Crafting

[Offtobuttonmoon]

Hi crafty peeps, I just wanted to share that Barking Mad Dog Rescue (@bmdrdogs on Instagram) is holding an online auction for handmade crafts to raise funds for Romanian rescue dogs. So if you have any makes you'd like to donate please check them out

(I hope this is okay to share)

 

[PortiaControl]

Hello all! I cross stitch and knit ( to a fashion) bit have decided I might quite like to get into sewing and have bought myself a Tilly and the buttons book so fingers crossed it all makes sense and I haven’t just spent £100 on a sewing machine for no reason! So if anyone has any recommendations for getting started please let me know. I’m looking forward to seeing what you all create this year

You're in safe hands with Tilly. She's great for beginners You will be fine just take your time and enjoy the process!

 

[Lunagooner]

I still have to refer to my trusty booklet!

 

[Piff paff puff]

Finally got round to making this Victorian gothic style fascinator I had in my mind. Feathers left by local birds

 

[Readingismyhobby]

This is my kinda thread I’m addicted to sewing. I love dressmaking and patchwork/quilting as well as bag making. I’m just learning to crochet too. Oh and I’ve cross stitched since I was really little! Got a couple of big ones on the go. I like Caterpillar Cross Stitch patterns really fun and modern.

Been sewing about 3 years now but the dressmaking really took off last year when I got an overlocker for my birthday.

I love Tilly and the Buttons patterns and her books! Got the Billie dress pattern and some nice knit fabric arriving this week so that should keep me occupied!

I also love Friday Pattern Company patterns and I want to try out some Merchant and Mills ones and Closet Core. I must also add I am absolutely addicted to buying fabric

I have made 3 Merchant & Mills patterns - they are not straight forward! For two of them I had to go to my local shop for practical help to find out what I was supposed to do.

 

[PortiaControl]

What did you make with your Cricut? I have a birthday coming up and think I will ask for money towards one but was thinking the expression would be a good stater machine for me from the reviews I've read but I'm not sure? I'm a bit scared of them too haha

When you plug it in and set it up it walks you through a test cut so I literally just cut a crown shape out of card and then switched it off and put it back in the box! Ha! Because I sew clothes I got it so that I could customise them with vinyl. But I do enjoy other crafts too so I opted for the maker as it has the most versatility. It was expensive but I got a deal and had been considering blowing the last of my savings on it for about a year. I think though because it's so versatile and you can do so much I don't know where to begin!

I’m a (very novice) calligrapher and also a wax seal enthusiast

Love a wax seal!

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

What is diamond art?
I would love to see more pictures of all your crafting skills.

Your mosaic walls are amazing, I want one in my garden! Agree, would love to see pictures x

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

I am finally in the closing stages of my Sungold blanket. Just need to finish the border, going to do a more basic one than suggested as I don't like the one Attic 24 suggests in the pattern.

Next up will be a C2C made with some nice colour changing yarn that I have had in cupboard since last year. I need a break from sewing in ends every row.

Yarn is from the Yarnsmiths 'Elvis' range, but i can't remember the name of the colourway as it has been discontinued.

 

[Barbie2020]

I’m just making some little Halloween cross stitch kits for my Etsy shop at the moment. Looking forward to getting Christmas ones ready.

 

[Penguin86]

The charity “Knit for Peace” is always grateful for knitted donations, for people here in UK and abroad. If I fancy making something small eg a cardi I send it to them. It says what they need on their website.

Warm Baby Project on Facebook is good. They do appeals for all over the UK and Africa

 

[Moongirl69]

@Miss Begotten I had no idea you were a fellow crocheter! I used to knit but since I started to crochet I find 2 needles fiddly. I found an easy pattern on YouTube for a baby blanket which Im going to try.
For all the crocheters/knitters/sewers...these crafts have the same impact on your brain as mindfulness, rewiring the neural pathways. Amazing

 

[Millie2023]

Hello fellow crafters!
I have dabbled in most things (except anything needlework related!) and seem to rotate through crafts, as I get bored easily
That said, I seem to be better at collecting craft stuff that actually using it
Current “thing” is my cricut machine and heat press, I’m just discovering all of the possibilities- just need a few more hours in the day….

 

[colouredlines]

Hello crafty people. My first love was sewing but I find it quite hard work plus it takes up a lot space and needs a lot of equipment. These days I'm a avid crocheter (learnt 5 years ago) but I've always wanted to learn knitting. It looks so complicated to me, worried it will challenge my brain too much so I'm yet to try it.
Here are some of my lockdown accomplishments hope you like....

Those are gorgeous! You've got a great eye for colour.

Knitting is easy to learn - I found it puzzling at first, but then something just clicks and you're off. I don't crochet, but I know people who do both say that knitting takes twice as much time, but uses half the yarn.

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

I was hoping to have my hat finished today, but progress has been slow as I stupidly cut my finger when peeling an apple and it took ages to stop it bleeding.

My neighbour occasionally gives us some of her home grown fruit and veg, and I was so excited when she gave me some apples that I rushed inside to make an apple and blackberry crumble ( we have blackberries but no apples), and didn't pay attention to what I was doing.

Long story short, my finger is fine and the crumble was delicious. The hat can wait another day.

 

[SoulRebel]

This is my kinda thread I’m addicted to sewing. I love dressmaking and patchwork/quilting as well as bag making. I’m just learning to crochet too. Oh and I’ve cross stitched since I was really little! Got a couple of big ones on the go. I like Caterpillar Cross Stitch patterns really fun and modern.

Been sewing about 3 years now but the dressmaking really took off last year when I got an overlocker for my birthday.

I love Tilly and the Buttons patterns and her books! Got the Billie dress pattern and some nice knit fabric arriving this week so that should keep me occupied!

I also love Friday Pattern Company patterns and I want to try out some Merchant and Mills ones and Closet Core. I must also add I am absolutely addicted to buying fabric

Do you follow Juliet Tuzor, the Uncut Podcast or The Polka Dot Palace on IG? All lovely, honest sewers and informative as well as funny.
Oh, just remembered - The Little Pomegranate is lovely too.

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

For crochet, I recommend keeping trying, because initially I just didn't 'get' it and once my crochet hook was flung across the room in protest... but then once day it just clicked.
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I agree with this. Try watching a few different people explain or demonstrate the same stitch and just keep trying and it will click.

You often see people posting really professional looking crochet items online and claiming it is their first project. Do not pay attention to those people.

We do not know what other crafts they have done or even if they are telling the truth about if being the first thing they have made. Some people are naturally gifted, but do not mistake them for being typical of what a beginner should do.

 

[WeepingCassandra]

Thank you. I was able to finish work and get my hair cut, and that helped me feel a little better.

I didn't know you could get yarn subscription boxes. I was thinking more like this sort of thing...

Lucky Bag Acrylic - 500 g (17.6 oz) from Hobbii

Here you get an exciting lucky bag containing 500 grams (17.

hobbii.co.uk

Doesn't have to be that one though. I have seen pictures of what people ended up with, a few people had really pretty yarn cakes ( expensive ones but with labels missing or in different languages), or lots of interesting colours and typres, and other people complaining because they got an entire bag of brown yarn.

I don't do any fibre craft but I would double check whether or not the people getting 'good' bags are being paid or sent the bags for advertising... there's been a few cases of influencers (even small ones with <1000 followers on a SM channel) getting sent better goods by a company.

 

[Very traditional]

These are all amazing but the bobble cardigan is I've been lusting after one pretty much the same on chicwish for at least a year which I've attached. Where was that pattern from please? I can do basic knitting (like straight lines haha, I make a great scarf of blanket) but my Nan is a pro so I'll maybe ask her for "help"

I took a career break in October 2019 and decided to take up knitting. I made a blanket first, just knit squares and sewed them together, then moved on to baby clothes for my nephews and niece and started doing adult clothes in lockdown, although I keep doing the same cardigan because once people see it they all bloody want it mum taught be knitting when I was very young but never picked it up until I was 38! Better late than never I guess! I’ve attached a few bits I’ve done! I paint a bit too but I find it easier picking up the knitting needles. I’ve done the bobbly cardigan a few times in different colours, about to start another one just waiting on the wool to arrive, I find knitting quite addictive! I’m just a bit slow at projects now I’m back at work please share more of your projects I’d love to maybe get some inspiration to try something else.
those mosaic murals are unreal I love them!!

 

[ElectricDreams]

Funnily enough I've just started crocheting again after chatting with my neighbour who's started learning and showed me a you tube video she'd seen.

I've never been able to remember how to do the stitches and how to work in a round but it seems to have clicked this time. I got a book last year with crochet flower patterns in so I've made a hydrangea and a peony so far!

 

[Barbie2020]

I cross stitch and have designed some of my own kits. I've been trying to sell them on etsy but I'm just not getting many views which is frustrating because I'd love to do this full time. I'd also like to be able to knit, but I can never get the tension right! Aaand I'd like to be able to crochet but find it so difficult.

Hi I have an Etsy shop and sell my crafty bits! I’ve been doing it for a few months. It’s very hit and miss sometimes but it’s started to pick up for me now and getting quite a lot of sales. Hang in there

I cross stitch and have designed some of my own kits. I've been trying to sell them on etsy but I'm just not getting many views which is frustrating because I'd love to do this full time. I'd also like to be able to knit, but I can never get the tension right! Aaand I'd like to be able to crochet but find it so difficult.