Crocheted Ipad Cozy
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Crochet
The cozy is filet crocheted in white with some effect ”blobs” in bright colors. And a Apple inc. ”apple” in yellow on the back where the apple is placed on the Ipad. I added some crocheted flowers and leafs as well.
Wanted to use spring-colors so the scrap looked like candy! love it!
I used the iPad as a template and traced it on the translucent paper. Then I pinned the front and back panels so that they got exactly the template form. Sprayed with a little water and let it dry.
The apple did not ”want” to get the right shape so I had to mix sugar and water into starch and drip on. First, I pinned it so that the apple got the right shape. When sugar-water dries it becomes very hard and keep the shape for long.
The next step was to crochet double crochet(dc) around the edge. And leave holes where all the buttons and sockets are.
Then I sewed the two pieces together.
Voilá!
Tags: cozy
Knitted Mittens in Ice Cream Colors
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under knitting
Mittens finished (at a coffeehouse in Berlin) March 16 2011
Midi project: Thin gloves of scrap yarn. I mix all materials. Cotton, glitter yarn, wool, synthetic yarn – it’s the color that ”decide” :)
Have no pattern. I just knit free hand and make notes so I can make a second mitten exact as the first one. (But you mirror it.) Thin needles 2-3 mm.
An Inspiring Trip to Berlin
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Inspiration
U-Bahn Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
I was in Berlin this week Thursday to Sunday). I love Berlin!
Graffiti paint shop in Prenzlauer berg, Berlin
Window display at Bead Shop Tukadu, Alle Shönhauser strasse, Mitte, Berlin
Teapot-beads :) They also had the most lovely cake-beads!
Trolls, fairies and bows….what more can you need? :) A perfect place!
Old beautiful hardware store, Max Werk, in Prenzlauer berg at Greifenhagener Strasse.
Plastic pancakes displayed outside the pancake place. Just like in Tokyo! Cute!
Frei = Free
I was an adult when the Wall fell and as I grew up in Sweden, a neutral country caught between Norway (NATO) and Finland (allied with the Soviet Union), I grew up in constant awareness of the threat of non-freedom that could happen to us. Now, when I come to Berlin and stand at Checkpoint Charlie I remember with horror how it felt. Strong feelings…
Felted Toadstool Necklace
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under jewelry
Mini project: Felted toadstool necklace.
Tested a technique I had never tried before – needle felting. It was sooo much fun! Really sculptural. Made some toadstools in various sizes and putt on a necklace chain. When I, quite happy looked at my new necklace, I saw to my horror that it didn’t look like a cool toadstool necklace at all, but as a chain with pacifiers on it! :D Oh nooo!
Knitted Tea Glass Cozy
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under knitting
Mini project: Tea Glass Cozy.
I drink a lot of tea and like my tea hot. As you know, it is difficult to find the ultimate cup for drinking. I want a big cup but don’t like when the tea gets coold. A tall glass is best for me. Hot tea and glass is not a good combination for your hands… I knitted a little piece of ribbing in cheerful colors and voilá – it’s both practical and looks nice! :)
How to:
Double pointed needles 2-3 mm (0.79 – 1.18 inch)
Approx 44 cast on.
K2, P2 until it has the right height for jour cup, mug or glass of choice.
I love to mix and match so this is made of cotton yarn, wool yarn and pink neon colored nylon yarn. (I’m not at all orthodox with my materials. I mix natural fibers with synthetics all the time) :)
Tags: cozy
Earrings with letter beads
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under jewelry
Mini project: Errings with my two daughter’s names Betty and Mimmi. Feels great to wear ”them” to work! One in each ear :)
Me Made March ’11
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Me Made March '11
You already know about the Wardrobe Reform project (more info here) to make our own clothes as long as possible and not buy any new ones. Now Zoe over at ‘So, Zo…What do you know?’ started this really good project where you promise to actually USE your hand made things. So, during the month of March, I will use a hand made or remade garment or accessory every day. (I wear a scarf every day in the cold :) that I knitted myself. But I will always wear another home-made item too!)
If you want to join in, just go to Zoe’s blog and sign up there! It will be lots of fun!
I post photos along the way :)
Kind regards,
Inger Carina
Art work
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Uncategorized, comics and sketches
Stills from some of my animated art-videos. Titles from top left: ”A spotless home”, ”EXIT”, ”A-manhole” and ”K-manhole”.
Because this blog is mostly about my craft & design pojects I haven’t talked so much about my art. I have a Master of Fine Arts from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. (The Sculpture deptartment.)
Until I had my kids I worked as an artist in my studio 50% of my time, after that maybe 5%. But it takes up A LOT of my thoughts! :) Lately I have been working more with my art projects again.
As an artist I’ve mostly worked with animated video-art but also with objects and installations. I have posted some of the pieces on this blog (for example here, here and here).
In January I got accepted as a member of the super cool Artist group, here in Sweden, called Fiber Art Sweden and I am very excited.
If you are curious about my work as an Artist you can check out some of my videos and my CV here and all the other artists here.
Videos also here on my YouTube channel.
Yours,
Inger Carina
Crafty Birthday Party
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under crafting with kids
Me and my 8 year old daughter Betty got lots of ideas in Paris and decided that we should throw a craft party when she celebrated her birthday in the middle of February.
I made lots of tulle skirts in red and black and filled a large table with lots of materials from my stash. Ribbon, ball fringe, beads, plastic diamonds, jewelry parts from the 50′s, plastic flowers, Indian small mirrors, hairpins parts, brooch parts, mobile jewelry parts, felt flowers, felt leaves, glue, everything I could thought about possible to make something with. It was just to go ahead and decorate skirts and make jewelry and brooches for dear life :)
We invited the whole families for food, cake, wine and goodies for all ages. The invitation said that the party was two hours long but after four hours everyone was still in full swing :) Even our youngest, Mimmi (3 years old), glued diamonds onto felt and I helped her sew so that it became hairpins.
I took Betty to a wedding shop in Paris run by the Tati department store chain (at metro Barbès Rochechouart). We bought a lot of fun beautiful fabric bags for the party candy and decorations for the table etc, which you normally use at weddings. Here they are – look at this shop! It’s a dream for a 8 year old :)
A mountain of red and black tulle ballet skirts ready to go! :)
Beautiful result!!
Skirt and a bracelet in glitter gold :)
I was soooo much fun! And all the parents said ”we need to have a craft-party only for grown-ups soon” and take all our sewing machines and such. I’m looking forward to it!
All the best!
and lots of crafting
Yours,
Inger Carina
An inspiring trip to Paris!
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Inspiration
Me and my oldest daughter got a trip to Paris from my husband for Christmas. Wow what a gift! We went in January, and had great fun. Paris was a bit cold but it was nothing in comparison with back home in Sweden :)
During our four days there we did lots of fun stuff. We went shopping of course:) and visited museeums. It was an incredible fashion exhibition that showed high fashion (haute couture) from Year 1990-2010 at Musee de la Mode et Textile at the Louvre. Amazing garments from among others, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano & Vivien Westwood. I was not allowed to take photos inside the exhibition… sorry.
We took photos of shop windows with wonderful tulle dresses and got really inspired to work with tulle and Betty my daughter wanted ballet skirts i all colours :) When we got home I bought 40 meter tulle and made her and her friends a craft birthday party! But that is a hole own post fore later.
Oops, I sneake-took a jewel photo at the Louvre….sorry
I had a art studio scholarship in Paris 2001 so I always miss one of my favorite cities :) I found two short mentions in my blog here and here in this blog from back in the days. :)
À bientôt!
/Inger Carina
