Handmade Chalk Bags For Climbing!

For Christmas I made chalk bags for two close friends of mine!  I crocheted the outter part along with the handle that way they could easily attatch it to a carabiner. I didn't have a model to look at when I was making these chalk bags but i'm pretty sure they are lined with fleece. I then used fleece for my inner lining, sewing it in. The only thing I had to buy for this project were the cord stops, which came in a set for about $2. The only thing I would do differently is have the elastic be hidden between the fleece and outter crocheted layer instead of being exposed where it could agitate against a rock while climbing. But, since this was my first attempt I am really proud of how they turned out!

Cut-away paper and leaf artwork

Rob Ryan and his beautiful work.
I also enjoyed these leaf cut-outs by Lorenzo Duran.

Homemade Hacky Sack!

Here's a hacky sack I made for my friends and I to play with. I really like the color of the fine yarn I used and none of the beans that I used to fill it with are falling out!

More Crocheted Beard Pictures

Extreme Crocheted Beards!

Recently I just got back visiting a friend in Colorado so I decided to make my friends some beards to keep our faces warm! They actually worked really well with keeping your face warm and we received a lot of compliments on the slopes! While I was up in Colorado I also had my first customer buy a beard! Now I have to start working on a multicolored red, white, and black beard that I will be shipping back off to Colorado. I havn't made a multicolored beard yet so i'm pretty excited. I hope to send more beards out and start an actual partnership with their store!

Welcome to stringandthread!

Welcome to stringandthread! This is a place where I share all of my unique DIY craft ideas along with my other personal inspirations. To read more about how I started crafting please see the 'About me' tab. Most of the crafts that will be featured will either be sewn or crocheted. I also like to experiment with other crafts and have recently been wanting to try some natural tie dying with t-shirts and yarn. I have also been teaching myself how to felt! I hope to have some new posts including a lot of random craft projects very shortly!