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    Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 makes for you and your bike
    Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 makes for you and your bike
    Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 makes for you and your bike
    Ebook186 pages46 minutes

    Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 makes for you and your bike

    By Shara Ballard

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    About this ebook

    Tapping into the recent craze for cycling and craft, Craft Bomb Your Bike creates the perfect gift purchase for your crafty cycling friends. A cute collection of 20 multi-craft projects from a vintage dress guard, shopping tote basket liner, bike bunting to crocheted arm and legs warmers there is a craft for everyone.

    Including designs from popular bloggers Lulu Loves, Cara Medus, Ali Burdon, Kate from Greedy for colour and Claire Belle Makes, craft bomb your pedals with this assortment of easy-to-follow and fun-to-make projects for your bike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid & Charles
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781446367476
    Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 makes for you and your bike

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      Book preview

      Craft Bomb Your Bike - Shara Ballard

      Contents

      Introduction

      Knitted Toasty Ear Warmers

      Bike Basket Bunting

      Bright Saddle Cover

      Be Prepared Tool Roll

      Cosy Wrist Warmers

      Pom Pom Basket Garland

      Floral Bike Lock Cover

      Take-Me-With-You Basket Liner

      Basket Bunny Ears

      Keep-It-Clean Dress Guard

      ‘I Love My Bike’ Label

      Playtime Handlebar Streamers

      Carry-All Cycle Clutch

      Ring-A-Ding-Ding Bunting

      Flowered-Up Basket

      Leg Warmers

      Fizzy Pop Bike Bundle

      Handlebar Birdies

      Crafty Hubcap

      Rainbow Helmet Cosy

      Techniques

      Crochet

      Knitting

      Sewing

      Charts

      Contributors

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      Copyright

      INTRODUCTION

      Hello, and welcome to Craft Bomb Your Bike. We have always loved to cycle and craft so it seems natural to let the two go hand in hand. Inspired by the number of blogs and ‘Pinterest boards’ online from crafty cyclists, we sought to include contributions from eleven of our favourite crafty bicycle bloggers.

      We have put together twenty quirky and crafty bike projects that will ensure your bike won’t blend into the bike rack. Including a variety of handmade projects to decorate your bike or wear when cycling. Why not try your hand at creating a cute Carry-All Cycle Clutch or some cosy Leg Warmers, or how about a bright Crafty Hubcap or our whimsical Handlebar Birdies? You’ll be the chicest cyclist on the road.

      This multi craft book includes knitting, crochet and sewing projects; all the projects are beginner friendly and simple to create. There is also a handy techniques chapter offering advice on all the crochet, knitting and sewing skills you need to know to help you complete these easy-to-make projects and brighten up your bicycle.

      Be inspired, get crafting for your bike and ride the prettiest pedals in town!

      Knitted Toasty Ear Warmers

      Carolyn Rice

      We’re all for advocating safety so a helmet is a must – but in colder weather it doesn’t mean you have to neglect your ears. These chunky ear flaps will fit any cyclist’s helmet and are double thickness for extra warmth without the need of a hat! They’re quick and easy to make and are a thoughtful and practical gift idea too.

      Materials

      •  Chunky yarn, approx. 25g (1oz)

      •  Knitting needles, 10mm (US 15)

      •  2 Buttons

      Tension

      10 stitches x 11 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4 x 4in)

      Abbreviations

      See Knitting Techniques

      For Fronts

      Cast on 14 sts twice, with two separate balls of yarn, so you can knit two pieces in one go.

      Row 1: P5, k4, p5. Rep with second set of stitches and second ball of yarn.

      Row 2: K4, p4, k5.

      Row 3: P5, C2B (A), p5.

      Row 4: K5, p4, k5.

      Row 5: (Decrease row) p2tog, p3, k4, p3, p2tog. [12 sts]

      Row 6: K4, p4, k4.

      Row 7: (Decrease row) p2tog, p2, C2B, p2, p2tog. [10 sts]

      Row 8: K3, p4, k3.

      Row 9: (Decrease row) p2tog, p1, k4, p1, p2tog. [8 sts]

      Row 10: K2, p4, k2.

      Row 11: (Decrease row) p2tog, C2B, p2tog. [6 sts]

      Row 12: K6.

      Row 13: P6.

      For backs

      Row 1: P14, Rep with second set of stitches and second ball of yarn.

      Row 2: K14.

      Row 3: P14.

      Row 4: K14.

      Row 5: (Decrease row) p2tog, p10, p2tog. [12 sts]

      Row 6: K12.

      Row 7: (Decrease row) p2tog, p8, p2tog. [10 sts]

      Row 8: K10.

      Row 9: (Decreased row) p2tog, p6, p2tog. [8 sts]

      Row 10: K8.

      Row 11: (Decrease row) p2tog, p4, p2tog. [6 sts]

      Row 12: K6.

      Row 13: P6.

      Cast off.

      To make up

      Place front and back right sides together and sew up the two sides, leaving top and bottom of triangles open (A). Turn right sides out and attach a button to the insides of the back piece in the centre of the top wide opening (B). Thread the web straps of your helmet through the triangles and secure the flaps with the button (C/D).

      Bike Basket Bunting

      Claire Wilson

      Fabric bunting is a whimsical essential, but who says it has to be triangular? Decorate your bicycle basket with this circular bunting for a difference, giving a sweet scalloped edge and a fresh look to your bike. It won’t be long before you’re stringing bunting up everywhere!

      Materials

      •  Cotton, one fat quarter

      •  Bias binding, 50cm (20in)

      •  Sewing machine

      •  Fabric scissors

      •  Pins

      •  Invisible thread

      To make up

      1 Take a small plate and draw around it on the wrong side of the fabric. Repeat until you have made four circles. Using your fabric scissors, cut the circles out as neatly as you can (A).

      2 Fold each circle in half and cut along the straight edge, leaving you with two semi circles (B).

      3 Pin your semi circles together with the right sides of the fabric facing one another. Keep your pins away from the circular edge as this is where you will sew. Using your sewing machine, stitch around the curved edge of the fabric leaving a 1cm (¹⁄2in) seam allowance (C). Leave the straight edge unstitched. Repeat until you have completed all four semi circle sets.

      4 Cut notches in the fabric along the curved edge to remove excess fabric and allow for a smooth turn out. Turn the semi circle flags the right way out and press with an iron (D).

      5 Lay a strip of bias binding out on the table and arrange your semi circle flags along it, evenly spaced. You should leave a small amount of binding at each end to allow for fixing to the basket.

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