DIY idea: pom pon scarf

colored pom pon scarf Accessorize - white pom pon scarf-top by Sandra Backlund

During these cold days the scarf is one key accessory we cannot live without. The pom pon scarf  is cute and can be easily made at home. Anyone can do pom pons, they're a quick , no sew diy project. If you like the multi colored one pictured above you can even make a new scarf recycling yarn leftover so you'll have a new scarf for free. 
Do you think a pom pon scarf is only suitable for kids? Have a look at the picture on the right where we see pom pons going high fashion in the scuptural white top by Sandra Backlund.
So bottom line: how do we make a pom pon?

how to make a pom pon picture via fashion crochet

What do you need?

carboard

scissors

yarn

1. cut two discs of cardboard 3 inches wide (the width sets the dimensions of the finished pom pon)
2. overlap the two discs
3. wrap the yarn around the discs until they're full (the more yarn you add the fuller the pom pon will be)
4. use the scissors and cut all loops along the edges
5. carefully separate the discs unveiling the center of the pom pon; cut another piece of yarn and knot  all the yarns together at the center
6. remove the discs,  and you've done

After making several pom pons connect them using another piece of yarn and a needle, insert a pom pon after another and you've done!  
PS: the pom pon scarf can make a nice Christmas gift!

Durante le fredde giornate d'inverno la sciarpa è un accessorio di cui non possiamo fare a meno. La sciarpa con i pom pon è simpatica e può essere realizzata in casa. Tutti possono realizzare i pom pon, sono veloci e non richiedono alcuna cucitura. Se volete una sciarpa multicolore come quella di Accessorize potrete addirittura realizzarla riciclando gli avanzi di gomitoli che avete in casa ottenendo una nuova sciarpa completamente gratis. Se pensate che i pom pon siano adatti solo ai bambini ricredetevi guardando il top couture realizzato da Sandra Backlund. Allora, come si realizzano i pom pon?

Avete bisogno di:

cartone

forbici

lana

1. ritagliate due dischi di cartone del diametro di 7 centimetri ( la dimensione dei dischi determinerà la dimensione finale dei pom pon)
2. sovrapponete i due dischi
3. avvolgete il filo intorno ai dischi fino a ricoprirli (più filo aggiungerete più pieni risulteranno i pom pon)
4. usando le forbici ritagliate gli anelli di lana sul bordi dei dischi
5. separate con cura i dischi scoprendo così il centro del pom pon;  tagliate un altro pezzo di filo e formate un nodo al centro bloccando tutti i fili insieme
6. a questo punto rimuovete i dischi di cartone e il pom pon è fatto.

Dopo aver realizzato più pom pon connetteteli prendendo ago e filo e infilandoli uno dietro l'altro e la sciarpa è pronta!

PS: la sciarpa con i pom pon può essere un perfetto regalo di Natale!

DIY idea: lace dresses

 

Dolce&Gabbana lace dress

lace dresses you can find at Asos just click on the images

 Since i put my eyes on Dolce&Gabbana spring 2011collection i fell in love with those cute lace dresses. Perfect for summer (worn with a sunkissed skin) the lace dress is a classic in a romantic,chic wardrobe. Spring crochet magazines are filled with patterns to make one of these but crafting one takes time and summer is already here! Lace fabrics can be expensive so a cheap alernative can be to use lace curtains or embroidered tablecloths as fabric. Don't even think to touch your grandma tablecloths embroidered with love (i know that grannies don't do this anymore, they wear miniskirts and botox!),have a look in your local market instead i'm sure you'll find what you're looking for.

Per l'estate Dolce&Gabbana hanno declinato il vestito in pizzo in tante romantiche versioni. Perfetto per la stagione estiva, indossato sulla pelle dorata, il vestito in pizzo è un classico. Le riviste di uncinetto sono piene di schemi e proposte ma realizzarne uno richiede tempo e l'estate è già qui! Le stoffe di pizzo possono essere costose e una alternativa meno costosa possono essere tende in pizzo e le tovaglie ricamate usate come stoffa. Per carità non tagliate le tovaglie della nonna ricamate a mano con amore (lo so che oggi le nonne indossano minigonne e botox),cercate invece nei mercati locali,sono sicura che troverete quello che cercate.

Macramè for less

Cavalli 2011

Gucci 2011

Ferragamo 2009

Bershka spring 2011
Asos 2010 clutch

Macramè and crochet dresses made their appereance in spring 2011 runways.Macramè is a textile obtained by knotting the thread.Gucci and Cavalli designs are really sophisticated,i wanted to show you a Ferragamo sweater back from 2009.
If you want to copy this expensive look consider a trip to Bershka they have a couple of options.

An unusual DIY

I was browsing Topshop and i've found this. Definitely an extreme DIY and, let me say it, a little bit weird! Maybe he won't be loquacious but i bet he won''t complain if you buy another pair of shoes :D
Maybe this is the reason why it's sold out!

Guardate cosa ho trovato sfogliando il catalogo online di Topshop. Decisamente un fai da te estremo.E' vero, non sarà loquace ma non si lamenterà per l'ennesimo paio di scarpe che porterete a casa.
Sarà per questo che è già esaurito.

Touches of Spring DIY

Shoes: Strutt for Asos
bag: Cinti
skirt:DIY

I'm seeking for spring colours and atmosphere. Today i would like to share with you a new DIY project that includes knitting .It's a flared, ruffled skirt.Even if seems complicated it's made with just purl stitch,the ruffle effect is done with a special yarn called Ondas.
You can find it googling ondas knit or ruffle yarn.
At first sight it looks like a normal yarn but when you open it's made of net.
Once it's opened you can start knitting it normally, you just have to insert your needle along the border of the net.
Confused?Don't worry,i found for you a step by step tutorial plus a pattern for a basic scarf.

Download

The skirt is made of 2 pieces sewn together, a front and a back. Every side it's basically a trapezium.

Start with 60 stitches (for a size UK 10,USA 6,euro 38) or 64 (for a size UK 14,USA 10,euro 42)
at the third row start decreasing.
decrease one stitch each side (at start and end)
continue decreasing as shown
decrease 1 stich every 2 rows (twice)
decrease 1 stitch every 4 rows (twice)
decrease 1 stitch every 6 rows(twice)
then continue till the desidered lenght

repeat all for the other side.
Sew the pieces together then sew a wide elastic band at the top.

If all this is confusing then just take a flared skirt from your wardrobe and follow its shape,it will be your pattern or use one of the tons of free patterns i found at this link






How the yarn looks like

Not just knits: Sass & Bide a/w 2010

Remedies for the cold: winter knitwears

£42.00 ASOS Pom Pom Jumper

£135.00 Supertrash Loop Knitted Cardigan

£46.00 ASOS Cable Knit Dress

Knitted Jacquard Cardigan

Price: £45.00

Handknit Cable Bomber Syle Cardigan Price: £75.00

Pon Pons and loops are fun!

DIY crocheting designers pieces

Spark checks in on Syjuco as she exhibits the "Counterfeit Crochet Project (Critique of a Political Economy)" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Much of Syjuco's work deals with what she likes to call "improper ways of interfacing with capitalism" -- bootlegs, knockoffs, and otherwise reworked commodities, taking high-tech or luxury items and remaking them as low-tech and debased. She has used simple, cheap materials like foam core, contact paper, scrap wood, and glue to make cheap, non-functional replicas of expensive consumer goods like digital cameras, cell phones, and mp3 players.

These handmade designer pieces (that are really cute in my opinion ) are deconstructed mythes of fashion make us think at the importance we give to these accessories: we make them object of adoration. These are homemade counterfeits exibited ar Yerba Center for Arts and are by Stephanie Syjuco , visit her page.