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In this week's crafting blog post I finished cross stitching Nathnolu's Cozy Nest pattern.
What could be cuter than a cross stitch project showing a little raven sitting on a cozy chair and knitting a sock, while wearing a knitted hat?
#blog #blogging #crafting #craftingblog #crossstitch #crossstitching
Look! It's so pretty and THICK.
(This isn't an ad, I just made this for myself.)
vpgstevenson.com/thick-girthy-…
The Thick, Girthy Dog Lead Of My Dreams - V. P. G. Stevenson
Years ago, I got a rope lead for my dog. I immediately loved how it felt to hold. So sturdy, such a comfortable grip, like...V.P.G. Stevenson (V. P. G. Stevenson)
I have finally set up an etsy to sell patterns. Just the one design on there so far, my convertible cushions/footrest. But I have more in the works...
etsy.com/uk/shop/AveryRoweDesi…
#sewing #crafting #design #sewingPattern #designer #indie #indiedesigner
Hello #FinishOrFrogAlong peeps! Sep is over and with it our (almost) daily prompts. Feel free to keep the energy and posting going into October!
#Handspinning #Spinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #sewing #embroidery #CrossStitch #FiberArts #FibreArts #crafting #handmade #TextileArts #FoFAPoll
Did you participate in Finish-Or-Frog-Along? If so - which of the following did you do? Select all that apply. Poll open for 3 days since not everyone checks every day.
- Answered Q&A or Poll (76%, 16 votes)
- Finished a project (or made progress) (71%, 15 votes)
- Scrapped or frogged a project (23%, 5 votes)
- Read people’s posts / lurked (95%, 20 votes)
Hi everyone! It’s almost the end of September. How are you feeling as we move into October? Inspired for fall? Prepping for the holidays? Sad that summer’s over? Ready to wear hand knits? What’s the vibe?
#FinishOrFrogAlong #Handspinning #Spinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #sewing #embroidery #CrossStitch #FiberArts #FibreArts #crafting #handmade #TextileArts #FoFAQandA
Today's #FinishOrFrogAlong Q&A:
What work in progress are you most excited about right now? Tell us about it. If you only have one WIP tell us about that one! If you have more than one - why is this one the most compelling right now? What makes it interesting or exciting for you?
#Handspinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #sewing #embroidery #CrossStitch #FiberArts #FibreArts #crafting #TextileArts #FoFAQandA
Welcome to today’s #FinishOrFrogAlong Poll. Open to anyone to answer!
#handspinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #sewing #crafting #crossStitch #FiberArts #textileArts #embroidery #FoFAPoll
Do you have any UFOs (unfinished objects) that you are considering or planning to frog or scrap - or that you have already done away with during this year's Finish or Frog Along?
- Yes, 1 (14%, 2 votes)
- Yes, 2-3 (28%, 4 votes)
- Yes, 4 or more (0%, 0 votes)
- No, none (57%, 8 votes)
It’s Barriers and Blockers week for #FinishOrFrogAlong - poll open to anyone to answer!
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAPoll
What's the most common reason your WIP remains unfinished? Comment with anything not listed.
- Repetitive / boring (15%, 10 votes)
- Complicated / difficult (23%, 15 votes)
- Busy / not enough time (36%, 24 votes)
- Something else (please comment) (24%, 16 votes)
We are at Day 7 of #FinishOrFrogAlong! Hope ya’ll are all having fun. I’m enjoying the polls and Q&A and seeing what you are posting about making progress, finishing, or getting rid of projects that are weighing you down.
Today’s Q&A is: how are you doing? Personally, craftily, whatever you want to tell us, we are here for it.
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAQandA
#FinishOrFrogAlong Poll - as always - open to anyone to answer
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #crafting #textileArts #FoFAPoll
What’s your typical (or preferred) way of working through a project? Go with the answer that resonates with you the most even if you sometimes do other things.
Comment with - why do you like working that way? When or why do you make exceptions?
- Straight through, minimal detours (40%, 6 votes)
- Some side quests / other crafts or projects (33%, 5 votes)
- Take pauses or breaks, sometimes long ones (26%, 4 votes)
- Something else (please comment) (0%, 0 votes)
Today’s #FinishOrFrogAlong Q&A!
How do you store your WIPs?
Physical storage and organization of projects is a real challenge. Some of you have already said you keep projects out where they can be seen - others referred to their Pile of Shame (or Pile of Undying Hope) or labeled project bags. Plus different crafts call for different solutions. What works for you?
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAQandA
Is there an accepted meaning for how the terms "knitwise" and "purlwise" apply when slipping stitches BACK from the right needle to the left needle? or any other standard terms for referring to the direction and twist of stitches when moving from the right to the left?
#knitting #knitters #crafting #fiberarts @knitting @fiberarts
Time for our second #FinishOrFrogAlong poll. As always, open to anyone to answer.
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAPoll
How old is your oldest WIP (work in progress)?
Comment with a story about your oldest WIP.
- Baby (<1 year) (17%, 5 votes)
- Pre-school (1 to 5 years) (44%, 13 votes)
- School Age (6 to 17 years) (20%, 6 votes)
- Adulting (18+ years) (17%, 5 votes)
Today’s #FinishOrFrogAlong Q&A: What do you use, if anything, to keep track of your WIPs? Notebook, project tags, software, knitCompanion, Ravelry, something else? Why or why not?
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAQandA
Edit: if you’re on Ravelry feel free to share your profile link if you’re comfortable doing so!
Hello everyone! Welcome to the first poll of this year’s #FinishOrFrogAlong. Fun to see how answers change over time!
How many WIPs (works in progress) do you have?
Answer however you think of it - primary craft / all crafts / whatever you thought of when you read it.
Comment with your WIP philosophy - how do you think about your number of WIPs?
#handspinning #knitting #FiberArts #crochet #quilting #crossStitch #crafting #embroidery #sewing #textileArts #FoFAPoll
Open to anyone to answer
- 1 project (monogamous) (8%, 5 votes)
- 2-4 (several) (45%, 28 votes)
- 5-10 (a lot but not too many) (27%, 17 votes)
- 11+ (all the WIPs all the time) (19%, 12 votes)
Finished project time: simple linen shirt.
It's so simple it's barely even a shirt, it's possibly almost, a cardigan?? No collar, no cuffs, no shaping. The nice fabric does all the work really.
A short process 🧵 anyway
Looking for accessible/adaptive knitting methods/devices for colorwork and tension! I have hEDS and my body CANNOT physically relax enough to get good, consistent knitting tension. The #1 tip people say, "relax," is not possible for my body without enough muscle relaxers to kill me.
So, are there any good assistive devices for this? Has a clever disabled knitter come up with a better way to do this yet? I've tried knitting thimbles and they just make it worse for me.
#knitting #a11y #fiberarts #disability #hEDS #crafting @crafters@fedigroups.social @crafters@a.gup.pe
NJ made this drawing->wood creation during school, in a shot designated as unstructured time, but with materials available to make/do whatever with.
And it's awesome.
It's out of her imagination, made by her own hands, and reuses bits of wood that have already fallen from trees.
And there's no screen, or agents, or digital "assistant".
We must not lose our ability to imagine and create.
AI is not the future. Innovative human creatives are. We can all be those.
Here's a finished #sewing project I forgot to post from a couple of months ago: storage pockets for the cupboard in my hallway!
It's quite a shallow cupboard with coat hooks. I wanted somewhere to keep small things like gloves and keys, but without taking up too much volume with big shelves or drawers. So I came up with this simple design of open-topped pockets in different sizes, on a back panel which screws onto the wall.
My latest finished project: a lined waterproof bag!
I designed the pattern myself. I wanted it to be easily convertible between wearing over a shoulder, and around my waist like a bum bag. So the strap extends out from the sides instead of the top corners, and has a belt buckle for easy length adjustment.
The main body is just one big sections that opens at the top of the front. And there are two pockets on the front as well. All with double-ended zips.
#LawnPoetry update: after considering many great ideas about materials, I'm using 2" white faux wood slats because a kind stranger from craigslist offered to drop off his old window blinds for free.
Landfill diversion / anti-consumerism: 1
Avoiding PVC: 0
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Hey #makers what material would you use for this project?I want to make a set of lawn poetry, like magnetic fridge poetry but with non-magnetic and bigger pieces to play on the ground outside with friends.
I want it to be big enough to read off the ground while standing, and light enough to easily bring to picnics. Looking at the magnetic sets, I am guessing I will make 400-500 word tiles (ranging from "a" to e.g., "bedazzled")
What do all of you use to keep track of your materials? Skewing towards electrical engineering, there seems to be binner ( binner.io/ ). Then there are numerous ways to keep track of 3d printing filament (Spoolman, Filaman, Plastock (abandoned?), 3dfilamentprofiles).
But what else is there? Is anyone keeping track of their other #crafting/#making materials somehow? What do you use?
Binner - Electronic Parts Inventory Management
Electronic parts inventory management for makers, hobbyists and professionals.www.binner.io
Make stuff with your hands
I promise if you try, you can do it
I believe in you 🩷
#MastoArt #Artist #knitting #maker #crafting #wip #WIPWednesday #MakerMonday #FiberArt #motivation #selfie
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🪲🎨 Jan van Kessel the Elder was a Flemish artist who painted scientifically accurate insects on small #copper plates during the 17th century.
This National Gallery of Art #video uses his style as inspiration for #crafting intricate clay #insects. You can follow the steps to build detailed miniature #sculptures using clay, wire, and crepe paper.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-to-make-cl…
#activities #art #bees #beetles #biology #bugs #butterflies #crafts #diy #flies #howto #ladybugs #nature #painting #play #science #sculpting #tksst
🪲🎨 Jan van Kessel the Elder was a Flemish artist who painted scientifically accurate insects on small #copper plates during the 17th century.
This National Gallery of Art #video uses his style as inspiration for #crafting intricate clay #insects. You can follow the steps to build detailed miniature #sculptures using clay, wire, and crepe paper.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-to-make-cl…
#activities #art #bees #beetles #biology #bugs #butterflies #crafts #diy #flies #howto #ladybugs #nature #painting #play #science #sculpting #tksst
Fabric people, how do you store and organise samples? At the moment mine are a random pile stuffed into a zip folder and I am not satisfied.
What I REALLY want is a searchable filterable digitised database which cross-references to indexed entries in something like a ring binder... but I'm not sure I am willing to put in the effort required to create (and most importantly maintain) such a system.
My daughter made me this "ugly doll with 3D eyes" and she says I can sleep with it if I want to
#textileart #felt #sewing #crafting
Fairy Fest 2026 participants at crafting table indoors
#photo #photography #portrait #groupportrait #ithaca #fairyfestival #event #crafting
One of the projects I'm still procrastinating on publishing: A pillow case, inspired by roman mosaics in the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux.
Enjoy the bright colours while I go through my stash (I'll probably need to tackle some stash buster projects, soon 😅)
#crochet #crafting #crochetpillow #handmade
And the small one!
* Kronk voice *
"Oh yeah it's all coming together"
I'm bad at surprises... I really want to share a reveal with you but another part of my brain is going "show. the. thing. now. they. deserve. to. see. pretty. thingy"
So here is a pic of it, not sure about the sorting order. There are 72 pockets for thread plus 6 wider ones (scissors, needles, pieces of cloth...)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 📦✨ What can you make with an empty toilet paper roll, a spoon, and a ruler? Crafter Paige Elliott shows you how to turn simple cardboard tubes into small, patterned boxes with button closures.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/toilet-paper-r…
#art #activities #crafting #crafts #design #diy #howto #painting #tksst #video
📦✨ What can you make with an empty toilet paper roll, a spoon, and a ruler? Crafter Paige Elliott shows you how to turn simple cardboard tubes into small, patterned boxes with button closures.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/toilet-paper-r…
#art #activities #crafting #crafts #design #diy #howto #painting #tksst #video
basking in sunlight - that extra hour of daylight since the winter solstice in december
the creepy kid-made "planter" i just found in the attic. excited to plant 'er up
those weird flying squirrels are apparently native to new england
I haven't posted much lately because I am about to run out of tokens and I'm racing to get the next batch of all-unique cards to the printer-- I like the number & suits because it fits into #foxwork being self-working, e.g. I can say "Look, you got the 3 of cones!"
#art #fox #photography #marketing #cards #printing #crafting #tokens #kemonomimi
Visiting fibre art shop Spødet in Stavanger again and I couldn't help myself. I guess embroidery is going to be my focus hobby this spring.
#dailylife #embroidery #wipwednesday #hobby #handmade #simplepleasures #fibreart #crafting
This workshop at Pittsburgh's Creative Reuse brings me joy.
pccr.org
#mending #reuse #crafting
Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse | Sustainable Arts & Crafts Supplies
REGULAR SHOP HOURS We are open to the public every day of the week 11 AM - 5 PM. No appointment necessary. Masks are required for everyone regardless of vaccination status. (No gators or face shields, please.Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse | Sustainable Arts & Crafts Supplies - We aim to inspire creativity, conservation, and community engagement through reuse. Shop online to stock up on art and craft supplies for any project! Find fabric, yarn, sewing su
Time to cast on an #introduction!
Stitch by Stitch is your Maui destination yarn & handwork shop. We have a large selection of quality knitting and crafting supplies, filled with fresh weekly flower offerings supplied by local farmers.
We’re lucky to have set up shop at the Maui Tropical Plantation, about 10 minutes from the airport, where we’ve got a beautiful indoor/outdoor space with room for knit-alongs or quiet crafting time. We plan to have fun happenings to share with the community – watch our socials for updates.
Come by and get inspired to make something!
#knitting #yarn #fiberarts #fiberart #crafts #craft #crafting
So besides the roses 👆🏽 that kid2 made (those were easier and quicker apparently), she wanted to try and make (yellow and white) ipê flowers that grow in Brazil where one of the profs/performers is from. She looked up pics and made some. Turned out nice!
Then she made a bunch of others - and put together in 5 bunches/bouquets to take to the performance today and give out.
#Art #PaperCraft #Flowers #Crafting
Been a while since Kid2 worked on any paper #FlowerArt
She started back up a day ago to get ready for a weekend classical music concert by profs at the univ she went to for a summer workshop. She wants to have small bunches for the performers.
Here - the roses are all done!
(Can't wait to see how the other flowers will turn out)
More #FlowerArt by kid2. Too cold in the basement so just a small area in her room that's the workspace. Saw her yesterday making lots of these tiny paper cuts on a small strip of yellow paper - turns out they were for the middle.
#Art #PaperCrafts #Crafting ( #Bloomscrolling ?)
Sort of #Bloomscrolling I suppose, I'm admiring and taking great joy in these paper flowers that Kid2 crafted in free time and evenings last week.
Worked hard on this! I'm told for the carnation, each petal was individually markered on the top to get the coloration right (see pic 3)
#FediArt52 will be a series of weekly art prompts for 2026. Any medium, no pressure.
If you're interested:
- Follow #FediArt52.
- Each week, post your creation.
- Please boost this for reach.
- If you have any ideas for one-word prompts, DM them to me. Nouns, adjectives, verbs, ideally w/ multiple meanings.
#drawing #painting #sketching #ink #writing #poetry #GameDev #crafting #prompts #WritingPrompt #DrawingPrompt #music #DigitalArt #art #illustration #FediArt #MastoArt #TraditionalArt
My daughter is making a Five Nights at Freddie's costume for her Halloween party and needs some advice on how to make these ears stand up better. They fall over. They are made of cardboard and attached to a basic headband. Any thoughts?