Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
I have gone to the darkside.....i am buying wool coz I like it, it is on offer etc before knowing what to use it for.....i am hoarding craft stuff.....
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Originally posted by luvanddaisies:
When I was repairing sails, on the really thick bits or on leather I'd pre-make the holes, with an awl, or with a hammer and a nail. Would a little tack-hammer and tacks work for your thick seams? (Or is that not done in sewing? I'm not much good at domestic sewing.)
quote:I ordered a fid, some whipping twine and made two halyards over the Xmas period, using braided rope. Thus 2 eye spices and then on the rope ends, backsplices. I have done many splices in 3 strand rope but this was my first on what we used to call kern-mantle rope. I have a small sailboat.
Originally posted by luvanddaisies:
I'm not very arty or crafty, but I like rigging and knots, and I started dabbling in decorative stuff. I've not done a lot, but I've done some, using paracord.
Any other paracorders here?
quote:Glad to be able to help. I am not knitting at the moment but hope to get back to it soon. My right hand is very sore from arthritis. I have used knitting for a long time as therapy as well as for enjoyment. Right now, I cannot straigten the fingers and put them flat on a surface. Fingers are curved instead of flat and most of the knuckles are sore.
Originally posted by Mrs Shrew:
Oooh yes! And I have a spare ball of yarn with me. I shall let you know how it goes. Thank you so much!
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quote:As a baby, I always wore knitted cardigans. My kids almost never did - mostly, I think, because American buildings are routinely kept warmer than the England of my youth.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
I am thinking an endless series of knitted pullovers, kimonos, and cardigans. Buttoning up the back at first.
quote:Welcome! It's nice here. We also have a fabric section.
Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
I have gone to the darkside.....i am buying wool coz I like it, it is on offer etc before knowing what to use it for.....i am hoarding craft stuff.....
quote:Genius
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
The word for this is stash. You have a stash! Furthermore, when you go to the store to buy more yarn, this is (for the sake of the acronym) termed a Stash Enhancement Xpedition. I met my editor once at a convention, and we went to a local yarn discount outlet. As we departed her husband turned proudly to the pal sitting next to him and announced, "Teresa is going off with Brenda to have SEX." It is always fun to see a spontaneous spit-take.
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quote:Itcan also lead, all too easily, to SABLE - Stash Above And Beyond Life Expectancy.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
The word for this is stash. You have a stash! Furthermore, when you go to the store to buy more yarn, this is (for the sake of the acronym) termed a Stash Enhancement Xpedition.
quote:Note the SDO in application. It may be some time...
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
Yes. It must be different! This is what crafty people do. Take an idea and adapt it - what a gorgeous pattern it is. Very practical. No floppy bits to get scungy when working about the house.
Plspost pics when done!!!!
quote:You are a Bad Person for tempting me like that. Despite the long list of projects I already have, I've bookmarked both those sites, and will have to try and do some lacework in Icelandic wool now!
Originally posted by Penny S:
I am currently resisting the urge to buy some Icelandic Lopi yarn for my stash. I saw it in a shop in Iceland, a finer than usual yarn in gorgeous colours, on a Sunday. Then I found that I could get it online from a dealers in the same county back home. But I had no idea what to knit with it.
Lopi
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quote:I've got a Lopi sweater - one of my target purchases on my trip to the country, and I wouldn't call it harsh, though it is obviously not as soft as alpaca. I have a half finished project with some alpaca I was given as a leaving present by a colleague. I had to give the spindle back to another colleague before I'd finished. The sweater is definitely warm, though, but I haven't had really cold weather to test it on. The knit has quite a loft to it, with a lot of air held in the structure. I won't be aiming at that texture, though, as the Einband Lopi is quite fine.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
If this is pure wool Lopi, it is very warm. It is what they knit Icelandic sweaters out of. Also it is somewhat harsh to the hand. i note that the garment you link to is of Alpaca -- a much softer wool.
quote:If you don't have appropriate heirs, you can put me in your will -- I'll bless your name every time I cast on, in a knitter's version of masses for your soul, or whatever suits an ordinary decent pagan.
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:Itcan also lead, all too easily, to SABLE - Stash Above And Beyond Life Expectancy.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
The word for this is stash. You have a stash! Furthermore, when you go to the store to buy more yarn, this is (for the sake of the acronym) termed a Stash Enhancement Xpedition.
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). This will be my first knitting project that isn't a simple shape (except for the gloves), and my first with a lot of cable work in. Nothing like going in at the deep end!quote:I've discovered that old curtain hooks make great stich markers.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
There are many little fiddles to make cable patterning easier, but one of the simplest is lavish use of markers. These do not have to be purchased ones; little loops of some violently contrasting spare yarn would be excellent. Mark all the places where one cable pattern changes to another (this is assuming it's not an allover pattern). If you incline that way you can also mark the row when you begin a new repeat; then you have a base line where you know the pattern was right, if you wander off the path of truth.
quote:Thanks for the tips. Since it's a cricket sweater, it's just one cable pattern repeated all the way around, so I just have to worry about which row of the 8 in the pattern I'm on. The tension square came out a bit loose, on the good side this meant a quick shopping run with Mum on Sunday so she got the chance to browse the craft shop before buying the building supplies she really needed
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
There are many little fiddles to make cable patterning easier, but one of the simplest is lavish use of markers. These do not have to be purchased ones; little loops of some violently contrasting spare yarn would be excellent. Mark all the places where one cable pattern changes to another (this is assuming it's not an allover pattern). If you incline that way you can also mark the row when you begin a new repeat; then you have a base line where you know the pattern was right, if you wander off the path of truth.
quote:My SiL has a line in not only knitting woolly animals, but in knitting little coaties for dogs.
Originally posted by Boogie:
My dog obsession has finally brought me back to the knitters fold! I used to do fair-isle, arran and very detailed picture jumpers before the kids were born (that'll be 30 years ago!) but haven't picked up the needles since.
But I saw a pattern for a Labrador puppy and I couldn't resist. My needles are long gone to the charity shop so I've ordered some needles and wool.
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quote:You can buy the iron on transfer paper at any large business supply store. If you take them the image on a flash drive - reverse the image if you can or ask them to - they will print it out in colour for you. You'll need to be ironing it onto white or a very pale fabric.
Originally posted by Penny S:
I think there are kits you can get which will print out from a computer file in such a way that you can use the result as a transfer. You could blow up your picture and do that.
Though I couldn't find one when I wanted one.
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quote:And to what you can use in a lifetime? Or is like my sister-in-law's quilting group where the person who dies with the biggest stash wins?
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Even a roof rack will be too enabling; we need to limit our purchases to what we can wedge into the vehicle.
quote:Yes! I lurk here and love to read what everyone is up to.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
We need to set up a SoF Pinterest page or something, so that we can post and admire each others' projects.
quote:It's done by invitation. You invite people to join your board. Here you go.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
But do they allow other people to add Pins to a page? If I am the only one who could do it then people would have to email images to me and then I would add them to the page, suitably captioned.
Is it possible to set up a public Pinterest page, onto which anybody can add anything? Surely this would be a system ripe for abuse...
quote:Oh, that sounds lovely. I knitted lots of different cakes for my granddaughters, but felt sounds more fun.
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
Another Pinterest addict here. I have found so many great ideas for making fun felt food on it this week. One of my little granddaughters is getting a play kitchen this month for her birthday and her nanna is busy sewing felt pasta, sandwich fillings and cupcakes. Who knew you could turn felt into whipped cream? I feel like Rumpelstiltskin!
quote:I get a lot of photographic images, graphic design things and inspirational quotes. When I'm feeling a bit depressed it acts as a lovely pick-me-up with some really uplifting shots of beautiful places or, now and again, the occasional inspirational quote which either seems spot on or is ridiculous enough to rouse me from apathy.
Originally posted by Firenze:
I still find Pinterest frustrating in many ways, and probably don't use it optimally. But it is enormously heartening to see so much sheer creativity in the world. Just cycling through the images can give you endless ideas.
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Originally posted by Drifting Star:
For anyone in the UK, or with access to BBC iPlayer, The Great British Sewing Bee starts again next Monday evening.
quote:I'm sure you're right. I like fixing things; at the moment I get paid to _make_ machines, but our sewing machine does my head in. All that 'it works with this thread, but it doesn't work with that one'. All that swearing at what looks OK on top until you turn it over and there's a f*cking great bird's nest stuck to the back. Once I even 'adjusted' it so successfully I had to take it back to the shop...
I concluded that male ability with machines is nothing more than a cultural artefact.
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Having said all that, my clothing repairs do look pretty 'male', in that it's all function over form
quote:Mrs S has "upgraded" twice to reconditioned machines. When she traded in for her current sewing/quilting/embroidery machine she got £400 back for a machine she bought second-hand from the same store for £500 three years before. They do good business reconditioning upscale machines for resale.
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
My mother also has a warhorse old sewing machine that she’s had for the last forty years. It’s been refurbished a couple of times and I reckon it’s going to last forever. I have a Janome that is apparently worth more now than when it was new. It’s a compact machine and they don’t make them anymore.
quote:I seem to remember pillow slips made from flour bags. It must have been one of my grandmothers who made them as Mum did not sew. Ever. Except for very basic maintenance such as replacing buttons. My dad made my clothes till I was able to do so.
Originally posted by Huia:
When I was about 3 mum made me some knickers out of flour bags. I hope she isn't doing the same as flour is more likely to be in paper sacks these days
Huia
quote:When I went to Girl Scout camp (mumble mumble years ago) we were told to bring a (wooden) orange crate, with a shelf added inside, for our nightstand. I used mine for many years, and various repaintings, throughout college and as an adult. I think I finally got rid of it during a major decluttering a few years ago. I don't know what Girl Scouts are using these days, but most camps have gotten much fancier, so they probably have real furniture.
Originally posted by Firenze:
We also had some items of furniture that were basically tea chests or orange boxes.
Start a new project or pick up one of the part-done ones?
quote:Oh, it has to be new, surely
Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
The cricket sweater was finished on Friday, and tested by Sandemaniac on Sunday in a match. It fits properly and he likes it *sigh of relief*. I'll try to post a link to a pic when I can take one - the cricketer has departed for a Bank Holiday cricket tour.
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quote:Needle book cover?
Originally posted by Smudgie:
We have a little group at church that meets once a month called Adult Messy Church (as we decided it was unfair that the children had all the fun!). Each month we try out a different craft.
Last night we were making felt. It was rather fun (and also rather nice engaging in a craft project that didn't need you to have any particular skill!). I'm delighted with the little rectangle of marbled colour I produced. Not sure what to do with it, though. If it were a bit bigger, it'd make a nice Kindle cover, but it's just too small for that, and I'm not sure of the best way to secure it. Sewing? gluing?
I'm half tempted to have another go with the fluff that comes out of my tumble drier filter when I have washed things the cat has been lying on!
I do like crafts that you can finish in one go.
quote:I must admit that 2 minutes after posting the above I went and bought a pattern and the soles for some slipper socks.
Originally posted by Doone:
quote:Oh, it has to be new, surely
Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
Now I just need to work out what I'm doing next
Despite the website warning me it would be 7-10 days, the parcel arrived at the parental Knotweeds' abode the next day!quote:What a lovely village.... and what a find!
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
Proud proud new owner of a 1958 black and gold Singer sewing machine today! TP has just turned 60 and we went away for the weekend to a friend's holiday house. On the way we stopped at an arty little village that had (o joy and extreme bliss) an old book shop next to a sewing supplies shop next to an old fashioned tea room. Above the quilters shop was a sewing machine museum and antique/collectibles shop.
Talk about heaven in a row. The sewing machine shop services old machines and sells reconditioned ones and this old Singer - made just before the modern ugly ones came in - was up for sale. The owner gave me a lesson in using it, some old style bobbins and put a new cord on it while we had lunch in the tea room. There will be absolutely no skittering about on the table now when I am sewing canvas or heavyweight materials together. The thing weighs a ton!
BL. Extremely happy owner of a vintage piece that will never need to go to the tip. Every working part inside will be able to be reconditioned should that be needed. More than can be said for all the plastic electronic machines that are made to throw away.
Woohoo!
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quote:I'm not sure, although I remember it being discussed in a tea break. At the moment we are kept busy with machines brought to us usually by people clearing out their parents home. I'll mention it when I'm in on Friday.
Originally posted by Penny S:
Daisy daisy, have you any contacts with the company All Saints - which irritate me everytime I go past and see all those lovely old machines being wasted? I wasn't sure if they could still be used.
quote:Mrs Sioni was very good at keeping track of what she had done until August last year, when Grandson #1 arrived. Since then quilts and cakes have been made but a fair few have left unphotographed.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
I meant to keep a log of everything I make, but I immediately forgot to keep it up and it is years now. I do not keep images or anything, I just give them away. (These are mostly knitted baby items.)
quote:I love it when my granddaughters (10, 6 and 3) come to say as they are all into crafting and we always have a lovely time. I am just amazed at their imaginations.
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Granddaughter-Unit is coming to stay with me for the weekend, so my sister and I bought some crafty things for her to enjoy while she's with me. There's a wooden bird feeder and little wooden shapes that we can paint with acrylic paints, and one of those fancy coloring books that seem to be the rage right now.
I'm looking forward to being ten years old again like her!
), but I'm not sure how hard the (not really) yarn is to work with. It looks like it should be quick, but it's not cheap and I'm not sure how awkward such big needles would be.
If you like those lovely over the knees, you may like the Mojo pattern. Not as long as the ones you posted in your link, but certainly different. The different stitches make the tension in the sock quite differently but it all comes out in the wash. Or perhaps on the foot. I have made these, and they fit just fine. Actually, it is more of an idea than a pattern.
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quote:I have been watching that series devotedly, especially the repurposing section.
Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Firenze, if you're cutting it both horizontally and vertically, how about looking at the patterns in the YSL Mondrian shift dress and making all the cuts off centre - a bit like this. Yes, I have been watching the Great British Sewing Bee
quote:Yummy!
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
A link for Clarence so as not to clutter up the AS board and incur the wrath of an AS host
quote:WOW!
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
So here is something to think about, all you who love to knit and crochet !
quote:I loved the repurposing of saris and scarves in particular.
Originally posted by Firenze:
I have been watching that series devotedly, especially the repurposing section.
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Did I mention that an object of this was to dressmake without having to do the bothersome bits like facings, setting in sleeves, finishing necklines etc? It's noticeable that the more successful ones are in stretch fabric, and I have yet to come up with ideas for linen items. [/QB]
quote:Well, I'm using one of these for most of my knitting supplies. Yarn stash in the bottom, needles in the insert tray. Sections in the outside of the lid hold scrap yarn used for markers and other random small bits. The current project goes in a canvas bag along with a copy of the pattern inside an A4 plastic wallet, so that I don't have to lug anything I don't need about the place. Eminently practical (for me), cost much less than the usual type of box, and wasn't pink/flowery! (The last is a major plus for me). At the mo the canvas bag is in with the yarn, as nothing started right now.
Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
Getting back into sewing after a long break, my cheap and now old sewing box is falling apart....any recommendations on what to look for in a new one? I want something quirky but not sure how practical the quirky ones are. All thoughts welcome.
quote:(I think this must be the first time ever I have looked at this thread, as I'm not a craft person! Even when I could see properly, and enjoyed doing knitting etc, I only did a little. However, the topic of things for children to do in the holidays came up elsewhere, so that's why I'm here today.)
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I'm involved in a craft group at our church hall. Recently, we've been joined by a group of people - male and female, who have learning disabilities. They have two care staff with them
We are looking for ideas for crafts which the rest of the group will enjoy, but which can be adapted for this group to do as well.
It's got to be something reasonably inexpensive, we give £1 per week towards equipment. So far, we have done napkin decoupage onto tiles, bead bracelets and painted earthenware pots.
Can anyone suggest anything?
) until it's twisted tightly enough to hold the middle, to put ends together, run a hand back down to the other end and make the rope. quote:That is the point at which I failed!
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I like the idea of making twisted cord, but what could we use it for? We have a two hour session, so it has to be something we can work on for that time.
fortunately, as it counted as a sort of science experiment, my responsibility ended at the point where the mini-rope was made/!
quote:Hey, that's all rather feminine
As mentioned above, my current obsession is chopping and recombining. If you have any requirement for beach dresses, kaftans, kimonos, dressing gowns or bathrobes, there's a lot of fun to be had in mixing and matching colours and patterns.
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quote:Feminine? Not necessarily. My dad did all the sewing when I was young, madeall clothes for the three of us and taught me to sew.
Originally posted by mark_in_manchester:
quote:Hey, that's all rather feminine
As mentioned above, my current obsession is chopping and recombining. If you have any requirement for beach dresses, kaftans, kimonos, dressing gowns or bathrobes, there's a lot of fun to be had in mixing and matching colours and patterns.
I came by two of these rather flash overalls in the skip at work - the guy I work for must always go down on his right knee, as both had a destroyed right leg.
So I took the left leg off one pair, turned it round, and sewed it on in place of the knackered right leg removed from the other. Getting it correct across the arse was...a pain in the arse. I had to wear it part-done and pin it in situ...
The remainder turned into a rather odd-looking jacket, long in the front, which I wear with leather trousers when trying not to set fire to myself with home-foundry work. Oh yes, ladies
quote:Absolutely - which is why I saw your recycled kimono (as it were) and raised you a horrible pair of orange cut-and-shut overalls
I take MinM to mean all the garments I proposed were rather feminine, rather than the activity of sewing (or whence tailors?)
(A lot of the students in our lab / workshop are Iraqi at the moment, so we have to tone down the Guantanamo-chic gags). quote:I like Penny's blanket box idea - I have a railway trunk I found in a skip, but again it welcomes stuff on top which makes one reluctant to try to open it. More groovy (if you like that sort of thing) than practical.
I suspect the kind of plastic drawer unit would be the most practical, if not the most aesthetic - what do others use?
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quote:Yes! I am crocheting a muff, too. I am tied to the house much of the time, but this lets me keep in touch with my knitting group which makes a wide variety of things for charity. (I crochet much better than I knit.) I have not yet decided what to add to fiddle (or twiddle) with, but I was thinking of large buttons, possibly laces or ribbons to knot or make a bow, and anything with an interesting texture. What are you adding?
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Has anyone else made fiddle mats or muffs for dementia sufferers? We are hoping to make some in our craft group, and I'm having a go at crocheting a muff.
so I used a pressing cloth and ironed it on the back. It seems to have survived.quote:I wish we were nearer - I reckon your friend is getting the wildly easier end of the deal
At this rate I will have to make some soup or muffins to bribe the friend who drills holes in the dowelling that the banners hang from, as I am running out.
quote:I want to see it! Is it a pullover, or a cardigan?
Originally posted by Firenze:
Been away from home for 10 days: finished my last knit on about Day 3 so have had to spend an entire week with nothing to work on. Aargh.
The Sea Knit (a mixture of plain and bouclé yarns in a range of blues) is a cuff to cuff batwing with another band of knitting round the bottom. I put as many variations of plain/ purl patterns in as I could think of plus frequent bands of drop stitches. Given it was totally without a pattern (or, indeed, much recollection n the second side as to what I'd one on the first), it turned out rather well.
quote:Yes you can output your work.
Originally posted by Huia:
AFF, That sounds amazing. Does the App mean you can print out your finished work? I have been amazed to see the same design coloured by different people, and the effects each managed to achieve.
quote:I've seen such bags with both ends left open, used to stuff plastic bags in for reusing.
Originally posted by Penny S:
I've just converted a square pillowcase to rectangular. I had been sure I had two matching ones last time I used my winter duvet, which is a different size from the summer one, but could only find one (probably displaced when I had to clear the airing cupboard for the plumber - unless I have had a senior moment and never had two). To my delight I found someone on ebay was selling the same desogn, only square. So I thought about whether to trim two sides to match the way the pattern sat on the original, or just one and end up with something a bit useful. I went for one side, sewing two lines of pretend overlocker stitch, and cutting between them. This means I now have a long thin bag with a housewife end, and I can't think of long thin things to put in it.
Or I could turn that into two shorter bags, and use them for storing pairs of pillowcases.
Any ideas?
code:I thought it would be easier than knitting, but it's proving to be almost as much a struggle. I do want to make something (anything!) and I just feel a sort of sense of despair.x
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Roughly, how wide do you think would a piece of knitting be with say 50 stitches.quote:Thank you for advice about needles and wool; also the idea of a dog blanket sounds like an excellent one, so I'll see how my efforts turn out!
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Be certain that the wool is the right size for the needle. A very great disparity is hard to knit. The wool should have suggested needle sizes noted on the ball band.
Another very simple project is animal comforters -- simply a large square of plain knitting. Animal shelters are scary places and the wire cages are uncomfortable; a blankie makes a cat or dog calmer, and thus more adoptable. It can be shifted with the animal from cage to cage and go home with it when it's adopted.
and only need to finish a couple for the woman at the pharmacy who saw them when I emptied my backpack to find my purse and promptly ordered two. The fundraising is for the senior school camp next year, and as it's a Catholic school religious designs are OK.quote:What a good idea!
Originally posted by Huia:
Ma, my maternal grandmother who died before I was born, apparently used to knit things and decide what they were afterwards.
I'm wondering whether my effort could be used as a draft excluder at the bottom of a door! It's about 30 cm at the moment.
quote:Ah, thank you for that. I was trying to remember what could be done to prevent curling, so next time I will start each row with a few garter stitches.
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Well done, Susan Doris and you have discovered one of the joys of knitting.
If you want to keep it flat, not rolling up, dofour or five stitches in garter stitch at each end of the row. JUst plain knitting for those few stitches will keep it flat.
I knit socks mindlessly most of the time but can't do lace unless very basic without paying attention.
quote:that sounds like a fun thing to knit! I will see if this knitting venture turns into something that could be a scarf!
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
You might have to shop around. Also, be aware that pure wool needs care -- don't machine wash it, for instance. And there are moths. For real durability and ease of care, get a machine-washable yarn.
My niece, a lifelong Harry Potter fan, has declared that she has switched schools from Gryffindor to Slytherin. She now needs a new scarf, in her colors. Am off to the shops later this week to find something machine-washable in the right colors.
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
My niece, a lifelong Harry Potter fan, has declared that she has switched schools from Gryffindor to Slytherin.
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You might need to keep an eye on her, Brenda.
But it is definitely pleasant to have something to do while listening etc.
quote:You could make it the width of a door, by whatever length you like; roll it up; and twist rubber bands or ribbons around to hold it in a roll. It would be textured and pretty; and, if there were errors you wanted to hide, you could put them to the inside. FWIW. YMMV.
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
quote:What a good idea!
Originally posted by Huia:
Ma, my maternal grandmother who died before I was born, apparently used to knit things and decide what they were afterwards.
quote:Not only useful but unique and instructive. Glad you are enjoying this.
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
Golden Key
Many thanks for all those ideas. It will probably take me a while to sort out how to do it, but I think my first tube effort might well actually end up being useful!
I have started knitting another ball of wool (I stop when the wool runs out!) and after quite a few rows I still have the same numbre of stitches I started with! Technique definitely improving.
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My needlework is driving me insane. I seem to have lost the ability to count. I think it may be because I have only stitched motifs or simple designs for the last few years, whereas now I am stitching a picture that's 7 and a half inches by 4 and a half. I chose to work it in continental stitch on 18 count canvas as the canvas makes it easier to see that aida cloth or linen but it's still a challenge. This is not made easier by occasionally putting on the wrong glasses . quote:Resealable plastic bags? They come in many sizes, more than you usually find at a grocery store. Hardware stores sometimes have the much-larger ones. Amazon also has a wide variety of sizes and prices.
Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
I'm trying to bring my craft stash under control. (It's knitting, crochet, felting and sewing stuff.) I want to organise and store it so I can find things easily. I've cleared out an old side board at the moment. So probably will end up with plastic boxes in it. Would like to hear how other people store there craft stash, so it a) doesn't take over the whole of your home, b) so you can find things.
Thanks
