Play With Button

All of us who love  working  with craft have left over buttons. We have many different type and colours of them. You can use it to make over a plain frame. Easy to make. 

Plastic Bag again

Recycle project again. You can recycle your plastic bag. I know many of you have been known that we can make a plastic yarn with used plastic bag. Easy to make. Try it and you'll love it. 

Note : You can subtitute any of your bag pattern with plastic yarn.
This handy bag is about 25 cm width. It needs about 60 plastic bags. 

The important thinngs :
1. Use flexible plastic bag ( easy to tight )
2. Do not too tighten when you joining 2 strips of it
3. Use big hook (8,00 mm)
4. Loose stiches



A. Cut plastic bag with 2,50 - 3,00 cm width. 

B. Joining 2 strips like you make a basic knot

C. Tighten 

D. Plastic yarn ready to use

Recycle again : Strawberry Short Cakes

You only need a simple magic to to this. Just say " Gampang" ( Easy) and you'll see how creative you're. 


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Material :
used talc compact powder ( diameter 8,50 cm, height 3,50 cm. I used Marcks )
Yarn over in pink, white and chocolate colour
Crochet hook 2,30 mm
6 strawberry buttons
Used plastic cover for inside
Tapestry needle
Clear glue

You can work with your imagination. Cover top and bottom with yarn. Work around with dc stich until 8,5 cm. 


Then you work bldc around to make a body. Work around till 1,5 cm height for top and 2 cm for bottom. 


I used plastic stiker to cover the inside bottom. Cut circle and place it. Looks great.  Isn't it.


You can add buttons or anything you have in your stash to make this cakes looks yummy. I have strawberry buttons so I make a strawberry short cakes. How about you?? Chocolate, Vanilla or rainbow cakes ?? Wait for you version of yummy cakes ;D.

Recycle Cones for your ribbon

Do you love play with ribbons. I love to play with them. Sometimes I sew the ribbon and pull the thread to make a new style of ribbon ( ruffled them ). You can buy ruffled ribbons at store but it's cheaper if you make it by yourself. 


The problem is how to put them after you sew them, cause the original roll cant used anymore. Finally, I decided used recycle cones ( I made from my yarn cone ). I hope it could inspire you how to handle a new style ribbon. You can use can or plastic bottle too. But you must put something heavier in it. To make it steady. 


Da..da..da... your crafting room will look better and tidy with this colourful ribbon.


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Make a Crown Loom with plastic bottle

Material :
Plastic bottle (hard enough) . I used juice bottle
Sciccor which can cut plastic
Sharp Cutter

Instruction :
1. Cut the bottle in the body ( silinder ) for about 7-8 cm
2. Divide the bottle with same part. First you must know the diameter of your bottle. Then you can divide them. I divide each part of 1.25 cm.
3. Give a marker at 2-2.5m from top ( silinder )
4. Make a marker from top to point 3 ( straight line )
5. Cut one part, loop one part, cut again one part. Do it around.
6. Cut again the corner at top, make an elips ( it will make your yarn will smooth to push away)



Picture instruction :

Tutorial instruction : Fenny Site

Mug for Your Hook

 You can see the picture in Dinamic Crochet

Material :
6 ply yarn ( from your stash/yarn over )
Crochet hook 3.75 mm
Unused Mug

Instruction :
Start with flexible ring.
R1 : Ch1, 8sc in the lp, joint with sl st at first ch1. Pull the tail of the yarn to fix the loop with these stiches.
R2 : Ch1, sc at the same place, (ch 4, sk, sc) repeat 3 times, ch4, joint with sl st at first ch1.
R3. Sl st to first lp. Ch1, 5sc at each lp, joint with sl st at first ch1.
R4 : Ch1, sc at the same st, (ch4, sk, sc) repeat 9 times, ch4, joint with sl st at first ch1.
R5 : Repeat like R3 around.
R6 : Sl st 2 times. Start from the middle of 5 sc. Ch1, sc at the same place, (ch4, sk 4 sts, sc) 9 times, ch4, joint with sl st at first ch1.
R7 : Ch1, sc at the same place, ( 5 sc at lp, sc at sc ) repeat around. Joint with sl st at first ch1 ( total 60 sc ).
R8 : Ch3, 59 bpdc, joint with sl st at first ch3.
R9 : Ch3, 59 dc, joint with sl st at first ch3.
R10 : Ch3, 2 fpdc, (3bpdc, 3 fpdc) repeat around. Joint With sl st at first ch3.
R11 : Same with R10
R12 : Ch3, 2 bpdc, ( 3fpdc, 3bpdc) repeat around. Joint with sl st at first ch3.
R13-14 : Same with R12

Repeat from R10-14 depend at your mug size.