Knivnollan Design

The new blogg

2017-07-13T17:38:00.003+02:00

https://crochetedcraziness.blogspot.se/2017/07/bag-upcycle.html

Pony necklace

2017-07-05T19:08:00.000+02:00

Working on my first necklace with the mini ponies.

I decided to make a beaded chain to end some of my beads. And the colors of the beads match the colors in the pony.

Simple, fun and classic all at once.

Pony pendants

2017-06-13T19:14:00.003+02:00

Today I got a bunch of mini horses dolls I orders a while back.

They are so cute I will make perfect pendants just like I thought. I will have so much fun turning these into jewelry.

Sale!!

2017-06-12T17:57:00.000+02:00

A friend of mine is have an inventory clean-out sale all june.

https://ggchambers.com/

She does the most amazing wire wrappings. Check out her website.

New blogg..

2017-05-23T16:35:00.000+02:00

Started a new blogg where I will show whats going on in my head and on my crafting table.

http://crochetedcraziness.blogspot.se/

Old jeans pants becomes new jeans dress

2017-05-18T21:33:00.000+02:00

It's amazing what you can do with jeans. It even looks good when it becomes old and worn with frayed edges.

My latest creation is a stripy jeans dress made from a couple of old pairs of jeans. The main body of the dress has been finished for awhile. Then a couple of days ago I knew how to finish the whole dress. I just made the jeans part a bit smaller and add some stretchy fabric in the sides.

Finished 😁😁😁❤️

Working on new webshop

2017-04-29T00:24:00.001+02:00

So I figured I would make a new webshop under a different name. I kind of need to re-new my shops and shop name. My old name knivnollan doesn't work for me anymore. So I took something I can relate to now. Crocheted craziness is pretty much what I'm about. Crochet and crazy in most things I do. I will probably start doing more bags too and upcycle clothes. I also have a lot of ideas for old books. Starting to wonder when I'll find the time to do all the stuff that my brain is working on right now.

Big green something

2017-04-21T15:53:00.001+02:00

So finally got and idea for this thing. Wonder where it will end up...

Jeans

2017-03-30T12:52:00.000+02:00

At the moment I'm in a jeans upcycling mood. I have ideas for 2 jeans jackets and at least one pair of pants. I will be adding these to my store if they ever get finished.

Jeans jacket upcycling in progress.

The arms will get covered in black lace and embroidery. The front need some fun fabric too. And maybe an extra pocket or 2 on the inside for your phone.

Jean jackets

2017-03-03T13:08:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I finally finished the embroidered back piece jean jacket. Only took me a few month. But it turned out great.

I only need to wash it so the water soluble plastic disappear.

And today I started working on a jean jacket I got yesterday at a second hand store.

It had elbow length arm when I got it. Didn't like that so I cut them away and chopped up a sweater I also got from a second hand store. Sewed on the new sweater arm. It looks good the way it is but I'm gonna sew on another printed fabric on the back and cover the breast pocket, which are a bit worn.

The embroidered jacket will go up in my store if it still looks good after washing. I might put up the pale jacket to when it's done.

GoPro

2017-02-17T19:43:00.003+01:00

I got a gopro camera from my husband a few months ago. Today I finally got around to connect it with my iPad. Now I can make videos of all my creating work a lot easier. Perhaps wake up my youtube channel too.

Here is the first video made with my gopro

And big surprise it's the upcycle of a jeans jacket.....

Next project here I come

2017-02-15T16:09:00.000+01:00

I have an idea for my next project. I was thinking of remaking a sweater into a dress. Don't know right now how I will do it, what fabrics to use or what colors. The sweater is cottoncandy pink with a hood and front zipper. I was thinking to cut off the arms and shorten it a bit. Then add some fabric for the skirt-part.

I'll have to have it in my head a bit longer I think.

Yay!!!!

2017-02-14T17:09:00.001+01:00

Finally it's finished. And well before summer. That has to be a new record for me. The things I create usually takes a lot longer because I lose inspiration and I have to many things going on at once.

I'll probably wear this alot I hope...'keeping my fingers crossed for a warm sunny summer'

Getting there

2017-01-28T13:04:00.000+01:00

The dress is almost done now. Only some small seams and the hemline left. I think I managed to make it fit too. I'm one of those people that have one size around my boobs and another around my hips. So dresses without stretch is always a hassle. We will see when all the pins come out if its a success.

Necklace to pendant

2017-01-23T21:04:00.000+01:00

It's a but funny and weird how you got one idea in your head and start working from that idea. Then somewhere on the way the idea turns into a completely different thing. Almost as if it takes on a life of its own. That happens to me alot.

Just now I finished a pendant that was supposed to be part of a bigger necklace.

I just took a closer look at it and figured it would make a much nice pendant on its own than part of bigger piece.

It didn't really fit in there. So now a have to find something to fill that missing piece in the necklace.

Update...

2017-01-19T15:14:00.001+01:00

So today I really need to update all my webstores with items. Installed Stripe on them. Already had paypal but maybe people don't have that.

Now picture taking time

http://crochetedcraziness.tictail.com/

http://knivnollandesign.storenvy.com/

Necklace?

2017-01-15T14:36:00.005+01:00

A beadsoup necklace is happening on my desk right now. It's been resting for weeks because my muse has been on vacation. I guess now she is back....

The almost done dress

2017-01-12T17:44:00.000+01:00

It needs some finishing touches but this is the peach dress. I made it as a wrapp dress because I don't like sewing zippers. Gonna be a nice summer dress.

Day 2 of dress making

2016-12-30T14:22:00.000+01:00

I made it through day 2 with all the pieces of the dress cut. Took a couple of hours so no sewing yesterday but I taped and cut another pattern. It took time but was more silent than the sewing machine.

Keeping my fingers crossed.....

2016-12-28T17:03:00.000+01:00

I have, today, an inspiration to make dresses but to do it properly you should wash the fabric first, which I'm doing right now. Here's comes my predicament.....the fabric won't be dry until tomorrow..... When tomorrow comes, as a day off work, will the inspiration still be there?? or is the fabric gonna go back into the pile it came from?

I hope I still have the muse because I was thinking of making an empire dress in peach faux silk and grey lace. I was thinking to modify this pattern a bit and make it a wrap dress. Not a big fan of sewing in zippers.

I got this pattern of ebay last year thinking I was gonna try and sew my own wedding dress. That didn't happen. I think mainly because I didn't find any nice fabrics for it.

Klick..

2016-11-08T17:02:00.001+01:00

I think I might need a better photo studio....

See the result of the photo session here

Work work work

2016-10-31T19:46:00.000+01:00

No time for crafts. I mean you need to clean the house sometimes too and cook food. But maybe soon I'll have more time to spend with with my beads and sewing machine. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that when I get time for crafts my muse is around to give inspiration.

Craziness

2016-10-21T20:52:00.001+02:00

These have been finished for a while. But haven't had time to take their picture yet.

As you might have guessed I'm trying to reduce my yarn stash. And crocheting is so fun.

Upcycle skirt and flounce

2016-10-20T19:14:00.000+02:00

Just finished upcycling an old pair of pant into a skirt with colorful flounce. I just love to remake old stuff into new things and give them life again. And it's fun to create and get something nobody else have.

See the skirt here

Stone cutting

2016-09-16T02:01:00.000+02:00

So I collected stones for a while and today I finally got around to try and cut and polish them. It was really fun but I was lacking some polish heads so I had to order some new ones.

Today I only smoothed out the original shape of the stone. Tomorow I'll try and see if I will be able to cut down a bigger sized stone with my meec multitool.

I love that I can take a regular stone I find in nature and make it beautiful and shiny. If jewelry gets made with them they will show up here and probably in my webshop to. Can't wait.

I'll post a short tutorial of stone cutting when I get more experience and if I manage to master it.