Welcome to Atelier LJ,

Our blog sharing craft projects like jewellery, beading, sewing, dolls, toys, puppets, masks, hats, glass decoration, needle arts, paper crafts, creative ideas for kids, etc.

Thematic Series

Creating Crocheted Jewellery
Playing Make Believe
Coming soon: "My Improvised Poufs" and "Cloth Toys"

Demos and Tutorials

Crochet Basics
Macrame Basics
Coming soon: "Sewing Basics"

Archive for the ‘Tools’ Category

Crochet basics : instructions and video tutorials to make chain stitch (with yarn and wire)

Monday, March 5th, 2007

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Let’s grab our crochet hooks and start crocheting a beautiful jewellery collection

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

As we promised on our previous posts, within our series “Creating Crocheted Jewellery”, we are going to show you how to start crocheting your first wire necklace. In my case, I’ve learned my crochet basics with my mom. If you too have learned the crochet basics with your grandma, your aunt or your mom, you won’t have any difficulties following our wire crocheted jewellery projects. But not everyone had this luck and, nowadays in such a busy world, most kids and teenagers are deprived from that legacy. So, we are going to start precisely with basic crochet instructions and demonstrations. Our first necklace will be made from basic chain stitch and then, little by little, our projects will become more complex, gradually introducing new stitches and techniques.

Grab your wire and your hook and let’s start!

 So, let’s

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What tools are necessary for wire crocheted jewellery?

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Cheap or premium tools?

You won’t need a huge investment to start crocheting jewellery. However, you should think on the kind of tools you wish to purchase (if you haven’t them home already). For most tools, you’ll be able to choose simpler and cheaper versions if you only intend to use them occasionally or more expensive and premium ones if you are thinking on taking your hobby more seriously. It’s up to you.

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