Made these to cosplay nepeta like 5 years ago, am actually using them as things to keep my hands warm before I ever use them for their intended purpose :') I have to remake the left one, because a hole in one of the fingers is becoming too big to ignore
Okay, I might have managed to get the spite skirt joined without it twisting on me. It's looking good so far anyways.
Spite-skirt status update: properly joined, but I'm needing to rework the houndstooth pattern because as written, it's meant for being knitted flat...which means I'm gonna need to translate and sort out some stuff to get it to look right when knitting it in the round. The first row works fine, and I've sorted out the second row; rows three and four are yet to be sorted, but once that's done (and written out so I don't forget wtf I'm doing), I just need to repeat and make sure I don't mess up the increases until I'm happy with the length.
Houndstooth pattern successfully reworked! And the increases are going well so far. I have, however, paused work on the skirt because holy balls, the slate floor in the main area is cold as fuck and I need some new slippers cos as a bear of very little brain when just-woken-up by cat who wants breakfast, I cannot reliably remember to put socks on before leaving my room (and I don't like wearing socks into bed, unless I have to). The slippers are knitting up pretty quickly, though, and it's a good use for the worsted thrift store yarn that wandered home. (It's good yarn - just ended up in the thrift store because someone was clearing out grandma's stash, I suspect.)
I decided to knit myself a hat using horrible novelty yarn that happens to be also incredibly soft It sheds like a motherfucker, has no stretch whatsoever because the weave is so loose, and the bobble is held on by spit and prayers, but haha I knitted something for my goddamn self for once! 'Scuse the awful webcam picture
I picked up a new hobby and I blame you guys. It’s really relaxing stabbing something with a needle over and over though. (As long as that thing isn’t my own finger, because ow)
I finished this embroidery project, but forgot to take a picture of the final product before I gave it to my friend. Here's my last progress shot: Spoiler It's hemmed all fancy, with beads along the bottom and a backing put on via that iron-on sticky stuff, and a wire in the top to keep it stiff. I'm very pleased with how it turned out; I just wish I'd remembered a picture. But E really liked it, so that's all that matters really.
i got a needlefelting kit for xmas so i tried it out. with some help from the crafty lady who gave it to me in the first place, heh, and deciding to make some of my own creative decisions. Spoiler: large pics Not a model, the camera just turned on by itself Front view This is his Bad Side because his mane doesn't hide how lopsided he got. But it does show off more of his construction
More needle felting. This time I just started with fuckall plan and as a result produced... ??? something. a thing. Spoiler: big image
(hello if this is a bad place to ask for advice pls point me to the better place because I can't find it, anyway, does anyone have advice...on how to do plushie hair?? I'm not crocheting or knitting it, just. sewing it together out of fabric. but idk how to do like....hair that needs a Particular Shape while also making it Soft and Huggable Texture? help please)
I've seen yarn that's textured like hair at Joann's fabrics! You could probably sew or glue the yarn on the head, or maybe like holes in the material of the head and tie knots on the underside? Im not sure how helpful my advice is since I've only done crochet plushes. Good luck tho!
Sew it into the head with a tapestry needle! I've also seen doll customizers brush out acrylic yarn to make hair :)
A bit late to the party, had to dig up the video -- but yarn wefts are a thing used in doll customization. You can also root it in if you're feeling like punishing yourself, or have too much time on your hands.
Hey, does anyone have a way to anchor yarn floats on the back of purls? I've found a ton for anchoring them on the back of knitting, but this part of the design is purled, and what worked for knit stitches is really not working for behind purls.
tfw you realize that you've basically just written your own pattern for the thing you're knitting, because it only has a loose relationship with the pattern you originally started working from. Should I just...write this thing up properly, and put it up on Ravelry, when I'm done knitting this skirt? I mean, I assume I'm probably not the only person in the world who will want to do a houndstooth-patterned item that needs to be knitted in the round, but it's probably still a fairly niche thing to need. (Honestly, the only bits that are making me waffle on whether to just write it up properly and figure out how to post it on Ravelry are that 1) it did start from someone else's pattern and just...gradually morphed into something that's not really going to look at all the same, and I don't actually know what the ethics of that are, 2) I haven't quite figured out how to do the increases on this in a way that makes me happy with it, and 3) I've never written up a pattern before, so I'm not quite sure how to do this or what the expectations would be.)
Finished a pair of Link gauntlets for a friend. She wanted different colors and just the triforce of wisdom added. Spoiler: Pic
