Happy Scrap Granny Blanket
Posted by: startigerlily on: March 25, 2011
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This is your basic granny square afghan made with an H hook and 24 rounds of scrap yarn. I figure this should be a nice child’s blanket. Think I’ll end up donating it.
Child’s Jacquard Scarf
Posted by: startigerlily on: March 16, 2011
I fell in love with this yarn, Bernat Jr. Jacquard in Orange Juice, so I bought a skein to make the scarf pattern that came on the label. I was surprised and pleased by how even the yarn’s patterning turned out. The stitch is Shaker Rib, which is k1, k1b, p 1. I cannot tell you how many times I ripped it all out and started over because I thought the rib wasn’t very even. Finally I got to the point where I decided to just leave it alone and I think it turned out okay. I still have to wash and block it…and find a child to give it to! lol
CJP: Other People’s Scraps/Diptych
Posted by: startigerlily on: March 9, 2011
Other People's Scraps
One of the required elements that we are supposed to do is create something from someone else’s scraps. In this case, I’ve used a rejected piece of artwork from my classmate and fellow knitting buddy Janet. It’s rather neat because her art included paint, watercolor, and glitter. It really reminded me of the Northern Lights. I had a little mesh window with snowy trees that I saved from a greeting card. I put a piece of the painting behind it, and then attached it to a little card i made (the diptych). I embellished the page with beads to represent snow. I had some leftover scrap yarn that I crocheted to use as a border.
Inside the diptych
Inside the card it says: Night falls…snow glistens…the frosted trees set the scene. Up above the Northern lights shimmer and dance. And I added a couple more pieces of scrap art.
Creative Journal Pages
Posted by: startigerlily on: March 7, 2011
Our project for Art Therapy 4 is to make a Creative Journal. I’ve decided to save myself the aggrevation of trying to figure out how to make a journal from scratch. I happened to have a scrapbook I bought a while back so I’m using that. Here are a couple pages I’ve come up with so far:
Innvocation Page
This is the first page and basically what I consider to be most important lessons I’ve learned in life (so far). The idea being that whoever views the journal in the future will know what I was all about when I created it. I love 3D glitter paint. Although I like the raised design when applied rather than the flat design that occurs when it dries.
Intimation of figuration
This is the intimation of figuration page. Basically that means finding images in random brushstroke paintings. In this case, there’s a tree and a rather large, plump bird. There is an inspirational quote at left: “Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. – Shigenori Kameoka”
I will post more journal pages as I make them.
Camera Cozy
Posted by: startigerlily on: January 31, 2011
I crocheted this camera cozy using scrap wool yarn. It is slightly felted, although you can’t really tell in the picture. The pattern came from Family Circle Easy Crochet Fall/Winter 2005 magazine.
Be A Friend Shawl
Posted by: startigerlily on: January 10, 2011
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Here is my first completed crochet project for 2011! It’s the Be A Friend/Have A Heart Shawl that is a free pattern on Red Heart.com. I did use Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Turqua. It’s a pretty easy pattern, so if you love shawls I say give it a try. I know you won’t regret it!
French Country Garden Afghan
Posted by: startigerlily on: December 26, 2010
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I finally finished this afghan earlier today. It’s the most difficult afghan I’ve ever attempted in terms of stitches and joining, etc. I misunderstood the directions when it came to joining the squares at the corners. I figured if I just continued throughout that it’d just be a pattern variation. I wasn’t happy with it though so I added the little blue flowers to cover it up. I like it much better this way! I made a mistake on one of the rounds of edging and, of course, I didn’t notice it until I was mostly done with the next round. I had to rip it all out and start over because it wasn’t something I could fudge. Ripping out is nothing new to me, but I was upset because of the time I lost. Joining the squares together was interesting because the pattern calls for alternating slip stitches, which kind of gives it a braided look on the back. I should’ve taken a picture of the back. Anyway, I’m thrilled with it. Now I’m considering whether or not to enter it in the county fair next year, or just sell it.
Autumn Deer Plaque
Posted by: startigerlily on: November 27, 2010
While cleaning out my uncle’s house I found this plaque among things that had belonged to my grandparents. The sky had been painted blue and the foreground trees green. I think my grandma had started it but never finished. I applied gesso over the whole plaque. Yes, covering what my grandma had already done. I wanted to go in a different direction. I love autumn so I thought it’d be cool to paint the trees in shades of burgundy, orange, gold, rust, and green. I chose to paint the frame a midnight blue. It makes the whole scene pop.
Printmaking II
Posted by: startigerlily on: November 13, 2010
One of the interesting things about printmaking is that sometimes you get unexpected results. For instance, when stamping this card an interesting image appeared: a T-Rex! I outlined him in Sharpie.
Printmaking
Posted by: startigerlily on: November 11, 2010
We learned about printmaking in Art Therapy class earlier this week. We used cardstock, printmaking ink, and styrofoam trays. We cut stamps from the styrofoam trays and then etched designs into them. I just used the handle tip of a paint brush to make my designs. When my teacher explained the process to the class she said that you press your stamp into the ink and then press it onto the cardstock. Easy enough, right? The whole printmaking process is fun. I got some interesting designs as a result, but my prints didn’t show up very well. The ink was too thick and gloppy. I think a better idea would have been to thin the ink with some water. Actually acrylic paint could have been used instead of the ink and it’s not as costly. Also, brushing the ink on the stamp would have given a more even coat. I’m still in the process of adding some artistic flair to the cards but here’s one example for now:
BEFORE
You can see here that the ink didn’t coat evenly. Some of the scrollwork design shows.
AFTER
Here is the same card. I’ve used watercolor paints, markers, and glitter glue to jazz things up a bit.
