Crafting

[Powershower]

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

 

[nothanksbabes]

I agree about over-buying. I have yarn from when I first started crocheting that I'll likely never use and should give away or to charity, and now I only buy for specific projects or if I know for certain I can make something with the yarn.

My last big projects were the Jamie Crow Persian tiles blanket in the eastern jewels colourway (I've done the original colours before) and a granny square blanket in 70s orange and peach type colours for my friend's baby. I'm chuffed I've managed to use almost all the leftover stash on another Jamie Crow pattern (magical lanterns), I've done 110 of 157 pieces, although I'll probably have to buy yarn to join them with.

Pictures of my most recent finished projects...

 

[ElectricDreams]

That's so cool! I love the attention to detail.

I know, that's what I love about them too. The books have text inside them, the jars have "food," I've got a miniature sewing room with mini cotton spools made with real cotton. They think of absolutely everything! Here are 2 more, with some closer up detail.

 

[Bwidge]

Oooh hello there! I'm doing bookbinding today. I found a kit online and I'm loving it so far

 

[veronica71]

I’ve made this blanket inspired by Taylor Swifts era colours but I needs a border and I don’t know what colours to do to bring it all together. None of them seem to the right colour.

any ideas?

although I’m wondering if I should have used maybe a neutral cream as a final round on each square and then it would have tied them all together so I may need to redo that - would make the blanket larger too?

 

[pixxyy]

My diamond painting addiction is going well, I finally got brave enough to do a bigger than 30 x40.
This is 65x35 I think.

Also not by me but wanted to share some Stained Glass that my Dad did.

 

[Pixieboots]

This is the last thing I made (aside from horrible crochet attempts!) - a commission for my flatmate's boyfriend, whose baby niece is being indoctrinated into West Ham supporting already.

 

[Miss Begotten]

Well the blanket of doom is finally finished. ( Needs washing!)
I’ve never made anything from a kit using someone else’s colour combination before - obviously being a contrary madam I swapped some colours over and did a completely different border. I’m not massively keen, although the person I made it for absolutely loves it.

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I also got my paper quilling kit out

 

[Pixieboots]

I'm usually a knitter but I've just started learning to crochet. All I've made so far is a slightly too-small hat which my cat has stolen to sleep on. I'm finding it quite hard to get to grips with.

 

[HoGi]

Glad to see there are others on here who enjoy cross stitch What are you all working on at the moment?

Currently stitching a mandrake for my Harry Potter themed office

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

My latest creations. Ive crocheted and crafted forever, but the pressed flower art is my latest love.
Gosh… I just LOVE making stuff! Relaxation whilst being productive - it’s win-win!

 

[Kikini Bamalam]

I am an avid cross stitcher. I first started when my eldest was a baby and he was 28 in October.

This is what I am currently working on. It is a sampler from The Victoria Sampler called I love my dog. It is a mix of cross stitch, embroidery and hardanger and i love it. I have stitched a few of their big samplers including my wedding sampler.
The cut work can be a little intimidating at first but once you have done it a couple of times it gets easier.

 

[colouredlines]

Good luck @Readingismyhobby! That fabric sounds gorgeous.

I finally dusted off my sewing machine for the first time in months. I've been knitting a bit lately but no inclination to sew...anyway, I forced myself to get started (I don't like having a big stash and I am determined to work through a sizeable chunk of it this year).

This is Butterick 6154 (now OOP I think), which I've made a couple of times before, but not recently. The fabric is a lightweight jersey - this pattern really needs a lightweight fabric, I made it once in a heavier knit and it was a disaster, got distorted so tits everywhere, plus a nightmare to wrangle through the machine as there are pleats on top of pleats on top of pleats at one point.

Anyway, I'm happy with this version although what with covid, I took a couple of photos and then changed back into a hoodie and sweatpants. I'll have to get better photos outdoors once I have somewhere to wear a dress to again. Feels good to be sewing again though!

 

[knivesnflowers]

finished the beaded ornaments! really happy w them for a first try, got quite a few beads left so will be able to get more practice in. they look a bit better irl but think there’s definitely an improvement between the star and snowflake at least, it did get less stressful and more therapeutic. pls give me beading advice if you have any!!

 

[pixxyy]

These are 2 of the Lamps & a Sun/Moon. The Moon whichever way you look at it its diff colors.
He also did the moon in just 2 cuts.

 

[Heidi88]

I'm mainly into crochet but my main hobby is buying wool for a project and never starting that project or doing a bit of it and then going buy more yanmrn for another project and so on and so on! I need to go on a yarn buying ban

 

[veronica71]

Am loving this thread - loving seeing all your creations. I’ve tried a lot of crafts over the years but currently crochet is my obsession and what I have in my Etsy shop. These are for the little ones teachers - my kids are both autistic and have had help from the specialist TA over the years so much so she has quite a collection of my makes

 

[Cupofcoffee]

I had a go at making a macrame plant hanger. Tried wikihow but couldn't get the hang(er) of it
So as usual, went off piste and tried to come up with something that I was happy with. Photo is second attempt.
Highly enjoyable. Just can't understand tutorials I'm just going to use visuals to help out when I try some other bits.
It's all about creativity after all!
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You cnat beat a bit of macrame, loads of good tutorials on YouTube, I attempted this after practicing on a couple of hangers.

 

[Barbie2020]

I love cross stitching! It’s so relaxing.

 

[Girlinabubble]

I’m a self taught basic knitter, crocheter, embroiderer. I tend to go through phases of each. I’ve also made bobbin lace since I was a teenager - sadly this seems to be a dwindling craft, there haven’t been new joiners to the group for years. I love the bobbins, kits , silks etc and since my children left home I have converted a little room into my little room with baskets of wool, a cushion filled chair, a special teapot, a radio that only plays radio four and the best days are when I sit there from Woman’s Hour til Big Ben dongs at six! Heaven!