What to do with little bits of lucet cord that are laying around? I made these cute little lucet earrings using cast-off bits from other projects and I love them. Similar to my Challenge Earrings, this is another project made with orphan odds and ends in my studio. I didn't quite have enough little lucet cord scraps in an earth tone palette, so I used some leather cording that I had on hand as well. Of course you could make a similar pair of earrings with lucet cords made from scratch. You could also use ribbons or strips of cloth or even naked yarn strands if you need to find some color-coordinated cording in a pinch. Don’t know how to make...
This is a really fun jewelry project because it uses a hangman’s knot. (You know, it's the knot that’s used to actually hang people!) Here, I used the knot in a purely decorative way to make earrings out of my travel mementos. These are some shellls I found while beachcombing in Mexico. To drill a hole, I used my dremel tool. A trusty dremel tool allows you to make a bead out of just about anything! Before I invested in my dremel tool, I used a manual hand drill similar to this one for my crafty pursuits. I highly recommend having a tool to drill holes into things, it really opens up your creative opportunities. You could make your earrings with just about any...
There are so many ways to bead a lucet cord. My book, Learn to Lucet covers 2 different methods, but those two are just the tip of the iceberg. In this cute necklace project, I show yet another way to create a beaded cord, this time with a beaded gimp cord. I used scrap yarn and beads that I had laying around the house for this project. I love it when I create something new and fun to wear with components that had just been laying around collecting dust. Scroll down below to see how I made it. MATERIALS For the cord: DK Weight scrap yarn Size 6/0 Seed Beads Lucet Steamer To complete the lariat: (2) beads with hole...
Have you seen my Valladolid shawl design? It's a top-down shawl design that's got enough spice to keep things interesting, but it's got meditative portions where you can go on stitching autopilot as well. It's a fun project and it features an unusual spin on one of my favorite stitches--the puff stitch. Usually, puff stitch is worked into a stitch in the previous row. But in this design, puff stitch is worked around the post of the double crochet stitch just worked on the very same row! Here are the instructions for making this interesting stitch: 1. Ch 3 after the double crochet you've just made. You need at least 2 or 3 chains to create space for the puff stitch you are about to...
Valentine's Day is coming and it's a great time to pick up the lucet. Why? Frequently when we're beginners at something, the projects that really attract us are beyond our skill level. With Valentine's Day approaching, here's a chance to use your lucet to do a super fast and easy project. It's thoughtful, supremely giftable and sure to be worn on the day it's given! It's a really easy way to make your special people feel totally special: What's better at showing you care than a handmade heart? And what better project for a beginner with a lucet? Even if you don't already have a lucet, you can easily make one with things you have around the house. This is such a quick and fun way...
