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Review and Giveaway: Kellie Christie – A brand of her own

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Kellie Christie – Jewellery Designer

Kellie Christie started making jewellery just 6 years ago and has since created a mini brand all of her own.

Kellie has a background in fine art and majored in printmaking but her passion today is using “found” buttons to create unique one off designs.

Kellie’s pieces can be bought via her Etsy Store or Madeit store from as little as $10 a piece for earrings or $35 for a necklace making her jewellery line affordable for all fashionistas. Kelliechristie.blogspot.com

Button necklaces are very popular right now and for good reason as they look fantastic and ooze the very essence of handmade by using a crafty material such as a button. So embellish your life with some handmade art!

WIN WIN WIN

Kellie is giving our readers the chance to win a pair of custom-made polymer clay button earrings for your chance to win simply enter here.

Competition open Worldwide

Competition closes 1st of August

Kelliechristie.blogspot.com


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Comments

  1. Those are so creative! I think designers that use “recycled” materials like she does are so creative! I, for one, would never have thought to use buttons as a basis for jewelry. They are beautiful!

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Krampus Sweater Knitting Pattern

Santa and Saint Nicholas generally get all the good press, but Central European kids know you don’t want to just be good so you get presents from St. Nicholas; you also want to avoid the ire of Krampus. (He’s depicted as a human-like figure with horns and usually hairy or furry who gives birch rods instead of gifts to kids who are bad.)

If you’re the type to embrace the naughty side (or you just want to scare the children into good behavior over the holidays), maybe you’ll want to knit a Krampus sweater.  

This one, from Sofie Amalie Laulund, is a top down circular yoke sweater with Krampus faces at the top and cavorting Krampuses further down the body, with some traditional Scandinavian snowflakes thrown in for fun. 

Because of the large motifs there’s not a lot of room for adjusting the fit, but it is available in five sizes (the Ravelry page doesn’t say what the sizing is, and it says its worked with no ease but the photo looks like the sweater has a bit of positive ease, so if you decide to make this one just check the measurements and your own comfort level for ease when picking a size). 

It also uses five colors, but there’s very little red and brown so you can probably use scrap yarn for those parts. It calls for DK weight yarn. You’ll want a background color that helps the creatures stand out. You could also work the snowflake bands in different colors if you want to mix it up. 

The pattern is available in both English and Danish, and you can find it on Ravelry. This is the designer’s first pattern, which kudos to them because it’s such an ambitious (and fun!) project I’m happy to add to my collection of whimsy-filled knits. 

[Photo: Sofie Amalie Laulund]