Toddler Cat Suite - Belly design

DK Grid

As instructed I am going for a jumper and dungarees.  for age 12 to 18 months plus a bit extra. Because it is versatile.  There will be a hat and socks as well.  if I run out of colours there is always Boyes up the town.

I will be using stylecraft life yarn. for me this is best balance of quality and price.

I hope to start on this today after I have finished the socks I am knitting

Cat belly design the green is to be knitted white on both the jumper and the dungarees.

The dimensions for the pattern are from Drops
Jumper: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=5429&cid=17#pattern_content
Dungarees: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=3965&cid=17

Diagram constructed using Inkscape and converted to jpg with gimp. both Opensource (free and legal no adds) programs

The diagram as a pdf, svg

Todler Cat Suite part one

This is for my African grandson 1 in September so making it 18 months plus

Knitted DK - I need to find a pattern.  My preference is for red bordered one. raglan sleeve for the cardigan


Black back top and trousers

The hat will be a simple tube with a white triangle in the ribbing.  The corners sewn together to make the ears and a crochet edging to  make bigger .

I have something I can draw the jumper and dungarees pattern on.

I prefere to knit in the round, however, that is not possible here apart from the legs and arms

4 in 1 European Chainmaille

After year of trying it all fell into place I can now do the traditional chain-mail.

The picture above uses m5 washers 10mm in diameter the other rings are 10mm jump rings about 1mm diameter thickness of wire.  I expect you could replace some of the washers with scales. Spray pain the washers

3cm wide x 18 cm long

70 m5 washers

100 10mm jump rings

clasp

I am thinking here make some scales out of cold porcelain 12mm rings, could use smaller jump rings to reinforce the holes say 6mm

I love this one too

3cm wide
main part 20cm long

27 8mm jump rings by 7 rows about 200 rings
(32,000 per square meter - 320 per 10 x 10cm :
10cm by 6cm purse 400 rings)

I love the lightness of this so I am thinking purses and larger sheets of "fabric" made with black an some silver rings

I first looked at 6 in 1 chainmail from Instructables before it clicked

Heres how I did it
start with one jump ring with 4 closed rings (washers) on 2 closed at the top and 2 at the botom
put two closed rings on a jump ring thread through the top and bottom closed rings
-  continue untill the length is reached rows 1,2 and 3

next row
put 2 closed rings on a jump rings thread through 1st 2 rings of last row
put 1 closed ring on a jump ring put thread through the last ring of row 5 and number 2 and 3 of row 3

Please note that the washers lie in a different direction to the jump rings.

There are plenty of other tutorials and videos on line 

Glue and Needles

When I was young natural products were the thing, however, synthetic products have their place too

Whilst working with c-lon and experimenting with macramé I used superglue to  stiffen the ends of thread making it easier to thread seed beads on.  I prefer it for sealing ends of paracord and beading cord also.  Not wanting to set fire to myself.

I have also made beading needles with very thin beading wire folded in half and twisted and snipped off at the end

Cold procelaine is a mixture of cornflour and wood/school glue (pva) which makes a very nice material when varnished

Friendship Bracelet with nano cord

Materials

5 or 6 beads
3m Nano Paracord
very find wire
wire cutters




Methord
take the 3m of nano cord fold into 2 at bend add a 5 to 8 cm of fine wire bend wire into two and twist

mark 27cm from bend in cord

thread beads on cord

create a slip knot at mark to create a loop

7 cm of cobra knots (http://www.instructables.com/id/Slide-n-Tie-Survival-Bracelet/)

thread one bead

3 more cobra knots

thread another bead

repeat for rest of beads

7 more cm corbra knots

braid to loose ends with centre section pass loose end through loop at end a button or 6th bead could be added here

knot and cut off loose ends

LOST AGLETS AND BOOT LACES

Lost aglets. Aglets are the stiff ends of laces to post through the boot holes.

For paracord whip the ends as shown here https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-whip-a-line-end-2915351 either with the inards of the paracord or micro paracord. Add a few drops of super glue allow to dry for about 30 seconds - use

This would also work on shop bought laces as well

To make a pair of boot laces it takes about 3m of paracords 4 if you wan to use the innards for the whipping. Finish ends then cut 2 1.5m lengths. Whip at ends 148cm toward middle, 150cm turn round towards middle and 298cm 

Dog Leads from Paracord

 These dog leads are made from 550 paracord.  Each is braided with 4 strands of paracord.

The 1 metre extender has a split ring at each end and removable dog clasp attached to the other. this could be used to extend a lead or help attach a lead to static object £5






The 1.25 ->1.5 metre short lead has an integrated handle and the dog clasp is removable £7. 6 Stranded is £9


the 2 meter lead has a split ring in the handle and a moveable knot with a split ring.  The dog clasp can be removed £10.  6 Stranded is £12 

The 3 parts can be chained together