sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2015 20:18:45 GMT
Wheat weaving?
How about quilling? (it's so obscure that spell check flags it.!)
FYI: I know personally they're both a pain in the ass.
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 12, 2015 20:22:15 GMT
I've never seen wheat weaving and I am not a huge fan of quilling.
Obscure? I don't know, but not my thing.
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Post by lumo on Aug 12, 2015 20:23:29 GMT
Never heard of wheat weaving.
The first time I heard of quilling was on the recent thread here where someone posted a quilled necklace. I'm still not entirely sure *what* it is.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 20:24:14 GMT
No more than macrame. It was a craft I was actually good at
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Post by oldcrow on Aug 12, 2015 20:43:34 GMT
Of all the crafts I have done and that would be a lot of crafts these two are not on the list. In fact, I have never even considered these as a craft I might like to try.
But I have heard of them and seen finished product so are they obscure, I don't know.
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Post by caangel on Aug 12, 2015 20:46:24 GMT
I'm familiar with both.
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Post by Trixie Bender on Aug 12, 2015 20:47:38 GMT
I'll see you your wheat weaving and quilling and raise you tatting and huck toweling.
Does anyone still do either of those?
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Post by J u l e e on Aug 12, 2015 20:53:07 GMT
And I further raise you latch hooking.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 20:55:28 GMT
nope-- I know what wheat weaving is because I've seen it before (Ikea, lol!) along with at various craft fairs... I have a Scandinavian background and grew up in the Midwest, so perhaps that accounts for why I know what it is?
And quilling is coming back, I think. I've seen quilling stuff in M's, and I had a younger co-worker whose girlfriend or sister was doing it (in their 20s, so younger than me); actually I think the guy had tried it too, if I recall.
eta: also heard of (and done, lol!) latch hooking and while I've never done it, I know what huck embroidery is. There's also a kind of drawn thread embroidery / cross stitch type thing that can be done on gingham, not sure of the name. (I think it's different than huck embroidery, but maybe not)
How about smocking?? or hardanger? (that's drawn thread embroidery on Aida cloth or linen, very pretty and very delicate looking stuff. I tried it once.)
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Peamac
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Post by Peamac on Aug 12, 2015 20:55:53 GMT
Quilling can't be too obscure- I've seen the strips and tools for it at craft stores. I think my Joann's has a little section for it near the card making supplies.
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Post by its me mg on Aug 12, 2015 20:56:54 GMT
May I interest you in a boondoggle?
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Post by hmp on Aug 12, 2015 20:59:12 GMT
Off to google huck toweling. I quill and know folks who are exquisite tatters. Have only ever known one who did wheat weaving.
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Post by scrapperal on Aug 12, 2015 21:03:31 GMT
I've heard of and tried most of what's been posted so far, except for huck toweling. But according to Google, it is the same thing as Swedish weaving, which a friend does so not so obscure after all.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 21:04:34 GMT
found it-- embroidery on gingham is called 'chicken scratch' embroidery!
I had a couple older relatives who tatted, also...
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2015 21:05:05 GMT
No more than macrame. It was a craft I was actually good at Elannah, Is there anyone in your life who would wear a paracord bracelet? The basics are the same as macrame. My kids couldn't understand why I was so good with the paracord. Oh yeah, my eighth grade home economics skills being put to good use.
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Post by hmp on Aug 12, 2015 21:06:49 GMT
Ok. Now I feel quite the idiot. Evidently I've collected a fairly decent amount of huck toweling over the years without knowing what it was!
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2015 21:06:51 GMT
And I further raise you latch hooking. I've been in the mood to latch hook. If anyone knows of any good kits for a quality looking rug, please let me know.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 21:09:23 GMT
I'll see you your wheat weaving and quilling and raise you tatting and huck toweling. Does anyone still do either of those? I'm not sure what toweling is, but my dad taught me quilling when I was small - we used to make ornaments for Christmas, and my grandma tried like the dickens to teach me tatting. I still have all of her tatting tools. It's hard! I'd guess, prior to googleing, that wheat weaving was some type of basket making. Off to google. LOL
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Post by ntsf on Aug 12, 2015 21:11:07 GMT
how about hair ornaments...ie jewelry and flowers made from human hair...I inherited a couple of these...a big thing like 120 yrs ago
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2015 21:11:16 GMT
nope-- I know what wheat weaving is because I've seen it before (Ikea, lol!) along with at various craft fairs... I have a Scandinavian background and grew up in the Midwest, so perhaps that accounts for why I know what it is? And quilling is coming back, I think. I've seen quilling stuff in M's, and I had a younger co-worker whose girlfriend or sister was doing it (in their 20s, so younger than me); actually I think the guy had tried it too, if I recall. eta: also heard of (and done, lol!) latch hooking and while I've never done it, I know what huck embroidery is. There's also a kind of drawn thread embroidery / cross stitch type thing that can be done on gingham, not sure of the name. (I think it's different than huck embroidery, but maybe not) How about smocking?? or hardanger? (that's drawn thread embroidery on Aida cloth or linen, very pretty and very delicate looking stuff. I tried it once.)I did one hardanger piece in school. It came out great and I would have liked to do more but the supplies at the time were pretty expensive. I still have it. A family friend made me a piece about the size of a printer. She has some real talent.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2015 21:11:22 GMT
And I further raise you latch hooking. I remember latch hooking making my wussy fingers sore.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Aug 12, 2015 21:11:39 GMT
Yes, obscure.
I do Renaissance faires so I have done wheat weaving and own several pieces. No quilling- know what it is, but haven't done it.
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 12, 2015 21:13:18 GMT
I would love to be able to quill like this. Or like Yulia Brodskaya, whose paper quilling and artwork is just gorgeous .
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2015 21:14:12 GMT
I usually see some around Christmas time at the craft fairs. I don't own any quilling but I do have a few woven wheat Christmas ornaments.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2015 21:18:17 GMT
sharlag, You start the most interesting threads - and I mean that in a good way!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 21:20:03 GMT
Pretty much, yes. I'm aware of what quilling is only because there was a brief time when I was a scrapper that some people used it on SB pages. Otherwise, I'd never have heard of it.
Wheat weaving - well, I presume I can guess what it is from its name, but I was unaware it was a craft.
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 12, 2015 21:21:27 GMT
I think quilling is still popular, and it's great stuff. I just don't have the patience for it.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 12, 2015 21:25:22 GMT
I've never heard of wheat weaving, but I'm familiar with quilling and pretty much all the other crafts people have mentioned here. I like crafts. Wish more people did. No more than macrame. It was a craft I was actually good at I read recently that macrame is making a comeback.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 21:27:46 GMT
I think I've seen some gorgeous quilled pieces used as art for magazine articles... Oprah magazine, maybe?? or Vanity Fair? not sure...
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 12, 2015 21:27:57 GMT
I always thought huck toweling was the fabric? Not the embroidery done on it? I buy the old huck towels I can find. I had one that was a bit raggedy and just finished putting patchwork patches on it so I can use it. Attachments:
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