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

[moose]

Something far more prosaic - I wanted something I could do without thinking, to do in between the complicated things, so I've embarked on a big blanket in ripple pattern like this, but lots of nice colours.

 

[Greebo]

<snip> i'm cyanotyping again the next couple of days. i'm wondering if i may be going a step too far evicting both my kids from their beds (one entirely from the house) in order to do so

Have fun with the cyanotyping, bob. BTW thanks for the offer (checked the details and the leggings/socks on the paperback's cover are amazing), I might take you up on that later. For the moment, I've got a couple of books on the highest shelf to check out.

Meanwhile, frankensleeve 2, worked lengthwise instead of around.

moose love the colours, and the pattern.

 

[moose]

They're not my colours in the pic above, actually, they're from the pattern site - I've gone for these, although the pale pink is less subtle IRL so I may change it:

 

[miss direct]

I've been working on my first ever wood carving. Really hard work, my arms ache!

 

[Cribynkle]

I've been working on my first ever wood carving. Really hard work, my arms ache!View attachment 60168

Love this, I'm a sucker for an evil eye

 

[8115]

My winter scarf. Two shades of blue Stylecraft Swift knit Super chunky. Hoping for a cold one this year then.

 

[Hellsbells]

I've been working on my first ever wood carving. Really hard work, my arms ache!View attachment 60168

wow - that's cool. How big is it? It would make a really nice back to a chair

 

[miss direct]

Maybe a child's chair. It's finished now, stained it darker with coffee. Will find a spot in my flat to prop it up.

 

[RubyToogood]

I'm having stripe issues with this jumper. Can't decide how to organise the stripes to get the effect I want. When I arrange the balls of wool on the table into colour groups they look great, but somehow this doesn't transfer to the stripes... (also doesn't transfer properly to my crap camera phone unfortunately).

 

[wayward bob]

no help but stash envy rubes

 

[RubyToogood]

Damn, I thought you might have an opinion!

I've been working on this stash for some time... I have a thing for cheap superwash 100% wool and buy odd balls in different colours so I can always work on multicoloured projects. Have been going round adding a few for this project as well...

 

[wayward bob]

okay if it was me i'd go for thicker stripes - not least cos it's less ends to weave in

 

[RubyToogood]

Well my swatches above are in chronological order, and I started with two-row stripes, but liked that less than one-row

My final swatch, I thought might sort of work if I halved the thickness of the stripes of each colour group.

I could go on swatching forever and I want to start the fecking thing and stop wasting wool It's the kind of project where you get better at it as you go along, so I'll probably start with a sleeve to practise.

 

[8115]

RubyToogood I would mix up the colours more, rather than keep blues with blues etc. Make it a real rainbow jumper.

 

[toggle]

I'm having stripe issues with this jumper. Can't decide how to organise the stripes to get the effect I want. When I arrange the balls of wool on the table into colour groups they look great, but somehow this doesn't transfer to the stripes... (also doesn't transfer properly to my crap camera phone unfortunately).

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http://www.biscuitsandjam.com/stripe_maker.php

I always found myself overthinking it when i tried to plan randommy stripes, so clicked until i found a pattern i liked

the one i used gvr options for max and min stripe width rather than all the same. others out there

 

[RubyToogood]

I like the stripe generator! I think this final swatch is more like it. I started at the bottom with the stripe generator (4-row and 1-row stripes) but didn't like what was happening so I abandoned it and just started choosing colours visually. I've already designated some of the colours (the bright ice cream shades) as key colours, so they can have the slightly wider stripes, and the others can be 1-row accents. I think this will keep me happy because of the element of choice as I knit. Just using the generator I think I would get bored. I don't mind the ends, I can just weave them in at the back as I go. Although doing the sleeves in the round may be fairly annoying.

The problem with grouping the colours was that when striped they sort of shade into each other, which I don't really want in this instance.

 

[Rebelda]

^that looks wicked RubyToogood

 

[albionism]

I recently made these bowls.

 

[susie12]

They're lovely.

 

[albionism]

Thank you

 

[Cribynkle]

http://www.biscuitsandjam.com/stripe_maker.php

I always found myself overthinking it when i tried to plan randommy stripes, so clicked until i found a pattern i liked

the one i used gvr options for max and min stripe width rather than all the same. others out there

toggle this is an ace resource! Thank you for posting it

 

[treefrog]

Spent a lovely evening with my mate, a stack of paper and a glue gun trying out paper flower ideas for the wedding. Made these....

Quite chuffed!

 

[spirals]

Kusudama! I made them for my wedding, I made the balls and stuck them on sticks to look like little topiary trees

 

[wayward bob]

been gradually adding to my collection of paper mechanisms - i now have a whole flock of logic goats

kid2's topic this term is robots so between us we made one of these although i've yet to test the mechanism and i'm not completely convinced it's gonna work - still have to wait for the glue to dry.


click for vid :thumbs :

reckon her new teachers'll peg me as a pushy parent much?

 

[Greebo]

<snip>reckon her new teachers'll peg me as a pushy parent much?

Very impressive if your and kid2's attempts work, and so it should be, considering the amount of accurate cutting and sticking involved. Reckon her new teachers might want you in for a craft session.

 

[wayward bob]

the robot needs fixing i can get it working but it's too temperamental for kid2, gonna try remaking the handle in thicker card. i realise these are prolly getting boring now but it's working to keep me out of a hole atm. today i made this for mr b's desk at work

 

[Greebo]

Love the Heisenberg, bob, sorry to hear that the robot needs fixing. It probably doesn't help that all the bits are made from paper or thin card, and you can't really force a stuck mechanism as hard as you'd do if it were clay, wood, or metal.

I've started the body for frankenjumper (this time, hem upwards) and it's coming together more or less as intended. At last. It'll be blocked when finished, but that's quite a way off yet.

BTW that crochet book which bob recommended has been ordered and is somewhere in the post.

 

[Nancy_Winks]

Had my first ever foray into decoupage today......................must say i am totally chuffed with the result........good-bye boring old chest of drawers......hello,

Bout 5 hours.......mind you that's counting fag breaks and occasional air guitar breaks (listen to Planet Rock on the radio).....................also put up my Klimt mural.......quite proud of the fact that i did it by eye, with no measuring or plumb line !

I know a lot of folks will hate this but i was never one for half measures !

holy shit I had no idea you were so talented mentalchik I love them both. Incredible!!

And wayward bob I love your paper mechanisms too. So cool

I think you're all amazing actually. I don't have the skill or the patience to make stuff but whenever I see what biddlybee is working on I'm always in awe

 

[moon]

Haven't been here for ages, mainly as I've been painting rather than crafting recently, but did manage to finish a paper project the other day.

 

[wtfftw]

This counts doesn't it? I had a stupid flowery headband but it was on elastic so wasn't comfortable. Have taken the flowers and leaves off and glued on to a plastic headband with a bow I crocheted. Glue gun fun. Shit pic.