# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/41 "2009-03-20T21:09:33Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > I’m making a spring dress for a friend’s little girl from a vintage pillow case. it’s not your standard pillow case dress. This one won’t still look like a pillowcase when it’s done. I would love to see pictures or know where you got your design/inspiration. I made pillowcase-type dresses for my daughters to wear as nightgowns last summer. I don’t mind the look in a nightgown, but I’d enjoy a pattern for a simple playdress that doesn’t look too “home made”. **FlyingRamenMonster** , what about a slipped stitch edge? Just slip the first stitch of every row. It’s not fancy, but it’s tidy. ---
**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 20, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/42 "2009-03-20T22:31:14Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > So you carry the yarn across the back of the work, like Fair Isle? Right. It’s kind of a mashup of Fair Isle and Cabling. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/43 "2009-03-20T22:55:25Z")
I’ve been working on my first knitting project, in probably 40 years … it’s a skullcap with roll-up brim. I picked out some multicolor, multi-texture Japanese yarn to die for: silk, wool, and something else exotic. Size 6 circular needles. I’ve had to rip it out and start over three times. I’m now at the point of picking up the double-pointed needles and reducing the stitches down to nothing … hat will be DONE. I started it last October. :eek: I’m going to look into the “Knifty Knitter” thingy. Thanks for the tip! And I NEED ENCOURAGEMENT. Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/44 "2009-03-22T18:22:50Z")
You can do it! Just being around that yarn sounds like a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/45 "2009-03-23T02:48:36Z")
When I’m done weaving in the ends of this afghan, I’ll get to finishing the granny square shrug I started for myself last summer. All the pieces have been crocheted, I just have to figure out how to attach the sleeves without them buckling. Then there’s the baby blanket(s) I’m making for Project Linus; the mesh shopping bags I have to add handles to and the amigurumi bunny to finish. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/46 "2009-03-31T13:43:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 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. I finished it – and have worn it in public – but [forgot](http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/twickster/crafty%20crap/IMG_1086.jpg) to take [pictures](http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/twickster/crafty%20crap/IMG_1089.jpg) until this morning. It’s a wee bit short in the waist – I’d add another inch or two at the bottom if I made it again – but overall I’m pleased. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/47 "2009-03-31T13:53:27Z")
Ooo, I love those muted colors. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/48 "2009-04-03T13:39:13Z")
I just finished this model. It’s a fictitious tracked carrier (the Vickers Gomphothere Mk IV) built from a helicopter kit, as part of a challenge contest (“Here; do something cool with this”) held by the local hobby shop. Here are links to pictures of the final product: An overall shot: [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2857.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2857.jpg) The back: [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2860.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2860.jpg) An oblivious mechanic: [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2856.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2856.jpg) Holy Mackerel! [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2858.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2858.jpg) A couple more: [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2862.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2862.jpg) [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2861.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2861.jpg) [![](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2859.jpg) ](https://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Vickers%20Gomphothere/DSCN2859.jpg) The snow is microballoons and acrylic matte medium, mixed into a granular paste, then drybrushed with white and dusted with some prismatic sparkly makeup supplied by my daughter. The monster is brass wire, wound with string and coated with Elmer’s glue. The ruined city is plaster castings. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/49 "2009-04-03T16:15:03Z")
That’s SO COOL! I love the monster–I know he’s destructive but he’s really cute too. Great imagination. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/50 "2009-04-03T16:23:46Z")
I’ve been putzing along on [My First Sweater Vest](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27580061@N05/3382412302/in/set-72157615844932222/) and am nearing the armpit area. This means I will have to engage my brain again and read the pattern lest I hose myself. I have a pair of baby mittens that look like mouses. All I have left are the ears. I need to come up with something for a wedding at the end of May for my husband’s cousin. I refuse to buy them a gift ( she’s a Nurse/Anstesiologist ( whatever it is spelled.) and he is a Doctor, I think. (His second. Her first. Both are very well established in their careers.) Their gift registry is something from Greedy McSpoiled Brat . ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/51 "2009-04-03T16:25:39Z")
**Twicky** Nice sweater! You did a good job! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/52 "2009-04-03T17:27:09Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I have a pair of baby mittens that look like mouses. All I have left are the ears. When finished, pls post pix! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/53 "2009-04-03T21:35:47Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > When finished, pls post pix! Well, being that I have a deadline, I should be finishing them hopefully this weekend or this coming week. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/54 "2009-04-03T22:12:55Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > **Twicky** Nice sweater! You did a good job! Thanks! And I look forward to seeing the mousie mittens. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/55 "2009-04-04T01:16:30Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > That’s SO COOL! I love the monster–I know he’s destructive but he’s really cute too. Great imagination. Thanks! It was a fast project for me–I got enthusiastic about the idea! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/56 "2009-04-04T01:31:03Z")
I made a purse, more of a tote bag. It’s denim, with blue and white gingham ribbon trim, zipper closure, over-the-shoulder strap (I don’t know how to carry a purse without a long strap). (I once made a cute little clutch bag out of a crocheted placemat, but I’m afraid to use it as I’d probably leave it somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130/57 "2009-04-04T01:34:30Z")
**Solfy** , the dress I’m making is just a basic bodice with gathered skirt. I’ve cut the pillow case off at skirt length and cut the bodice out of the top half of the fabric. The bodice has buttons on the back. This way, I’ve maintained the integrity of the edging on the pillow case, but I get a more formal dress with it. I’m making it for a friend’s two year old (who’s very tiny) so I even have enough fabric for tiny little puff sleeves. 🙂 I’ve given it an empire waist to keep the skirt the center of attention and bought a lovely pink ribbon for a sash to match the embroidery work on the pillowcase. I’d show you a picture, but I let a purse distract me, so the dress has been set aside for a couple of weeks and not quite done. If you are making for older girls, you can buy muslin or a contrasting cotton broadcloth to make the bodice and sleeves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-working-on-crafty-dopers-part-bazillion/489130.md?page=2)