# Whatcha working on, crafty Dopers?, part bazillion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130 "2009-03-11T21:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/1 "2009-03-11T21:27:53Z")
I’m quilting this guy [Full size](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=Fullquilt.jpg) [Detail](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=Fulldetail.jpg) (all metallics–squee!) And recently finished a baby one: [Baby](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=Babyquilt.jpg) [Detail](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=Babydetail.jpg) The patterns came from: > **[Celtic Pieced Illusions: Combs, Karen: 9781574329162: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Pieced-Illusions-Karen-Combs/dp/1574329162)** > > Celtic Pieced Illusions \[Combs, Karen\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Celtic Pieced Illusions Share!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/2 "2009-03-11T22:32:30Z")
Gorgeous! I’m within about a two-hour-movie’s worth of finishing the second sleeve of a sweater I’m making – will finish knitting tonight and then just have to put it together. Pix within a few days, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/3 "2009-03-11T22:52:31Z")
A pair of baby booties, size 6-9 months. I hope the baby doesn’t outgrow them by the time I’m done. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/4 "2009-03-11T22:55:56Z")
I’ve been right in the middle of fixing my 16’ sailboat for 4 years now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/5 "2009-03-11T23:02:31Z")
I found a very easy free pattern to make chemo caps. I can knit one up in about a week. Cast on 69 stitches on size 10 needles, knit 3 purl 1 to the last five stitches, where you knit 3, purl 1, knit 1. Do that until it measurees nine inches. Then, knit together two until the last stitch, knit it. Purl the next row. Knit together two until the last stitch, knit. Purl row 4. Then, knit together two all the remaining stitches. Run a needle through the remaining stitches, pull it up tight, and sew the seam. Then turn up the brim. I’m on my fourth one, mainly because I can’t get the yarn to make my throw rug until payday. I made two for my sister and nephew and will be donating the rest to my Women’s Center. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/6 "2009-03-11T23:11:37Z")
Goggles, steampunk-style. Just bought my leather yesterday, though, so no pictures (yet). I already have some glass and brass lying about, so I’m hoping not to spend much more on them. We’ll see how that turns out… ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/7 "2009-03-11T23:40:12Z")
Haven’t had the energy for fiber arts recently. I have been doing some beading. [Charlotte necklace](http://homepage.mac.com/idlewild_/.Pictures/spidereggs.jpg) [Plier charm necklace](http://homepage.mac.com/idlewild_/.Pictures/pliers1.jpg) [Hand charm necklace](http://homepage.mac.com/idlewild_/.Pictures/hand.jpg) For some reason people think the hand is creepy. And the pliers, if read as an homage to illicit dentistry rather than bead craft. The, uh, spider laying eggs has also caused a bit of a creep-out, although it’s so delicately pretty that it seems to get a pass. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/8 "2009-03-12T01:52:37Z")
[my spider](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/3336516356/) It is a knit sock which I’ve been showing to all and sundry. Maybe by Easter it will have a mate. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/9 "2009-03-12T02:11:00Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I found a very easy free pattern to make chemo caps. I can knit one up in about a week. > > Cast on 69 stitches on size 10 needles, knit 3 purl 1 to the last five stitches, where you knit 3, purl 1, knit 1. Do that until it measurees nine inches. > > Then, knit together two until the last stitch, knit it. Purl the next row. Knit together two until the last stitch, knit. Purl row 4. Then, knit together two all the remaining stitches. Run a needle through the remaining stitches, pull it up tight, and sew the seam. Then turn up the brim. > > I’m on my fourth one, mainly because I can’t get the yarn to make my throw rug until payday. I made two for my sister and nephew and will be donating the rest to my Women’s Center. Or pick up a Knifty Knitter round loom. A non-knitter can now knock out a hat in an hour or less! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/10 "2009-03-12T02:49:24Z")
Just finished building a replacement cabinet for my brother’s kitchen, so that I could install his new microwave for him. I still need to make the doors, but some of the details will be a little tricky. I’m also not 100% happy about the stain. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/11 "2009-03-12T19:31:02Z")
I like the spider theme we’ve (weave) got going! And that pliers charm is a lot of fun too. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/12 "2009-03-12T19:40:38Z")
Got a couple of projects on the burner- Yarn Harlot’s Snowdrop Shawl a Garn Studio fair isle baby cardigan and some irish crochet lace. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/13 "2009-03-14T14:01:56Z")
I’m 3/4 of the way done with my first cabled sock. It has moss stitch in-between the cables. It’s taking forever, partially because I can’t seem to stay on pattern and have had to un-knit and rip back a few times, and partially because cables just take a little longer. It sure is pretty though. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/14 "2009-03-14T14:50:59Z")
I was tying flies for a little but the fur and feathers got a bit annoying. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/15 "2009-03-14T18:54:02Z")
As noted elsewhere, as soon as I can gather all the equipment I’ma start messing around with bobbin lace. For now, I have half the yarn I need, and hope for the rest next week, to start a new sweater. It’s gonna be a stitch I came up with I call Raspberry Basket. I don’t have a scan of it here, but it’s a one-stitch-cable diagonal weave (kinda golden color) in front of a reverse stockinette (dark magenta)–hence, if you can picture it, “Raspberry Basket.” I might do the whole sweater in the one stitch, or I might make it a yoke sweater and do something different up top. I have lots of time to consider all options before I reach that point. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/16 "2009-03-14T20:39:41Z")
I’m doing a piece of needlepoint for a friend. Buying the needed supplies reminded me why I don’t like needlepoint–too price-y. Umm, not that yarn is neccessarily cheaper. Nor is buying glass to frame large counted cross stitch cheap either. But almost twenty dollars for a handful of pearl cotton and some gold sparkly stuff (and some needles) feels excessive to me. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/17 "2009-03-16T22:05:49Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > As noted elsewhere, as soon as I can gather all the equipment I’ma start messing around with bobbin lace. > > For now, I have half the yarn I need, and hope for the rest next week, to start a new sweater. It’s gonna be a stitch I came up with I call Raspberry Basket. I don’t have a scan of it here, but it’s a one-stitch-cable diagonal weave (kinda golden color) in front of a reverse stockinette (dark magenta)–hence, if you can picture it, “Raspberry Basket.” > > I might do the whole sweater in the one stitch, or I might make it a yoke sweater and do something different up top. I have lots of time to consider all options before I reach that point. K, [here](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9797/rasberrybasketswatch.jpg)’s a scan of this stitch I’ve been developing. Anyone know if it has another name? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/18 "2009-03-16T23:18:36Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > K, [here](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9797/rasberrybasketswatch.jpg)’s a scan of this stitch I’ve been developing. Anyone know if it has another name? Nope – it’s really pretty, though. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/19 "2009-03-16T23:26:31Z")
Thanks. It’s gonna be a BEAR and a HALF making a whole sweater out of it, but I always look at this kind of project like picking up a thousand-page russian novel: it can be good to get lost in sometimes! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/20 "2009-03-16T23:53:51Z")
Better you than me – knitting for me is about something to do with my hands while I’m doing something else, so I can’t handle anything that requires lots of counting or paying attention. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130.md?page=2)