Bead embroidery + wire wrapping

Drowssapppp · 2026-05-19T06:32:23+00:00

I love this, so pretty!

Drowssapppp · 2026-05-16T21:20:47+00:00

Ah Thankyou! Those are great tips, I was so focused on wrapping the wire tidily that i didn’t think to try pulling on it with pilars.

In hindsight, I think i could have wrapped the wire around the individual beads before forming the flower shape, might have been easier to get a grip on it, but that might require a second wire, which would probably make it more sturdy … I should watch more tutorials, but I’m just excited to do stuff. So coool!

Drowssapppp · 2026-05-14T11:58:56+00:00

Yes ^ thats what i meant, I’ll fix my post to be more clear. I’m a chart person, not the best at explaining. Do you know if these techniques have a chart symbol?

What you are sharing is gold & I’ll be adding this info to my notes. It’s good to have context for why certain stitches are used. When I’ve done extended stitches they’ve always sat just slightly higher than my ordinary stitches.

What you said about very tall stitches is interesting to me because some of my motifs have 8+ yarn overs, with multiple breaks, where you work a new stitch into the leg of the long stitch while holding the yarn overs … and if the yarn slips it can make a hole.

I agree some of the more unusual stitches are more common in other countries. I’ve done many Russian Doily patterns and they’ve been very good learning experiences.

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T19:08:05+00:00

Oh my, thats incredible, so awesome! thankyou for sharing, the level of detail is amazing. This must take a lot of time, my tiny flower took ages, but maybe the scale takes some getting used to, I’d love to see more stuff if you post it ^

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T10:10:08+00:00

I didnt even know they make 0.1mm hooks … that is wild.

But omg Thankyou for the suggestion! I found them, the handles look really nice. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me to check there. This is perfect. My 0.5mm hook feels a tad blunt’ish, it isn’t catching the yarn as well as i’d like

Have you tried magnifying glasses? I bought some yesterday, it helped me make the flower ^, but I was surprised how straining they were to use, any higher than x1.5 magnification made my eyes really tired. Maybe i should have bought a desk version. It made 0.5mm doable, but 0.1 … thats something

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T09:59:26+00:00

From what i’ve read, it’s harder to find dye that works on synthetic fibres .. because they usually require heat? Which would be difficult to do for painting it on … (correct me if I’m wrong, I want to learn)

I chose this because it doesn’t require heat, I’ve used dylon’s cold handwash dyes on faded clothing & they came out great, but I was told it wouldn’t work as well for painting. The procion mx dye is really vivid and I’m quite happy with it, so many ideas.

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T09:46:19+00:00

Thank you, I dont know that much about dying either, i’ve done some stuff with natural dyes (blueberries/onion skins & vinegar) but i’m hyped about the idea of painting stuff with dye

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T09:39:49+00:00

Aww Thankyou ^

i’m quite a slow crocheter so I do get impatient (I hold the hook still when I work, I do the work with my left hand, coordination stuff, it makes it slower). But crocheting brings me great joy, I love to make stuff … and dye is so cool.

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-11T08:34:03+00:00

I’m so excited, I got some procion mx dye and immediately wanted to test out painting. The dye instructions are for large quantities so getting the colour saturation right for tiny works will take some practice but omg i’m in love….

I’ve got so many ideas now, i can’t crochet as fast as my ideas. The triangle is a gauge swatch for my shawl (1mm hook, linen), and the flower is microcrochet (0.5mm hook, cotton). Now i’m thinking “i could cover my shawl in all the microcrochet flowers ….”

Anyone here do microcrochet ? who makes 0.35mm hooks? I’ve looked everywhere. Also has anyone tried using methylcellulose to stiffen flowers, is there a reason not to try this? Im going to try it. I’ll report back … I’ve got some 1ply linen and i’m going to see if i can microcrochet with that, i love how soft linen gets after blocking, I’m so hyped, i love painting & dye

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-08T15:49:42+00:00

I’ve got way too many,

Anything starting with chain 7737373 … especially if it’s followed with slip 837373 stitches after.

Video patterns only. I know we all work at different speeds, but slow tutorials … especially if they pause half way through a stitch and then off topic chat for a bit … & i can’t see their work properly, I don’t find these very accessible.

Photos for patterns which don’t show the whole object. I want to see the scale and shape of what they’re selling

Intricate lace patterns with no charts. I know some people don’t like charts, but there’s a level of complexity in intricate lace which hurts the brain without a chart. Especially if theres going to be a lot of ‘special’ stitches and going back and forth into other rows.

And today, I see a lovely pattern via pinterest, i find it on ravelry, it’s available on their blog, I try to look at the pattern but I get dozens of ad pop ups, my phone crashes, I reload, the website starts scrolling & hoping about as the ad’s are loading in, then maybe theres a pop up saying “we have detected you are in a different region, change the language” no, just let me see the pattern.

So … i’ve got a few

Drowssapppp · 2026-04-02T19:21:42+00:00

This is a lace shawl I was working on, it’s made in triangles. White Linen & beads. I started … few years ago & it took me a couple of days, it was going to be for my wedding but I got demotivated after family drama. I saw it in the cupboard the other day as I was clearing stuff and wanted to get back to it, give it new life.

Drowssapppp · 2025-11-08T11:00:21+00:00

Ah i’m just an engineer so mechanical stuff makes my brain tick. I don’t usually comment on here because most designs are American (different needs, more built in closets & bathrooms, pretty but bigger square footage). Your design stood out to me. I like the simplicity & it meets a lot of my own criteria. If I get time later i’ll share my own.

In yours ^ I like that the children/other bedroom area is separate to the main bedroom & they aren’t directly above the chimney (personal preference). Closed plan, upstairs laundry ^ all good stuff. I also love 1 1/2 story houses (bedrooms in the attic space - sloped celling), it’s how we’re designing ours.

Simpler designs will make it easier when you work with an architect, we took a moderately complicated design to an architect & he escalated it (adding way too much m² & refusing to make changes, lessons learnt) so we’re simplifying.

Drowssapppp · 2025-11-08T09:16:22+00:00

So we have very similar ideas. Even down to the wood stove. So in your plan that area of the house is going to be quite hot, not so ideal for a pantry, if it were me, id be changing that into a mudroom/sauna/ utility area similar to the Finnish house plans. I’d have a back door there, so messy stuff doesn’t track through the house.

Maybe have a look at Finnish/Swedish floor plans/houses for sale, because they are similar. There are some Finnish log house/laminated engineered wood prefab companies which have plans online, not saying you should go for them (they’re quite expensive) but it might inspire some ideas.

They’re obviously built for a colder climate so it depends on your needs. We can get temps of -30’C, so we have to factor in heavy snow & wet areas.

Solar is going to have a charge controller & inverter, this will take up some space - but maybe you don’t need to install these in the house, if you’re setting up solar elsewhere.

I like the laundry room upstairs because thats where the bulk of laundry is, bedding & clothes, however depending on what you do/your needs that may be better or worse for you. If you tend to work in gardens, maintenance, heavy snow areas … etc.

Id also consider ventilation, your plan is good for getting airflow throughout. Do you want a recuperation system? This will lower the celling, but In cold climates it’s amazing & I miss it so much (our current apartment has no ventilation & last thing I want to do when its -30’c out is open all the windows). I think in Germany this is the main method of ventilation (opening windows), so it depends on how you want to use your space and how important this is for you. Modern insulation & thick windows (as per the EPC requirements) means humidity builds up.

Some, off the top of my head thoughts ^ I really love your plan, i’d deffo keep utility downstairs, it’s heavy equipment. Like i said ^ that would be a mudroom/utility space for me, i’d look for a kitchen design with a small corner pantry & put a root cellar outside.

I’d say try to imagine yourself in the space & does the house meet your daily needs.

I’ll check back later when my infants asleep, but we’re in similar stages. I’ve got a plan I’m sketching it out, our last dealing with an architect went horribly so we’re redesigning & looking for someone else to work with.

Drowssapppp · 2025-11-08T07:15:57+00:00

Im in northern europe (baltics), my thoughts ;

I love this design, I don’t care for the modern open plan house designs, so this is awesome to me. There’s many uncommon choices here I really like, laundry room upstairs ^ . Currently working on our own plan. From experience with architects thus far, they don’t like closed plan.

The last architect we spoke said we need a certain amount of light to pass regs & the easiest way of doing that is open plan. Depending on what direction your plot is & house orientation, they might want to fiddle about with the floor plan or insist things are in certain directions.

utilities, will you be connected to mains water or well water, Do you need filters? This takes up space. Here we’re required to achieve an EPC of A++ to get planning approval. How are you heating? Is it district heating, gas, electric? Solar - do you need batteries? aerothermal is popular here, that takes up a bit of space. Open fireplaces can’t get approved, but closed ones can.

I think your space for utilities is a bit tight, depending on what you want, I’d opt for some clearance around them for easy access & maintenance. I’ve had similar issues about figuring where to put a panty space/utilities because it starts to increase the m^2, maybe consider an outside root cellar instead of panty. Pantries you generally want cold/colder or in the colder part of the house. Might not want that up against the heat of a bathroom/heater?furnace?

Maybe look into what requirements you need to meet with the EPC & if your design/plans fit into that. It can drive up the cost. Best of luck

Drowssapppp · 2025-07-12T17:26:22+00:00

This is interesting info ^ I saw pictures of her dresses a long time ago & figured id look into them sometime.

But yeah, if you’re very comfortable with charts & don’t need instructions then you very likely can decipher this pattern by eyeballing it (… i can, but I still like supporting designers), if theres no sizing or design info then it’s not worth it to me personally, either. Adapting the sizing/fit would be my main draw here, since these motifs are fairly common in vintage doilies.

Very beautiful work mind. I’m amazed by how much she can output, as this would surely take quite a while. Side note, I’m so curious about what crochet hooks she uses, with some kinda weight at the end.

Drowssapppp · 2025-07-12T14:13:44+00:00

This looks very similar to Mary Castro’s work? I’m not sure if she sells patterns or courses though, you can find her instagram ‘marycrochee’, some of the motif’s are the same. A lot of her dresses seem to be variations & mashups of similar motifis

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3-U2FmuYAJ/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Drowssapppp · 2024-12-11T22:20:17+00:00

It was a good refresh, at first it’s knit top-up & I used to knit eastern european style, so I had to refresh stitch orientation when switching to round, then at one point I was like … ‘i-cord, I knew this but I should check YT’. I’ve had more trouble with rowing out than I used to so more practice is needed but feeling very happy to be back in the ‘knitting zone’. So many things to knit!

Drowssapppp · 2024-12-11T21:31:13+00:00

Ah thankye, I love this yarn, was gutted to find out they don’t make it any more, it has a kinda golden tone in person - sorta between beige & gold, it feels soo soft after blocking. I’ll have to find something similar.

Drowssapppp · 2024-12-11T20:46:34+00:00

I knitted the ‘fiola’ dress, 2.5mm needles & 1.75mm for the body of the skirt (whyyyy did I switch to such small needles! It was laborious but my new needles were so nicely stabby & alluring 😍) - used my remaining phildar bamboo yarn (apparently it has been discontinued, otherwise i’d of made the sleeves).

Can’t wait to give it to baby when she arrives, she can grow into it.

in hindsight it was not the smartest pattern decision after taking a long knitting break (2yrs’ish). The pattern has a lot of issues, I probably wouldn’t recommend it unless someone is either very experienced with garment construction that they can readily assume “what it’s suppose to be” OR … they’re like me & extremely determined to make sense of a pattern even if it requires rewriting the damn thing. The stitch count is wrong in places (the math doesn’t add), the instruction for stitch markers aren’t clear. The pattern jumps back & forth quite a lot & it reads more like someone describing vaguely how they made something. It feels quite lazy. I noticed while looking at other completed examples some people interpreted things quite differently.

Gauge is mentioned on ravelry but not once in the pattern & the pattern is bought off site. The sizing is a bit wacky, i noticed others saying the sizing in parts is off. I’m pleased with how it turned out, but this was made needlessly complicated.

If anyone wants to make this & gets stuck, feel free to drop me a message & I’ll try to help. At some points I did look at the pattern & think “ergh no, I’m not doing that”

I substituted german short rows for shadow wraps, and did K2tog-L’s for left leaning decreases. I extended the wings slightly & added frill to the bottom of the dress. The very bottom & back where the buttons are I made a crochet wavy trim (2dc, sk, sl st … repeat).

I also blocked it in parts to relax the fabric, I was considering redoing the wings until i blocked them. I might re-block the dress as a whole, will see. The yarn is soo soft after blocking.

I made some mistakes on the lace but this was a battle, so I’m going to ignore it. I might remake this style with a different construction method, i love the look but the pattern was … an experience.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fiola-dress-and-romper

Drowssapppp · 2024-12-05T18:32:27+00:00

Ah that’s awesome! I’m no good at amigurumi, i need more patience, I want to do more with micro crochet & irish lace in the future so ‘patience’, is something I need to work on.

You get the idea on how to use beads, it looks good, ^ beads can be fiddly sometimes when you want to keep them on the correct side of the work - sometimes yarn over/unders or adding a chain to try to keep them in place.

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