mandag den 30. november 2015

hjemmesko i vaffelmønster | waffle stitch slippers


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torsdag den 19. november 2015

Test | twist loops & weavy loops

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This week I went shopping for christmas gifts and found myself wondering whether or not any of these would be good for my nieces. I tried to keep an open mind while testing, even though it proved quite hard.

Twist Loops
I have seen this product in so many places, but didn't think it was for me. After fiddling with it for a lot of hours it was clear though, that it is more of a grown up hobby, than a children's toy. It is hard to use and the end product is, well, plasticy. The great thing about this is that it is so different. I learned something new, and that i always exciting! I think the box should say 12+ though, because it is pretty difficult to get started.

Weavy Loops
Not much to see here. The product is of nice quality, but I think if I am going to be giving the girls something like this, it would be better to buy them some clasps, some nice cord and other bits on E-bay. "weavy loops" makes very little sense, and is even somewhat annoying to try and use.

Conclusion?
I am glad I bought twist loops, and I will try and integrate the elastics into other things. Weavy loops wasn't a complete waste of money, but only because it had some nice cord and some clasps.

Oh! and status update on my computer; the whole thing was basically fried, but my new parts came in today - yay! Normal videos from next week I think : )

Have a nice day ^_^



DANSK
I denne uge var jeg ude for at købe de første julegaver, og jeg faldt over de her to produkter. Jeg kunne ikke helt regne ud om de ville være gode til mine niecer, så jeg besluttede mig for at teste dem først. Jeg regnede med at de begge ville være gode og sjove, men ting ser ofte lidt anderledes ud når de bliver pakket op.

Twist Loops
Det her har været over det hele i lang tid, og jeg har ikke rigtig tænkt at det egentligt var noget for mig, så jeg har ikke prøvet det før nu. Efter at have prøvet at få det til at fungere i lang tid stod det klart, at det er mere en ting til store børn/voksne end det egentligt er et stykke legetøj til små børn. De ting man får ud af det er plastic-agtige og lidt tarvelige, men jeg lærte noget nyt, og det er altid fedt! At producenten selv mener at det kan bruges helt ned til 6 år er helt ude i hampen, men lidt ældre, 10 eller 12 kan jeg godt se måske ville have tålmodigheden til at rode med det. Det er svært at komme i gang med, og kræver stor tålmodighed

Weavy Loops
Dette var en smule skuffende. De ting der er i kassen er af god kvalitet, men det er ærgerligt at det mest bare er et kit med forskellig snor og lukkemekanismer i, frem for et egentligt værktøj/ redskab. Deres "dims" var irriterende at bruge, og gjorde det ikke nemmere at knytte.

Konklusion?
Jeg er glad for at jeg købte Twist Loops, og jeg vil prøve at bruge det sammen med hækling eller andet i fremtiden. Det er dog alt for svært til, at jeg ville købe et sæt til mine niecer. Weavy loops indeholdt nogle gode ting, men selve produktet ville jeg hverken købe til mig selv eller give i gave.

Og så er der det der med min computer: Den var mere eller mindre død, den brændte mine ram af, så jeg har været ude og købe dele til en ny. De kom i dag, så der burde være en normal video i næste uge, når jeg har fået samlet den : )

Hav en goooooood dag : D

fredag den 13. november 2015

Tekniske udfordringer og tunesisk hækling | technical dificulties and tunesian

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I would love to say that everything I do is easy and fun, but this week was a little bit of a giant mess. I updated a program that I use for school, watched a youtube video and was drawing in photoshop when my screen started flichering. Green lines appeared, the sound from the video started screetching like a stuck record and then everything turned black. After about 10 seconds of just panicking and staring at the screen, the computer finally shut down. It took a while, but then it started up again. Something was very wrong - the resulotion on the screen was at the lowest setting, and everything was fuzzy. I am not a graphics snob, but even I found it unacceptable. Why is this any of your business? Well this weeks video is very effected by it. Its made in movie maker, the sound is terrible and it was done as quickly as possible. It turns out there was yarn sitting at the back of the screen, and down around my computer. This makes it very hot, and my poor graphics card didn't like the heat. Oh well... This will serve as a lesson to anyone who think cleaning is a waste of time and effort. Or just to remind myself to pick up balls of yarn... one of the two  : )

Anyway, its nice to know that I can do this in other programs, even if Movie Maker is pretty hard to tango with.

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Jeg ville gerne påstå, at det er super sjovt og nemt altid at lave videoer, men i denne uge var det godt nok lidt af en udfordring. Jeg var igang med at opdatere et program jeg skulle bruge til skolen, samtidig med at jeg så noget youtube og var i gang med at tegne noget i photoshop, da min skærm pludselig havde grønne striber på tværs. Herefter begyndte lyden fra videoen at hakke, og skærmen gik helt i sort. Efter omkring 10 sekunder (laaaang tid) slukkede computeren og var det i et stykke tid, hvorefter den startede igen. Skærmen var nu sat til den laveste opløsning. Det var mildest talt ikke kønt. Jeg er ikke sådan en der går vildt meget op i opløsning, men det var ikke til at arbejde med. Alt dette er kun relevant fordi det påvirker denne uges video. Den er lavet i movie maker (behøver jeg sige mere?). den er mildest talt lavet hurtigt og det ses også tydeligt på kvaliteten. I sidste ende var problemet, at der var garn alle steder ved mit arbejdsområde - nede omkring kabinettet, lagt op ad skærmen osv. Dette gjorde den ret varm. I det mindste kan jeg nu huske hvorfor det er så vigtigt at rydde op : )

I det mindste er det rart at vide at jeg er i stand til at lave videoer uden alt udstyret, også selvom det var lidt af en plage : )

lørdag den 7. november 2015

pixelart in crochet | hæklet pixelart

This week I made my first video regarding pixel art. There will be more in the future, this is the beginning steps to color changes in crochet

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