Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?

[8115]

Cables are giving me a headache. Too much counting.

 

[8115]

I think I've finally got to grips with the counting. I use one of these but I kept forgetting to click it before.

 

[campanula]

Lovely 8115 !
Meanwhile I am driving myself quite mad with the long floats on the intarsia bug sweater

Have a look at techknitters suggestion for taming long floats - a modified ladderback using a crochet hook. She calls it the STUART method.

I am more than halfway through my stranded cardigan...on needles the thickness of bloody toothpicks. The raglan is a bit dodgy and will be needing some later surgery (unravelling from top and reassigning neckline divisions. Having a previously unheard of (and baffling) crush on yellows.

 

[moose]

Have a look at techknitters suggestion for taming long floats - a modified ladderback using a crochet hook. She calls it the STUART method.

I found that the other day, but can't get my head round how you'd do it without adding hours of knitting time. Maybe next time

 

[moose]

Just put a bunch of circular needles on the recycle thread, if anyone is interested

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/circular-knitting-needles.369552/

 

[Treacle Toes]

Been making. reusable shopping bags recently and giving them as gifts, just made this for a mate staying over to take home. She's delighted.

 

[Treacle Toes]

A couple from 2 weeks ago, given to other people.

 

[RubyToogood]

Anyone do embroidery? I recently fed my addiction to Japanese craft books with some lovely embroidery books by Yumiko Higuchi. This is my favourite - Zakka Embroidery

I might have to actually do some. There seem to be various ways of transferring pattern to fabric and I'm not sure which is best.

 

[moose]

Oooh that looks nice, RubyToogood I used to embroider a lot, but don't have the eyes or patience for it right now

 

[RubyToogood]

Oooh that looks nice, RubyToogood I used to embroider a lot, but don't have the eyes or patience for it right now

Favourite transfer method?

 

[moose]

Dressmaker's carbon or lightbox, depending on fabric. We have those thin LED tracing light boxes at work that work well with light coloured fabric.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Another overnight guest, another bag

 

[Treacle Toes]

My day off today so made a start on a little project for someone who wants drawstring padded bags for their recording equipment.

 

[Treacle Toes]

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[Boudicca]

Loving the choice of contrast red there, Rutita1 !

 

[Saul Goodman]

I've been working on a new kitchen knife.
It's a 1095/15n20 damascus blade with a two-tone green micarta handle.
It still needs a few more hours work on the handle but it's getting there.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'll give the handle a rub of bees' wax when I get some but apart from that I'm calling a day on it. I've gone down as far as 10,000 grit paper with it, so it's as smooth as it's getting.
Next task is an edge on the blade, and I have a new tool in my arsenal to make life a little easier there.

 

[moose]

two-tone green micarta

I'd not heard of micarta before - what an interesting material! Lovely knife.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'd not heard of micarta before - what an interesting material! Lovely knife.

Thank you!
I prefer micarta for most of my knife handles. It's a lot less maintenance than wood, and much more durable. And it's fun matching the pattern on both sides... NOT!

 

[Treacle Toes]

Little revamp project. Footstool recovered from the street, pretty manky and water sodden. Base wood completely fucked so need replacing. reused the legs and cushion after a de-mank-ing wash. Used material from my off -cut stash.

 

[Treacle Toes]

If anyone is wondering about what to do next...this would be a good one to use up offcuts of fabric...

Face Mask Sewing Patterns Roundup | So Sew Easy

I'll Start This One With a Disclaimer The following list of masks will not replace an N-95 mask but may help you if you have nothing else to wear. So ...

so-sew-easy.com

 

[Artaxerxes]

If anyone is wondering about what to do next...this would be a good one to use up offcuts of fabric...

Face Mask Sewing Patterns Roundup | So Sew Easy

I'll Start This One With a Disclaimer The following list of masks will not replace an N-95 mask but may help you if you have nothing else to wear. So ...

so-sew-easy.com

Would they actually serve any purpose though?

 

[Treacle Toes]

Would they actually serve any purpose though?

I don't know tbh.

I honestly have been thinking about this. I'm at the stage where I think making them with an inside pocket type thing could be useful fo that you could put some kind of disposable filter/guaze in.. I am gonna read up on how to make a filter/guaze...what material would be good, what we could spray it with etc.

In terms of the inside pocket, what is the material that you get inside of sport's wear? The net/breathable stuff?

 

[Manter]

Started a record of the year in embroidery....

 

[Treacle Toes]

For those new to sewing and pattern cutting...A free Webinar tomorrow.

Join us for a free webinar introducing the concept of pattern cutting as well as what materials students will need for our upcoming course.
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This session aims to give attendees a solid idea of what pattern cutting is as a practice, how it will be useful to you, how the upcoming course (thursday evenings 6:30pm) will be structured, as well as what materials you will need to order in to get the most out of the course.

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Join us for a free webinar introducing the concept of pattern cutting as well as what materials students will need for our upcoming course.

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[RubyToogood]

Time for the return of Urban75 Craft Club - online. Vote for a date here.

 

[moose]

In terms of the inside pocket, what is the material that you get inside of sport's wear? The net/breathable stuff?

Power mesh. Loads on eBay.

 

[Boudicca]

Powermesh is full of holes though. The pattern I followed had a pocket to put a piece of 'non woven' fabric in and so I used a dried up household wipe I had.

I haven't been able to resist making a couple, even though the general advice is that they are of little or no use.