be merry and reflective…yes, people also go to church of course, but I admit that I am not too crazy about that part. I prefer to worship the supreme power through my work and through being with my family.

Well, it’s time for me to get back to the dyepot.  Everyone have a very good weekend!

For my Mega Man ideas, I bought red yarn. When I bought one of the skeins, I mistakenly picked up wool. I decided to make a pair of fingerless gloves to get rid of the yarn. When they were finished, I discovered the magic and wonder of wool. The gloves I made that fit me also fit my husband! as well as all my friends who I have shown the “magic trick” to.

To see a list of all my fingerless glove posts, click here.

If you would like to find more fingerless glove patterns, try one of these: knucks (men and women), bella fingerless gloves (women), or even here (men and women) for a list of a bunch of patterns.

Vintage Childs Wool Cut Work Vest

Notes from the Artist:

Incredible cut cut work and detail on this little vintage vest.
All wool so it’s going to keep the young one really warm.

this is absolutely beautiful.

The story I got was this was made or bought by a grandmother waiting for the first grandchild to grow into it so she put it away. This was during the late eighties. But she passed away without it ever going to the child.

It was in a truck I purchased.

This is pure wool in a warm beige colour. It does have nicely sewn darts in the front. It’s been bound by deep red binding with zigzag stitching.

The incredible detail in the trim is amazing.
The cut work has been cut with pinking sheers and carefully stitched onto the front of the vest. In the back there is one great section at the bottom of the back.

It really is beautiful work and I’m sure my pictures will not do it justice.

I have no idea what the size is but from the back of the neck to the bottom of the binding is 18 inches.
Underarm to underarm across the front is sixteen inches.

Armhole binding is sixteen inches.

I have only listed a couple of destinations but if you are interested please contact me for a shipping price.

So I have completed something that I am fully satisfied with and can wear for this fall/winter weather. I made a purple wool A-line skirt. I used a free pattern from BurdaStyle, you have to be a member to get the pattern but it is easy to sign up and you get access to so many free, great patterns. BurdaStyle had a contest to see who could make this skirt best, or a variation of this skirt, so many members made some really nice skirts! http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/a-plus-a-line

Notes on this pattern: It is relatively simple, but you have to print out 50 pages to get it, which is a ton. Luckily I have a lot of scrap paper. I also found the sizing to be a little off – judging by my measurements, it indicated a certain size, but that size was a little off. I just made sure to fit the paper pattern before I cut out any fabric, so no problem.

I used a purple wool from Fabric Mart which was on sale and now it is more on sale!

It is hard to capture the color of the wool; its color is in between these two colors indicated in the photos? The front of the dress has a yoke and pleats. The second photo is a picture of the back and side. The lining,  I believe it is a gold polyester china silk. The zipper is lavender, and it isn’t supposed to be showing, but I really liked the bit of lavender on the side seam.  Yeah so these photos are pretty bad, I’ll replace them when I take better ones.

I am working on a bunch of things. I have worked hard on this Black and White jacket, because its not a dress or shirt that if I make mistakes I can cover with a cardigan. I sewed a quilted lining on the inside, which I really like! The goal is for it to theoretically be reversible because it will look great on the inside and outside! To that end, I am adding black bias tape to all the edges, which so far I have sewed and removed it twice because it hasn’t completely lined up. The second is a dress made from Italian wool that I got for 75% off, quite a bargain. The skirt is supposed to be a full skirt – like a 1950s poufy skirt. I’m going to remove this skirt though, because to get that poufy look, you have to wear a crinoline or some sort of petticoat which I definitely have no plans on doing. Also, gathering the skirt was a hassle, even though this was lightweight wool I couldn’t get the skirt to gather evenly. I’m going to replace this bottom with a slimmer skirt.

Later!