Craft Nerd Herd

Discussion in 'Make It So' started by Starcrossedsky, Feb 23, 2015.

  1. artistformerlyknownasdave

    artistformerlyknownasdave revenge of ricky schrödinger

    i like to sew and crochet, although crochet is definitely not my area of expertise
    i'm actually thinking of opening up a custom plushie etsy or somesuch once i get a little more experience under my belt wrt making patterns and making plushies that don't look like horrifyingly mutated monsters
     
  2. Soul

    Soul Covered in bees

    So I was about 3 inches (a very big deal) on my VERY FIRST DPN SOCK this week when a mistake appeared that I had no clue what exactly it was or how to fix it. So I ended up unraveling the whole thing because i didnt know which stitch belonged on which needle. It was all very frustrating
     
  3. Starcrossedsky

    Starcrossedsky Burn and Refine

    I assume they're some relative of the beading needle narwhal.

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    #the sewing sperm whale is also in this family #quick everyone take a craft selfie #I really need to finish this necklace

    EDIT: And since I figure I babbled enough about clay, here is a wip bby derg.

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  4. wixbloom

    wixbloom artcute

    I knit, crochet, sew and embroider, but I'm new to all those things. Childish as this is, I resisted being taught any of them until I stopped associating them with femaleness. How I thought I was a cis woman all this time, I do not know.

    This is the little dice bag I sewed and embroidered by hand!

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    And this is my most masterful creation, a DOGE plush toy I made without any instructions or pattern, as a birthday gift for a friend

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    Its legs are articulated with buttons! IT'S ENTIRELY SEWN BY HAND. It was an insane undertaking!
     
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  5. unknownanonymous

    unknownanonymous i am inimitable, i am an original|18+

    Meme plushy! Meeeeemes! :D
     
  6. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    As promised: necklaces. The rest of my beads are way far away, so y'all are gonna have to wait a bit to see those.
    Special heads-up to @Starcrossedsky and @Stophelping, who expressed interest in these previously. Sorry for the potentially shoddy lighting, it's what I've got.

    This one the beading and all the glass beads are mine.
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    and here's a better shot of the central bead
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    This one, I just made the pendant, but I beaded the whole thing.
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    and a close-up of just the pendant
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    Protip: if you're working with moretti glass, you basically cannot go wrong with black, ivory, turquoise and a reducing flame.

    And then these two I beaded but did not make the beads (a durrr)
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  7. Kaylotta

    Kaylotta Writer Trash

    My main crafty-thing is jewelrymaking, mostly beadwork and wirework.

    Some pics:
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    More jewelry...

    I also make handstitched notebooks (examples one, two, three, four).

    I've thought about opening an Etsy, but, y'know, spoons. I've also thought about edging into embroidery and other fibrecraft.
     
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  8. Starcrossedsky

    Starcrossedsky Burn and Refine

    Wow, those wire bracelets kick my ass re: skill with wire.

    If you're not sure how well they're sell, I'd rec storenvy over etsy. Etsy charges for listing stuff, regardless if it sells or not, and their listings only last... four months? I think it's that. Storenvy isn't as well-known but you can list things there forever.

    Of course, they recently got a new financial system that I myself haven't had the spoons yet to figure out, so... I really need to do that and get my stamps for sale.
     
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  9. Starcrossedsky

    Starcrossedsky Burn and Refine

    SCREAMS HELLO DREAMCRAFT
     
  10. Kaylotta

    Kaylotta Writer Trash

    Aw thanks! And double-thanks for the info, I'll definitely check it out. :D
     
  11. IvyLB

    IvyLB Hardcore Vigilante Gay Chicken Facilitator

    Hi! I'm relatively new to knitting but slowly working up the courage to try something with cables. maybe. maybe like in four projects. I have a bit of skill-related anxiety, which is why I will only ever allow myself the skill-level "bullshitting convincingly" for sewing.
    Otherwise I am on/off into jewelry-stuff but I usually get pissed off because stuff doesn't look like I want it to or something. Recently started getting into wire and uncut/raw semi-gemstones and natural stuff. Which means I am hoarding stuff like hell.
    I like making flower crowns and hairpieces! I have a few of those I can post pictures of tomorrow or something!
    I am really trying to figure out crown and tiara related crafts of any kind. My current planning-stage projects on that are a dew-drop-fairy circlet, a clockhands-crown and a driftwood tiara.
     
  12. Kaylotta

    Kaylotta Writer Trash

    made a thing:
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    Three guesses what they're inspired by, first two don't count. :P
     
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  13. blue

    blue hightown funk you up

    Your image is broken, I think?
     
  14. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Looks like you need to log into a thing to see the image, so presumably Kaylotta can see it but none of us can.
     
  15. Kaylotta

    Kaylotta Writer Trash

    oh noooooo. okay hang on, fixing.
     
  16. Kaylotta

    Kaylotta Writer Trash

    try this?
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  17. blue

    blue hightown funk you up

    It works! They're gorgeous. :D
     
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  18. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    I have been giving an actual sewing machine for christmas, and today aquired cheapass fabric for making a pattern with. Cosplay will occur.

    The top in these pics is my first unassisted sewing attempt I didn´t have a pattern, and more or less fucked around till it worked. I had EA sign it and embriodered the signature later.
     
  19. IvyLB

    IvyLB Hardcore Vigilante Gay Chicken Facilitator

    That's a pretty cute top! I bought lots of fabric today, for a cosplay, a bag-sewing project and a spontaneously decided sewing thing that'll hopefully turn out cool!
     
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  20. Lissiel

    Lissiel Dreaming dead

    A friend just taught me how to make wooden rings, by bending veneers. It was pretty fun.
     
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