Thursday 19 May 2016
Copyright Problems
I haven't been adding to this blog as I had hoped because I'm concerned over a nasty little problem that has cropped up with my material on HubPages. Whole pages have been copied, machine translated (at least partly) into Spanish and pasted onto another site. Since this site has posted none of the data required to make a Copyright Infringement claim, I (and all the others whose work has been stolen) can't do anything about it unless the offending site starts selling advertising space, in which case we can inform the advertiser they are helping plagiarists to profit. Naturally this has made me hesitant to publish any of my new patterns until I am confident that nobody is going to be able to do the same with them and benefit from my work without so much as a thanks or an acknowledgement. Even if I don't charge for my patterns I don't want to see them stolen and slapped onto a botched up site like this. Sorry, but hopefully I will be able to find somewhere I can post my work that is a bit more secure, and link to it on this blog.
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Jacques and Jacqueline
Not the tinsel pattern yet, but the final part of my Bastille Day set, which I only just realised I left half done - I put up the royals, but not the peasants. So here they are; Jacques and his lovely wife Jacqueline.
REQUIRES
Yarn - small amounts of DK in tan, black, red, white, blue, and brown, grey, green, flecked oatmeal
Hook / Needles - 2.5 mm
Sundries - toy stuffing, toy safety eyes (small, brown iris or plain black), red fabric paint, tricolour ribbon
INSTRUCTIONS (Given in UK notation)
JACQUELINE
HEAD
Work as for Marie Antoinette but using tan DK, black or brown eyes, and omitting extra stitches for neck. For the hair cut several lengths of yarn in black, brown or grey (I used a blend of dark and light grey with streaks of black). Attach to the head tassel fashion in groups of three. You can give her the style of your choice - I went for a wild bird’s nest look, but you could Fasten it back in a pony tail or pull it up into a bun.
LIBERTY CAP
Using red make a magic ring and work 6 dc into it. Rd 1; (dc 1, inc 1) to end. 9. Rd 2 - 3; dc. Rd 4: (dc 1, inc 1). 12. Rd 5; dc. Rd 6; (dc 1, inc 1). 18. Rd 7; dc. Rd 8; (dc 2, inc 1). 24. Rd 9; dc. Rd 10; (dc 3, inc 1). 30. Rd 11; dc. Fasten off and stitch to head.
BODY
Make as for Marie Antoinette but using tan for the actual flesh colour and dark green or some other drab colour for the clothing. Stitch head on.
LEGS (make 2)
Work as for Marie but using black for shoes, tan for rest of legs (Jacqueline goes commando). Stitch to body.
SKIRT
Using drab green, attach to front loops of the body round worked through back loops. Dc all round. Rd 1; (dc 2, inc 1) to end. 24. Dc 16 rounds straight, fasten off.
ARMS (make 2)
As for Marie to round 7, but using tan. Change to dark green on round 7 and increase in every stitch. Work 2 rounds dc, fasten off, stuff and stitch to body.
APRON
Using flecked oatmeal dk, make 13 chain. Dc into 2nd chain from hook, dc into every chain to end. Turn.. Work 12 rows dc. Next row; chain 20, ss into each chain and across top of apron, chain 20 and ss back to main part of apron, forming the strings. Fasten off. If you like you can make a pocket by working five chain, and working four or five dc rows on that chain, then stitch to front of apron leaving open at top. Spatter with red fabric paint and tie round waist of doll.
ROSETTE
Using red, chain 2, dc 6 into 2nd chain. Fasten off leaving a tail. Using white, chain 2. Work 6 htr into 2nd chain. Fasten off. Using blue, chain 2. Work 6 dc into 2nd chain. Fasten off. Place the white rosette onto the blue, then the red onto the white and anchor together by using the red tail to stitch down through the three centres, then stitch to doll’s cap.
KNITTING
Using dark grey wind a tiny ball of yarn and secure with a clear drying fabric glue. When dry, cut both ends off a cocktail stick to make needles (you can make the round needle ends with a small blob of fabric paint or glue, or a tiny bit of air drying clay). Push needles into ball of yarn. You can stitch the ball to Jacqueline’s hand but I found it anchors well enough if you push one ‘needle’ through her hand and then into the ball. If you have given her a pocket you can push the knitting in so it shows at the top.
JACQUES
HEAD
As for Marie Antoinette but using tan, and brown or black eyes. For the hair cut strands in black, brown, or dark grey, or a mix of grey and black or brown. Cut it shorter than Jacqueline’s and attach tassel fashion.
CAP
As for Jacqueline.
BODY
As for Louis but using tan for flesh, flecked oatmeal for the shirt and dark green for breeches. Stitch head on.
LEGS AND FEET (make 2)
As for Louis but using tan for flesh, black for shoes, green for breeches. Stitch to body.
ARMS (make 2)
Work as for Louis but using tan and oatmeal, and omitting the fancy cuffs. Stitch to body and tie a little tricoleur sash around his body. Stitching the ends in place.
Spatter both these little revolutionaries with as much blood as you please, and turn them loose on the unfortunate little king and queen.
REQUIRES
Yarn - small amounts of DK in tan, black, red, white, blue, and brown, grey, green, flecked oatmeal
Hook / Needles - 2.5 mm
Sundries - toy stuffing, toy safety eyes (small, brown iris or plain black), red fabric paint, tricolour ribbon
INSTRUCTIONS (Given in UK notation)
JACQUELINE
HEAD
Work as for Marie Antoinette but using tan DK, black or brown eyes, and omitting extra stitches for neck. For the hair cut several lengths of yarn in black, brown or grey (I used a blend of dark and light grey with streaks of black). Attach to the head tassel fashion in groups of three. You can give her the style of your choice - I went for a wild bird’s nest look, but you could Fasten it back in a pony tail or pull it up into a bun.
LIBERTY CAP
Using red make a magic ring and work 6 dc into it. Rd 1; (dc 1, inc 1) to end. 9. Rd 2 - 3; dc. Rd 4: (dc 1, inc 1). 12. Rd 5; dc. Rd 6; (dc 1, inc 1). 18. Rd 7; dc. Rd 8; (dc 2, inc 1). 24. Rd 9; dc. Rd 10; (dc 3, inc 1). 30. Rd 11; dc. Fasten off and stitch to head.
BODY
Make as for Marie Antoinette but using tan for the actual flesh colour and dark green or some other drab colour for the clothing. Stitch head on.
LEGS (make 2)
Work as for Marie but using black for shoes, tan for rest of legs (Jacqueline goes commando). Stitch to body.
SKIRT
Using drab green, attach to front loops of the body round worked through back loops. Dc all round. Rd 1; (dc 2, inc 1) to end. 24. Dc 16 rounds straight, fasten off.
ARMS (make 2)
As for Marie to round 7, but using tan. Change to dark green on round 7 and increase in every stitch. Work 2 rounds dc, fasten off, stuff and stitch to body.
APRON
Using flecked oatmeal dk, make 13 chain. Dc into 2nd chain from hook, dc into every chain to end. Turn.. Work 12 rows dc. Next row; chain 20, ss into each chain and across top of apron, chain 20 and ss back to main part of apron, forming the strings. Fasten off. If you like you can make a pocket by working five chain, and working four or five dc rows on that chain, then stitch to front of apron leaving open at top. Spatter with red fabric paint and tie round waist of doll.
ROSETTE
Using red, chain 2, dc 6 into 2nd chain. Fasten off leaving a tail. Using white, chain 2. Work 6 htr into 2nd chain. Fasten off. Using blue, chain 2. Work 6 dc into 2nd chain. Fasten off. Place the white rosette onto the blue, then the red onto the white and anchor together by using the red tail to stitch down through the three centres, then stitch to doll’s cap.
KNITTING
Using dark grey wind a tiny ball of yarn and secure with a clear drying fabric glue. When dry, cut both ends off a cocktail stick to make needles (you can make the round needle ends with a small blob of fabric paint or glue, or a tiny bit of air drying clay). Push needles into ball of yarn. You can stitch the ball to Jacqueline’s hand but I found it anchors well enough if you push one ‘needle’ through her hand and then into the ball. If you have given her a pocket you can push the knitting in so it shows at the top.
JACQUES
HEAD
As for Marie Antoinette but using tan, and brown or black eyes. For the hair cut strands in black, brown, or dark grey, or a mix of grey and black or brown. Cut it shorter than Jacqueline’s and attach tassel fashion.
CAP
As for Jacqueline.
BODY
As for Louis but using tan for flesh, flecked oatmeal for the shirt and dark green for breeches. Stitch head on.
LEGS AND FEET (make 2)
As for Louis but using tan for flesh, black for shoes, green for breeches. Stitch to body.
ARMS (make 2)
Work as for Louis but using tan and oatmeal, and omitting the fancy cuffs. Stitch to body and tie a little tricoleur sash around his body. Stitching the ends in place.
Spatter both these little revolutionaries with as much blood as you please, and turn them loose on the unfortunate little king and queen.
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Back At Last!
I have been offline for quite a long time. First we had a family problem which really knocked me for six, and left me feeling very tired and not very - well, bloggish. Then when I did feel like making a comeback my pc developed a major problem and I could only get online with a tiny netbook which I wasn't comfortable writing on. I finally tackled the issue head on and, to my immense pride, managed to fix it. Now all I need to do is catch up on updating every damn program in my pc, fix my printer which has decided it won't put out any black ink from a nearly full HP 300XL cartridge, and then it's business as usual. I will be uploading a pattern (I hope!) for something I've been working on while I was de-internetted - here's some piccies to whet your appetites.
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