New failures in craft

I’ve always admired the art of pyrography and the people who can do it. I can’t draw well so didn’t ever think I could do anything like that. Then I watched a YouTube video using a chemical burn pen or a scorch pen. Simply draw on apply heat with a heat gun or an iron etc. And be left with a lovely masterpiece. To be fair they showed their failure too. 

In my defence I think there was to much of my stencil to colour in with pen and I oversaturated it possibly. It all started so well. 

I used my Cricut to cut out 2 designs to apply to some wood slices so I could colour them in with the pen I bought from Amazon. 

So far so good. Then I coloured them in. And removed the vinyl. 

Then I used my Cricut mini press and covered with paper abs heated for only 5-10 seconds and that’s when it all went wrong. 

Obviously way to much of the pen. After closer inspection the pen says you don’t need a lot of it. Next I turned the wood over and tested the amount, simple lines and writing, then, applied head again and it worked much better.

Definitely worked better this way. Light handed is the way to go. Will give this another go soon and hopefully will produce better results. Was hoping to make some tree decorations with the wood slices. 

Meanwhile I’m off to do something I know will work to boost my confidence up a bit. Tomorrow’s another day. 

 

Netflix and crochet

For years I have tried to get a grip on crochet.  I can do stitches no problem, then when it comes to putting them together in some fashion it just makes no sense to me. While we were in Great Yarmouth we found Woolcraft cakes in a craft shop, 200g of aran weight yarn. Decided to buy 2 and try again.  already had a crochet hook in my project bag I have for my knitting etc.

I have had this idea I wanted to do a corner to corner blanket/throw for the sofa. Someone suggested looking up Bella Coco on YouTube and it all made sense for once, I have watched this before though, so I spent a few hours getting this far while watching Netflix.

And it kept going pretty well.  This colour scheme isn't my usual kind of taste but the colours made me think of summer holidays so went with it.

After I got home I realised that the 2 balls alone were not going to make this big enough so ordered another 2 balls. Where I am now is one more row short of starting to decrease so halfway. 

I laid my work down to take a photo so of course I caught a cats attention.  I wonder if Bobbie thinks this is for her?

I tried to move her but i just got meowed at. So here you have a 14 month old kitty for size reference. It's not perfect by any means but I am loving the process and how it looks.

For now I will keep at this while I watch Netflix and will share again when I am finished.

Take care

Jules