Crafting

[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]

I have been doing a Birth Sampler in cross stitch & this Week I finally got the motivation to restart Diamond Painting( I havent done any since my Mum died) Its a Sonic for my little Cousin. I've always found if its a gift i'm more likely to get a move on doing it.

 

[Moongirl69]

And now we all want to know about the blanket you’re making….

Baby blanket in Call the Midwife pattern

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

I am moving in 2 weeks. I didn't think I had much yarn but... I have filled two 90l clothes bags with yarn, and have an overflow ' bag for life' full of scraps.

I have sorted out two ' bags for life' of yarn i don't think i will use, and am giving it to a friend at work, his daughter has just started learning.

I didn't mean to aquire this much. When I first started I had trouble working out how much I needed and what type of yarn to get. So I purchased odd amounts. I also bought yarn when I felt anxious or sad.

Anyway I am going to try and be more thoughtful with my future buying.

When I have finished my current WIP, I am going to hopefully make an early start on my first project on 2025. I have decided that I should start every year by making a scrap blanket from last years leftovers.

Last year I made an absolutely huge ' sample stitch' blanket. It is big enough to cover 2 adults watching tv on the sofa.

 

[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

 

[panda_eyes]

I’m such a selfish crafter, I make everything for me and the odd pair of socks for gifting

Not selfish at all, you're allowed to have a hobby that you enjoy for you - all those people out there playing sport for themselves. There's an extra level of stress in making things for other people that I don't enjoy (especially with knitting because I am slooooow). Embrace wearing your own made things!

 

[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.

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

I will be starting my Christmas project soon. Don't laugh, I just want to make sure it is finished in time.

Last summer I bought the Attic 24 Yuletide blanket kit, with the aim of starting in August/September to give myself plenty of time....and I left it to late and then there was not enough time.

I did a practice run of the first few rounds today using scrap yarn, so i didn't waste anything in the yarn pack for it.

It is a sort of combination of granny rounds, solid granny rounds and spike stitch rounds.

 

[knivesnflowers]

ooh didn't know this thread existed - i'm one of those people who jumps between crafts so don't really have a 'niche' per se but do love craftng in general, some of my best childhood memories are making things from the recycling pile! at the moment i'm beading some xmas ornaments as gifts for the first time so will post those when finished (hopefully this weekend). i'm thinking of starting an etsy shop so if i get good feedback then i might make some up over the year. using felt so far but i do have decent access to fabric samples (interior design student) so might use any scraps i have to make more general non seasonal items.

talking xmas, i made this wreath about five years ago as a novice and it's still going strong. my mum still loves it so i'm glad it's not fallen apart. love flower arranging too, the bouquet was from xmas last year using an m&s bunch! would love to take a floristry short course or something once i've graduated

 

[Piff paff puff]

I was prompted to make this cover for my wicker basket after losing items from it on windy days also to put off any potential thieves grabbing my purse.
I found this pretty cotton offcut in a charity shop and I've got enough left to make something else
How to make:
Take measurements from top of basket
cut a square
round of the corners
pin the hem
sew the hem
thread through elastic

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

This is my progress so far at the ' As we go stripey'. I had a bit of a fail with the 'Catherine Wheel' section. I just couldn't get it right. It looked right but I somehow ended up with to many stitches, so when I went back to a more simple stitch on row below I could not get the numbers right again.

Anyway, after 3 days/5 hours of trying to get that bit right I gave up and removed it and did some rows on pretty colours instead. Then I got to the star stitch row and I didnt like how they looked, so I replaced them with Suzette stitche.

So the blanket isn't really following the pattern anymore, but I thought I will try and stick to it where I can, and stick to the principle of changing colour and stitch type each row

 

[Flash]

Love this thread! You’re all so talented!! I’m a lapsed sewer but to be honest I only ever used to do small hand stitched projects like lavender bags etc as I get impatient and never learnt to follow patterns etc. Though I suppose it’s never too late to learn. I have my grandmother’s sewing machine from the 1970s/80s which last time I checked is working fine but I’m a bit scared of it tbh.
Recently I learnt basic knitting via YouTube. I’ve just finished a scarf but it is wider at one end than the other and full of holes So I have a lot to learn!!
I would like to learn to crochet too.

 

[FlowerOfTheEast]

Hi! I mostly cross stitch. I made a few Christmas cards, and have a cool geometric Northern Lights pattern up next to start. I'm so slow at stitching though, it will take me ages!

I've signed up for my first ever Zoom craft class too, it's needle felting which I've never tried before. Will be interesting to see how I get on with virtual craft learning!

 

[Nena]

I didnt realise there was a craft thread. A friend taught me to crochet early March last year as I wanted to make blanket for my friend's baby. It was perfect timing as it was right before Covid and I made the blanket during lockdown.

Since then I've made 3 hats and 3 scarves. I bought a pattern for a fair isle crochet hat recently and tried to start it tonight but am struggling with the super chunky yarn as it splits (not sure if that is the correct word for it). I think I need to do very loose stitches for it to work.

I also got a sewing machine last month for my birthday but haven't made anything yet. I have bought fabric to n ake facemasks so I need to give that a go.