My Adventures With Polymer Clay

I Love Playing with clay.

It smells good, its squishy, and bendy.

And Can be molded around 

or into just about anything.

 Here are a few ideas I tried for fun,

that you might like to try.

These are a few tools I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

I bought the assortment pack of polymer clay,

 because I wasn't sure what colors I wanted to use. 

They do have a great selection of clay and tools.

Just click the link and it will take you to 

the blog where I explained what I did.

1. Polymer Clay Covered Crochet Hooks -

I wanted to try this and I really like how they

 turned out. I use them quite often.

2.  Polymer Clay Yarn Bowl  -

This took a little practice but I ended

up with a pretty nice yarn bowl.

3.  Buttons - The Tutorial -

This is basically a tutorial of how 

I make my buttons.

Polymer Clay is lots of fun and 

you can make lots of cool things.
I want to make some beads and jewelry 
next so be looking for a fun blog
 on how they turned out, real soon.

How I Made Polymer Clay Covered Hooks

I have been wanting to try this,

so I did!

And it was Fun!

So here is what You Need:
Polymer Clay
Metal Crochet Hooks
 Parchment Paper
An Oven

See The Video Demonstration on my
 Youtube Channel at This LINK

Let's Get Started:
Preheat Your oven to 275
Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
Line Your work area with parchment as well.

Two or Three  Fun Clay colors and

3 Metal Crochet Hooks.

Knead the clay until it is soft.

and roll it out into thin canes,

Twisted them together gently.

Then folded them over twice.

Rolled them in a ball.

You want the colors to mix

without blending together.

Then I rolled out a thick cane,

and cut it to the right length.
I gently pulled the hook into the clay.
No Glue or adhesive is needed.

I didn't have very many issues 
with bunching but 
I rolled it a little bit to smooth it out.

I laid them on Parchment paper.

Ready to go in the toaster oven.

bake at 275 for 15 minutes.

Let Your Hooks Cool and cure 

for about 24 hours before using.

All cooled and Ready to Crochet!