# Crafty Dopers, share your projects! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303 "2008-06-09T06:05:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/81 "2008-06-12T03:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] This is a different sort of craft, to be sure, but here goes: [Kroxigor](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/DSC00938.jpg) [more Kroxigor](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/DSC00939.jpg) What, you got a problem with giant bipedal jungle lizards? šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] What **nyctea** said! Awesome! Tell us more. Whatā€™s the scale (as in how big is it, not as in small plates protecting the skin of reptiles)? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/82 "2008-06-12T03:10:29Z")
Well knit in public day is on Saturdayā€¦ Look at all the lovely pieces! Iā€™m jealous of the quilters. I probably could do it, but Iā€™m lazy. I havenā€™t done much knitting lately either, just busy and itā€™s kinda lapsed. I should finish up my latest pair of Fetching from Knitty (these ones for myself) and I need to work at the [Phoenix Rising](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2424005165_9b97b8ec65_b.jpg) shawl as the next Year of Lace kit will be arriving in a couple weeksā€¦ Iā€™ll probably take my Fruit Loop socks with me (again, a Knitty pattern but no pictures yetā€¦ Iā€™m a little over halfway done the first sock). I have way too many things on the go, because I also have a sweater on the needles for Velociraptor, a scarf thatā€™s been there for ages and I am slowly picking away at and a couple other thingsā€¦ shhhh. Iā€™m Arsie over at Ravelry. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/83 "2008-06-12T04:02:18Z")
I crocheted [this sweater](http://wedoitthehardway.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-day-and-sweater.html) for my daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/84 "2008-06-12T04:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=Helena] I crocheted [this sweater](http://wedoitthehardway.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-day-and-sweater.html) for my daughter. [/QUOTE] Very very pretty! (The sweater and your daughter!!) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/85 "2008-06-12T08:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] Really cool! What material did you make those out of? Did you design the creatures yourself? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=freckafree] What **nyctea** said! Awesome! Tell us more. Whatā€™s the scale (as in how big is it, not as in small plates protecting the skin of reptiles)? [/QUOTE] Thank you! I didnā€™t sculpt it, I just painted it (itā€™s the same miniature, just from different angles). Itā€™s a Kroxigor mini from the Warhammer wargame, in 25mm scale. In wargaming, that indicates the size of a man-sized creatureā€™s square base; a mini using a particular base is also approximately the same height, not counting weapons or banners or whatever. The Kroxigor is bigger than that, using a 40mm base. I bought a bunch of minis with the intention of playing the game, but then got caught up in painting a few with a lot of details, instead of painting a bunch with less detail which is what most wargamers do. Iā€™ve painted less martial things too, like some Christmas ornaments. I suppose I could dig them out of the closet if you guys really want to see them. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/86 "2008-06-12T08:25:49Z")
I wish I could quilt. I look at AuntiePamā€™s pics & drool. Auntie, you da bomb! Someone at work asked me why I knit/craft. It keeps me sane (or at least somewhat so), and also, when I can give a crafted item to someone, itā€™s like telling them I love them; giving a sweater or afghan is like giving a long-distance hug. How about the rest of us/you dopers? Why do you craft? Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/87 "2008-06-12T12:39:42Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Was _ **Simply Quilts** _ with Alex Anderson the show? I love that show. Eleanor Burns though ā€“ _Quilt in a Day_ ā€“ gets on my nerves, what what that huge grin and tossing fabric all over the place. I do the tops on the machine and the quilting by hand, but Iā€™m not very good at it. I can do tiny stitches ā€“ well, fairly tiny ā€“ but only in straight or wavy lines, and I canā€™t work with a hoop or a frame. I do like doing it, when Iā€™m in the mood. I think most quilters around here have their quilts professionally done by someone who has a long-arm machine. It costs about $100 for a twin to full-size quilt in a basic ā€œmeanderā€ pattern, and two or three times that if you want special designs. My best friend bought a long-arm machine, the Gemmel floor model ($16K). Sheā€™s not ready to open a business yet, but weā€™ve been told by local quilters that thereā€™s more than enough business to go around. One long-arm quilter said sheā€™s backlogged for 4 months. [/QUOTE] Thatā€™s the show I likedā€¦she had great guests. Wowā€¦this is no longer your ā€œGrandmotherā€™s handicraft,ā€ is itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/88 "2008-06-12T12:55:49Z")
Well, this thread motivated me to get photos of my most recent crafts up on ravelry - I just finished crocheting a grocery bag, and Iā€™m slowly but surely finishing a baby blanket. Here they are: [projects on ravelry](http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Zyada) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/89 "2008-06-12T12:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Do people still hand quilt or is it mostly done by machine? [/QUOTE] Of the people I know in my guild, Iā€™d say maybe four of us handquilt. The rest send theirs out to be machine-quilted. Iā€™m the only one who consistently hand-pieces; others hand-piece only when itā€™s a design thatā€™s really tough to machine-pieces (such as the hexagons above!). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/90 "2008-06-12T13:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Iā€™m Arsie over at Ravelry. Holy poo poo. Iā€™ve enjoyed your stuff there. I remember it well because a guy I had a crush on in HS last name was Arce. (Arsie). Heh. Small world in a cosmic manner. I am **oonagh** on Ravelry. I have no pictures or projects or anything because I suxxor! > [@](#): > > I can embroider, and now that youā€™ve introduced these to me, I officially declare you EVIL! You are welcome! Japanese craft books are so freakingly awesome. So. Freakingly. Awesome. So what that I donā€™t speak or read the language. The pictures are orgasm inducing themselves. srsly. **feppytweed** That is a beautiful pen. What wood is it made out of, walnut? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/91 "2008-06-12T14:01:18Z")
Holy crap Iā€™ve sold eight bags. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/92 "2008-06-12T14:05:33Z")
My Momā€™s 82nd birthday is today and I made her a rosary. [Pictures galore.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27580061@N05/?saved=1) Itā€™s my first attempt at beadwork. I chose green colors to represent her Irish heritage. It is a bit stiff, but then again, so is she. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/93 "2008-06-12T14:09:41Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] If you break it down, all knitting is is making loops and more loops with a piece of string and two pencil-like objects. There are only two stitches in knitting. Knitting and the opposite of the knit stitch, the Purl. These two stitches are everything that is knitting. [/QUOTE] :dubious: Not to mention the thirty thousand ways of getting started called casting on. This is why I think crochet is easier. All it is is a series of slip knots, slip knots going through other slip knots, and slip knots with extra loops along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/94 "2008-06-12T14:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Zyada] :dubious: Not to mention the thirty thousand ways of getting started called casting on. This is why I think crochet is easier. All it is is a series of slip knots, slip knots going through other slip knots, and slip knots with extra loops along the way. [/QUOTE] I would expect an argument like that from a hooker like yourself ! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/95 "2008-06-12T14:24:46Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] I bought a bunch of minis with the intention of playing the game, but then got caught up in painting a few with a lot of details, instead of painting a bunch with less detail which is what most wargamers do. Iā€™ve painted less martial things too, like some Christmas ornaments. I suppose I could dig them out of the closet if you guys really want to see them. [/QUOTE] Please do. Checking out the really well painted minis is one of my favorite things ever. My father painted minis for most of my life, and growing up in a game store I always had a lot of respect for the folks who took the time to do it right. Largely because I donā€™t even remotely have the patience to do it myself, and because it was always so gorgeous. I wish I could paint minis the way some of these guys could, even the young guys who hadnā€™t been at it very long. Thanks for the info on long-arm cross-stitch, **nashiitashii**. I will have to look into it more. It would be nice to branch out a bit. My current cross-stitch is coming along very quickly, partially because I have a lot of time for it right now. I really would like to have it done soon, maybe by the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/96 "2008-06-12T14:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=Helena] I crocheted [this sweater](http://wedoitthehardway.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-day-and-sweater.html) for my daughter. [/QUOTE] That is so sweet! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/97 "2008-06-12T15:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=Zyada] :dubious: Not to mention the thirty thousand ways of getting started called casting on. This is why I think crochet is easier. All it is is a series of slip knots, slip knots going through other slip knots, and slip knots with extra loops along the way. [/QUOTE] **Zyada** insisted I post my take on knitting and crochet: Crochet is obvious - use the hook to make entangled slipknots. Knitting is magic - wrap yarn onto one needle, and start clicking it against the other until the fabric magically appears. (She says thatā€™s why Dumbledore knits.) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/98 "2008-06-12T16:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=feppytweed] [Here](http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/jasoncmccoy/06-11-08_2040.jpg) is a pen I made Sunday on my grandfatherā€™s lathe. Not too sure what type of wood it was. [/QUOTE] Wow! Iā€™ve always wanted to own a handmade writing instrument. Do they need special care, to keep the wood finish looking good? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/99 "2008-06-12T16:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Wow! Iā€™ve always wanted to own a handmade writing instrument. Do they need special care, to keep the wood finish looking good? [/QUOTE] According to my uncle, who makes, sells and gives away pens and sometimes pencils, not really. Now, it might depend on how it is finished, but my impression is that just ordinary skin oils in daily use should do. Iā€™m not sure any of us actually use our wooden pens very often, though. ---
**Author:** ![AngryIrishLass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@AngryIrishLass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngryIrishLass)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303/100 "2008-06-12T17:03:19Z")
I cross stitch and quilt. Currently Iā€™m almost done with [Titania](http://www.mirabilia.com/crossStitchFrames/md38.html), just have her wings to finish up (bead work on 32ct makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes). I am teaching myself how to quilt. I donā€™t have any pictures here at work or Iā€™d post them. Itā€™s terrible, but I have 4, almost 5 tops done, and you can definately see my progression. I put one together at Christmas for my niece, but I didnā€™t really like the way it looked afterwards (she loved it though, so I guess thatā€™s all that counts). The whole process put me off, so the other quilts I had planned to give at Christmas did not get done. Iā€™ve decided that Iā€™m going to take a class on putting them together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-share-your-projects/452303.md?page=6)