tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359056532011-04-21T11:11:18.004-07:00ruperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904139610644487929noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35905653.post-1163731306633956502006-11-16T18:30:00.000-08:002007-12-14T18:16:29.261-08:00Below is a tute for making a sketch book from an old hard cover novel - there is a link to a pdf of this tutorial at the bottom of the post (which I recommend, unless eye strain is your thing).<br /><br />I used all different kinds of paper to fill the book with, and that is a large part of what makes it incredibly satisfying - it is utterly customised.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/book5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The non-eye-slaughtering pdf (1.1mb) is <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9rqzddb2s5m" target="_blank">here</a> (hooray, I've uploaded the file to a new site so this link actually works. Amazing!) - the link will take you to a download page. Sorry, not quite printer-friendly - that would inflate the size to 10mb ish.<br /><br />For different and far superior stitching tutorials, try <a href="http://tobycraig.livejournal.com/29223.html">here</a>, or <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=15338.msg126639#msg126639">here</a>, or <a href="http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/olr/grantprojects/books/Coptic%20Book.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />There are some photos of the journal available from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/">flickr</a> or navigate directly to photo number <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/299149524/">1</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/299149520/">2</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/299149517/">3</a>.<br /><br />Questions and comments in the comments section or email me <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/400/email.gif" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35905653-116373130663395650?l=rupertjetson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ruperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904139610644487929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35905653.post-1160812792730863242006-10-14T00:29:00.000-07:002007-12-14T18:12:38.199-08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">Below is the tutorial for the crocheted argyle pattern Dork Wallet - there are links to the pdf of this tutorial at the bottom of the post.</span><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 333px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 333px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/1600/Tute6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >EDIT Dec07: </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >The links to the downloadable .pdf got screwy. Sorry. I've uploaded the pdf to a new site - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fdex6fqbinl" target="_blank">click here</a> to get to a page where you can download it. </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The photos of the wallet (as well as photos of the pocket-flap design) can be found </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/sets/72157594327385601/">here</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">, or if that gets screwy you can navigate from </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetson/">here</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">. If you make a Dork Wallet, send me a photo and I'll include it in the set.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The chart link is </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f238/Rupertdesign/chart.jpg">here</a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> (sorry, not printer friendly - although following a chart for an argyle pattern is like following a recipe for toast. If you look at the chart, it's just a simple matter of starting/ending the colour a stitch before or a stitch after).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Questions/comments in the comments section, or you can email me -</span></span><img style="font-family: georgia;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3962/4003/400/email.gif" /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">[EDIT: Poop, I forgot to mention the reason why the stitches in this wallet are so tight: strength. Lots and lots of strength - I got sick of wallets breaking down on me, falling to peices, zippers not working, stitching fraying... Tight, tiny little SC stitches = strength.]</span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://whipup.net/whiplash/"><br /><img src="http://static.flickr.com/56/127394092_591ed1b07a_o.gif" alt="whipup" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35905653-116081279273086324?l=rupertjetson.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ruperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904139610644487929noreply@blogger.com7