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 April, 2007

“Wirefalls” necklace – version 2 : a variation using a simple finishing idea

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Here’s another version of “Wirefalls” necklace. The making process is exactly the same we’ve described on previous post, but (more…)


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Wire crocheted chains : “Wirefalls” necklace

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Introduction

As promised on previous posts from our “Creating Crocheted Jewellery” series, today we are finally showing our first example of a necklace created from simple and basic crochet chain stitch. It is merely illustrative. We are certainly not inviting you to merely copy this suggestion. We hope more than that. We expect this example will inspire you to create your own style. As you’ll see on next post, very simple, but different finishing details can change completely the look, style and interpretation of this precise necklace. So, as we said before, don’t be afraid to be creative and try new and different things, until you feel your necklace truly represents you and your lifestyle.

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Crochet Basics : instructions and video tutorial to make slip stitch (sl st)

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Introduction

Slip stitches are small, almost invisible stitches, used to assemble two pieces or

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Crochet Basics : terminology used for directions – demonstrating yarn over the hook

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

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