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My wife has been working to expand her abilities, picking up a few skills from her childhood and going to town learning new ways to apply them. This has included jewelry and fiber arts. I thought it might be nice to share some of the work she's been doing here with others who could appreciate the classic skills used to make them.
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Rose washcloth
Rose washcloth
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Multicolored lace rose
Multicolored lace rose
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Triskellion as a continuous loop
Triskellion as a continuous loop
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Tunisian crochet washcloth
Tunisian crochet washcloth

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This set was today's efforts. It is something called Kumihimo.
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Kumihimo braids.
Kumihimo braids.

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Two older ones. The first is a blanket my son requested, hence the color and form. The second is a crochet sphere she did as a test run to make a sackboy from a video game the children enjoyed.
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Rainbow Star Blanket
Rainbow Star Blanket
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Crochet Sphere.
Crochet Sphere.

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After getting annoyed by the fact that I use a pot holder to use the cast iron, she decided to make a handle cover so she wouldn't have to  remember to grab it before getting started.

That second picture is a new stitch she learned; Hearts. No idea what it's called.
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Handle cover
Handle cover
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Hearts

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She test sampled some colors today. The first 2 are both sides of a single piece. No idea what the stitch is called. That last one is a butterfly using Fair Isle knitting.
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Side1
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Side2
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Butterfly
Butterfly

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Apparently the one I didn't know was Brioche stitch. It's late, so I won't be posting pictures of it, but she figured out a way to do a Portugese stitch where both sides are photo-negative versions of one another despite none of the many books she had actually explaining how it could be done and no videos on youtube about it. Does that count as inventing her own stitch? I will post pictures when she gets far enough along on that test stitch.

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She didn't like the way her invented stitch was turning out and tore it back before I could get a picture. She replaced it with the Tunisian crochet shown below. It is also 2-sided, but not photo negative.
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Side1
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I have no idea how she did this, but I find it fascinating. A continuous crocheted piece.
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Halfway
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Finished test piece
Finished test piece

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She does lovely work, D.  

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That is very pretty work!  I had missed this thread. Tell her she has a fan :D

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I particularly like the cast iron fry pan handle cover! Is it made from 100% wool or cotton so it won't melt? It's on my *very* long to-do list to fish out my crotchet hooks, so that may be what I try doing when I've located them. We have good oven mitts, but our small fry pan has an equally small handle that's a little awkward to manage with my slightly over-sized oven mitts.

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Jay Angler wrote:I particularly like the cast iron fry pan handle cover! Is it made from 100% wool or cotton so it won't melt? It's on my *very* long to-do list to fish out my crotchet hooks, so that may be what I try doing when I've located them. We have good oven mitts, but our small fry pan has an equally small handle that's a little awkward to manage with my slightly over-sized oven mitts.



It was made with cotton for easy cleaning purposes. So far it's been very effective and hasn't had a single issue. Perfectly snug and keeps the hottest pan I use from burning my hand. I tried to convince her to make a few dozen since I imagine I could find buyers more than happy to pay for them. That and maybe some of the more interesting washcloths. I don't think I have her convinced yet. She's far too modest.

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Cast iron, cotton and permies? Oh yes, you can find a market for them here :)

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Oh my. If ever there was a Permies style project, one of the ones she just added to her list of things to try is a pot holder/trivet that looks like a lattice pie!

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I present the berry pie trivet prototype. We both agreed that 4X4 lattice would have been better in the future, but overall it turned out well for no pattern. I'm kind of in love with it and may have her making a whole set with different 'flavors' by changing the stitches and colors used. Maybe 6 or 7 to use at holiday dinners.
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A stitch to imply berries
A stitch to imply berries
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The finished 'pie'
The finished 'pie'

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This is a prototype of a cast iron handle cover. Future versions will probably have a more subdued green for the husks, but it turned out really well overall. I think we might start selling these. I think 3 options (just corn, one husk, and two husks) might be the way to go. The hardest part is going to be pricing them to not devalue her time spent, but also not be so costly that no one wants to pay for one.

I couldn't resist using the corn bread skillet for the final shot.
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Basic Corn
Basic Corn
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Single Husk
Single Husk
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Two Husks (angle 1)
Two Husks (angle 1)
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Two Husks (angle 2)
Two Husks (angle 2)
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In use

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The previous corn handle was the prototype, this one was done with that experience under her belt as the official version.
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The official version

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My lord, those are delightful. I need to make a cover for mine, and I will totally do that if I can find the color I need in cotton!!

(an aside: I am also a crazy knitter/crocheter. We trim our Christmas tree with whatever wackiness I make, as a rule. For example, last year knit sharks ["Sharknado Christmas!"], one year it was tiny ears of corn. People always want to buy them off me. If she can make those ears of corn even tinier, with a bit of stuffing in them and a loop for hanging, people will buy them. Or you could trim your entire tree with tiny corncobs.)
 
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Tereza Okava wrote:I will totally do that if I can find the color I need in cotton!!



We ended up getting single color cottons so that there was control over when each color would transition. She switched between white and yellow in a pattern of 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 and so on through the whole piece. That's why every single kernel is a single color like you would find in real corn. Doing it that way meant it was way easier to source the cotton as well as a side effect.

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Beautiful classic skills, and work. Love the skillet handle. She is very talented.
 
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