Crafty Teen: Fuzzy Beads!

What'll you do for a Valentine's gift this year?

Want to make something small, warm and fuzzy?

Learn to make felted beads for jewelry or keychains using:

Some Wool

Hot Water

and Friction!

For ages 10-18. Space is limited. For information or to register, contact Dorcas Wong at (415) 355-5700 or dwong@sfpl.org

Crafty Teen: Transform Your Tee!

Feeling a little chilly in this SF weather?

Got an old T-shirt?

Bring it in and we'll learn how to transform your tee into an awesome pair of ARM WARMERS!
(Discovered in the book, Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay.)

If you can't bear to cut your own tee up, no worries. Materials will be provided.

For ages 12-18. But if you're younger and want to participate, hopefully you'll at least have some experience with needle and thread because this does require some basic sewing skills (ex. how not to poke yourself with pins).

Location:

Ortega Branch Library

3223 Ortega St.

(at 39th Ave., right next to A.P. Giannini)

San Francisco, CA 94122

Date & Time:

January 18, 2009, Sunday

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Registration is required. If you have questions please contact Dorcas at (415) 355-5700 or dwong@sfpl.org

See you there!

Crafty Teen: Crochet!

On this day, the 25th of October, much fun was had with yarn and crochet hooks at the Ortega branch library. Though it was a bit tricky at first, with a little practice hopefully we will all have something to gift to someone by the end of the year.

If you attended and would like a reminder, or if you didn't but have always been intrigued with the interesting things you can create with a length of yarn, check out this how to site on crocheting:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/2188_crochet-scarf.htm

It contains video clips that will also teach you how to pick yarn, tips and advice, and what to do with specialty yarns (ex. those fuzzy ones that have things sticking out every which way).

Have Fun!

Crafty Teen Projects!

If you missed it last month we did some interesting things with Paper. You can learn to do them to by watching these clever videos we found online:

The Super Simple Bookmark:
www.metacafe.com/watch/904484/origami_book_bookmark/

The Origami Panda Bookmark:
Part One - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JoiNDNP8xY
Part Two - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpR4Y6dEyzo

The Super Simple Chopstick Rest:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rYtwIH52hM

The Chopstick Rest in the shape of Fish Bones:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPOoxCSey-o

And Finally, the Favorite...
Puffy Stars:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPaqL67DOI

Have Fun Folding and watch out for more Crafty projects at your local library!