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Post by phoenixcov on Sept 3, 2017 17:01:51 GMT
Thanks for the link to the amazing miniature knitting GypsyGirl I would so love to have a go at some micro work but alas my eye sight can only just cope with the things I `m doing. Got a headache from making gloves this afternoon. No more minis today.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 19:03:13 GMT
Finally, I am able to share this: http://instagr.am/p/BYkF1PUHqIJ I cropped it to cut out their last name and wedding date. The last name is the same color as their first name and the wedding date is in gray. I did this little CS. It's a little over 1"x2". I got a cheap frame from the dollar store that I'm thinking about painting red and finding a way to attach a cord to make a little ornament out of it. Figured DH could drill a couple small holes and I can thread gold floss (?) to make a loop. If I leave out the glass and put some batting behind it, it'd be lightweight. http://instagram.com/p/BYgcH6sHJfP Tomorrow, if I can get time, I'm going to print out the temps from August and update my temperature scarf. I'm thinking about getting some ink and getting a pawprint from my beagle. She's in bad shape from a bad (or ruptured) disc in her neck and just doesn't seem like she's getting better. DH and I have been discussing letting her go because it seems to cruel to make her live in pain. Our perky, silly beagle is gone. I may turn her paw print into a cross stitch that I can hang on the wall.
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Post by SweetieBugs on Sept 3, 2017 19:12:10 GMT
Wow, you say that is only 1 inch by 2 inches. That is tiny and really cute.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 19:33:48 GMT
Wow, you say that is only 1 inch by 2 inches. That is tiny and really cute. My second picture, the small one, didn't post. The tree is 12"*12".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 19:36:19 GMT
There, got the small, 1x2" one to post. I must have forgotten to actually embed it.
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Post by snyder on Sept 4, 2017 1:42:17 GMT
I had a classmate's whose mother used to crochet very well. She used to put an egg wash on her a doily after she finished. She used the thinnest string to make this creation, too. Does anyone know anything about this? Her mother was Portuguese I don't know if that matters or not. She was amazingly gifted with a hook. In the "olden days", lol People use to starch their clothing with egg whites and water. It was cheaper than sugar as many had their own chickens. My mom use to use sugar water until a powdered starch hit the shelves and then she used that for her doilies and it really made them stiff. Everyone's projects are so nice. I'm not a crafter though I do know how to knit, but haven't in years and years. Sorry for the loss of your sister gillyp. {{{Hugs}}}
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 4, 2017 1:47:18 GMT
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 4, 2017 2:12:17 GMT
I had a classmate's whose mother used to crochet very well. She used to put an egg wash on her a doily after she finished. She used the thinnest string to make this creation, too. Does anyone know anything about this? Her mother was Portuguese I don't know if that matters or not. She was amazingly gifted with a hook. In the "olden days", lol People use to starch their clothing with egg whites and water. It was cheaper than sugar as many had their own chickens. My mom use to use sugar water until a powdered starch hit the shelves and then she used that for her doilies and it really made them stiff. Everyone's projects are so nice. I'm not a crafter though I do know how to knit, but haven't in years and years. Sorry for the loss of your sister gillyp. {{{Hugs}}} What do you do with doilies like the ones I linked? I love them but they would not match our interior and they would get put on a pile of stuff to donate. I really love them and hope to be talented enough one day to make something like that, but still don't know what to do with it.
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Post by snyder on Sept 4, 2017 3:58:37 GMT
In the "olden days", lol People use to starch their clothing with egg whites and water. It was cheaper than sugar as many had their own chickens. My mom use to use sugar water until a powdered starch hit the shelves and then she used that for her doilies and it really made them stiff. Everyone's projects are so nice. I'm not a crafter though I do know how to knit, but haven't in years and years. Sorry for the loss of your sister gillyp. {{{Hugs}}} What do you do with doilies like the ones I linked? I love them but they would not match our interior and they would get put on a pile of stuff to donate. I really love them and hope to be talented enough one day to make something like that, but still don't know what to do with it. Those types of doilies are quite outdated. People use to put them on dressers, night-stands or end tables. Seems like people liked covering up their furniture as they also used them as arm covers on sofas and chairs. These days, they are too much work. Well, not that they weren't back in the day, but in our hurried up world, not many want to take care of them when they get dusty. After washing them, they need to be blocked with starch in order for them to look nice. Most of the ones I see today are made into table runners for a dinning room table, sans the flowers or huge round ones for round tables.
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Post by betty on Sept 4, 2017 4:28:05 GMT
Great work, peas! My granny always had crispy starched doilies on all her small tables & night stands. What a nice memory. I'm still painting rocks and "giving them away" as my dh says. I just finished up these furry friends Friday night and put a few around a local park while I was out taking bird photos today. I hid a couple of 'Back the Blue' themed ones too that I'd painted at the end of August to honor the officers killed here recently.
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Post by Pahina722 on Sept 4, 2017 5:07:49 GMT
Off the top of my head, I don't know, but you'll be able to stream the class for free tomorrow--and the first lesson says that it discusses the materials needed. So, tomorrow, you can get all the right info straight from the horse's mouth!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 4, 2017 5:30:11 GMT
The shawl is wool and mohair. I am already itchy thinking about it. I am really allergic to mohair and wool is a nightmare for me just the same. It's a very pretty shawl but beyond my ability!
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Post by gillyp on Sept 4, 2017 6:23:36 GMT
I was reading about a knitter/artist this morning and am in awe that someone can actually do this. She does micro-knitting, working in 1:12 scale! Her work is amazing, especially when you realize how tiny it is. My mind immediately went to phoenixcov, who does such great work with her miniatures. The artist is Althea Crome. It is definitely worth the time to look at her gallery in the link. Here is one of her knitted items. That micro knitting is totally amazing. What patience she must have. Thank you for the link.
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Post by pjaye on Sept 4, 2017 7:03:26 GMT
I'm still painting rocks and "giving them away" as my dh says. I love your rock painting. I'd be thrilled to find one like that, I bet you really make someone's day each time they find one. Are you in a FB group and have any people posted when they've found them?
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Post by wellway on Sept 4, 2017 10:04:09 GMT
I was reading about a knitter/artist this morning and am in awe that someone can actually do this. She does micro-knitting, working in 1:12 scale! Her work is amazing, especially when you realize how tiny it is. My mind immediately went to phoenixcov , who does such great work with her miniatures. The artist is Althea Crome. It is definitely worth the time to look at her gallery in the link. Here is one of her knitted items. Wow, that is incredible. My eyes ache at the idea of working that small.
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Post by KelleeM on Sept 4, 2017 10:55:45 GMT
betty your rocks are works of art! I'm so glad you posted about rock painting back before the summer. It's provided a lot of fun time spent together for me and my daughter. Neither of us has an iota of the talent you have!
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Post by betty on Sept 4, 2017 16:35:27 GMT
betty your rocks are works of art! I'm so glad you posted about rock painting back before the summer. It's provided a lot of fun time spent together for me and my daughter. Neither of us has an iota of the talent you have! Thanks! I love it and it makes me happy that I inspired you and your daughter. I'm looking forward to painting Halloween themed rocks soon...once it gets a little cooler and "feels like" fall as much as it can in a tropical place.
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Post by betty on Sept 4, 2017 16:44:24 GMT
I'm still painting rocks and "giving them away" as my dh says. I love your rock painting. I'd be thrilled to find one like that, I bet you really make someone's day each time they find one. Are you in a FB group and have any people posted when they've found them? I belong to several groups in my area. Yes, many have been found and posted on the fb groups. I painted some eclipse themed one in August and just a couple days ago someone posted one of them that they found outside the Dali museum in St. Petersburg, FL, so it traveled a little from where I left it. That was cool.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2017 16:46:17 GMT
betty I think these are my favourite out of all the rocks you've shared
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Sept 4, 2017 19:04:55 GMT
I spent the weekend making 14 small kennel quilts. TQPM organizes this program to provide quilts the animals affected by disasters nationwide. The current need is obviously Hurricane Harvey. The quilts are small (12" x 18") so it was a good way to use up many of my animal print scraps and fat quarters. I am sending half of them to Austin Pets Alive! and the other half to Felines & Canines in Chicago. These are both shelters that are taking in adoptable animals from the Houston area shelters in order to free up space for the animals that need to be rescued.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 4, 2017 23:38:45 GMT
Ok crocheters I have a question for you. Do you crochet on the right side or the wrong side of your chain? I watched a video on Craftsy and she was crocheting on the wrong side. She said she liked to do it that way. Opinions?
Also, she did a 15 minute segment on sizing. She was explaining how many stitches to put in an inch and something about .57" Should I watch the segment again as I watched it late at night last night and didn't absorb any of it other than the .57" part? Opinions? It was not a complicated afghan she was making but she went way over my head with her way of talking and how fast she crocheted. Youtube is a better source for me but the calculations might be useful.
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Post by DEX on Sept 5, 2017 0:50:46 GMT
Gypsy, you are a good soul.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 12:18:12 GMT
Ok crocheters I have a question for you. Do you crochet on the right side or the wrong side of your chain? I watched a video on Craftsy and she was crocheting on the wrong side. She said she liked to do it that way. Opinions? Also, she did a 15 minute segment on sizing. She was explaining how many stitches to put in an inch and something about .57" Should I watch the segment again as I watched it late at night last night and didn't absorb any of it other than the .57" part? Opinions? It was not a complicated afghan she was making but she went way over my head with her way of talking and how fast she crocheted. Youtube is a better source for me but the calculations might be useful. I think for an afghan you don't have to be spot on with stitches to an inch, if it was an item of clothing sure but not an afghan. I watched a couple of videos with Marly Bird at the weekend and I find she over complicates everything! I crochet into the right side of the chain, it's personal preference with that one. My shawl is finished I used a 5.5 hook with Stylecraft special DK. Save
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 14:54:17 GMT
Yarn cake lovers, I came across these this afternoon. Oh my, some of those colourways Cottonflowers Yarns Has anyone made the Hotel of Bees shawl? Hotel of BeesSave
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Post by phoenixcov on Sept 5, 2017 19:20:41 GMT
Inspired by you yarn addicts on this thread I made a little basket with knitting supplies for my soon to be made market stall. Well the owner will have to have something to do when there aren`t any customers to serve won`t they? PS. changed pic to show detail. Attachments:
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Post by rodeomom on Sept 5, 2017 19:34:42 GMT
Great work, peas! My granny always had crispy starched doilies on all her small tables & night stands. What a nice memory. I'm still painting rocks and "giving them away" as my dh says. I just finished up these furry friends Friday night and put a few around a local park while I was out taking bird photos today. I hid a couple of 'Back the Blue' themed ones too that I'd painted at the end of August to honor the officers killed here recently. Love Love !!! I'm really going to do some of these. Everyone is so talented. I love all of them.
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Post by jennyap on Sept 5, 2017 20:18:24 GMT
Yarn cake lovers, I came across these this afternoon. Oh my, some of those colourways Cottonflowers Yarns Has anyone made the Hotel of Bees shawl? Hotel of BeesSaveI plan to as soon as I've finished my Nuts About Squares. I have bought yarn for it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 20:28:29 GMT
I have bought yarn for it. What yarn did you get? I'm very tempted to give it a try.
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Post by jennyap on Sept 5, 2017 21:01:34 GMT
I have bought yarn for it. What yarn did you get? I'm very tempted to give it a try. Scheepjes Stonewashed - same yarn used in the image you posted. I've loved working with it for the NAS so it was a no-brainer to me. I'm using Peridot for the widest section, Moonstone for the middle, and either Tourmaline, Smokey Quartz or Turquoise for the narrow end. Keep changing my mind about that, but currently leaning towards Tourmaline, I think the green and pink together will look really fresh and spring-like. What do you think?
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Post by #notLauren on Sept 5, 2017 22:37:44 GMT
Beautiful work. You're all very talented.
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