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Post by Pixie on Apr 1, 2022 18:37:16 GMT
So I have about a million hobbies therefore I am very likely to spam you but I thought it could be cool to have a thread where we show what we did, whether it be renovations, building shit, sewing shit, making shit, all kind of shit XD You have 2 hands and you made something with them, post it here! I thought about it when answering the "what did you buy" thread, because I recently acquired a new pyrography set, and therefore I made this:  So what did you guys make?  |
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Post by burnt_toast on Apr 1, 2022 19:47:47 GMT
Ooh, I love this idea! I do a lot of painting and drawing and such but I did recently try my hand at linocut printmaking - which is super fun. I loathed the standard printing ink so decided to give it a go with oil paints on an artists panel. I'm really pleased with how it turned out for a first go.  |
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Post by no1novice on Apr 5, 2022 22:09:06 GMT
You are both so talented!
I take photos & went to a historic house last weekend. I knit & bought some new wool.
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Post by burnt_toast on Apr 6, 2022 12:21:26 GMT
You are both so talented! I take photos & went to a historic house last weekend. I knit & bought some new wool. Ooohhhh, we need photos! I LOVE historic houses. |
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Post by no1novice on Apr 6, 2022 19:28:28 GMT
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Post by burnt_toast on Apr 8, 2022 12:13:05 GMT
OMG those pics are wonderful. The grounds on that place are SOMETHING ELSE. Sigh, my yard is trash lol.
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Post by no1novice on Apr 8, 2022 15:43:33 GMT
OMG those pics are wonderful. The grounds on that place are SOMETHING ELSE. Sigh, my yard is trash lol. I purposely bought a garden bench based on this design (by Lutyens); but it was all kinds of amazing.  It was Vita Sackville-West’s house & garden - part of the Bloomsbury set writers. Her planting style is the “more the merrier” so I was glad that I could go now before it all started to grow so I could see the structure of things. This in the background is a rose tree - it looks very different from how a rose looks to me traditionally (straight) but she said if you put the boughs under stress they flower more - who knew???  Photos from other sources in summer   My photo of a similar view   ![]() My knitting  |
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Post by Pixie on Apr 9, 2022 12:25:59 GMT
OMG the library
*nerdgasm*
I wish I could knit, but counting your rows and knots is beyond my brain power XD
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Post by no1novice on Apr 9, 2022 17:08:11 GMT
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Post by tulip on Apr 9, 2022 17:31:04 GMT
Love this thread! So fun to see what everyone's talents are!
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Post by ravenna on Apr 9, 2022 17:54:40 GMT
I was going to ask what you are knitting, Novice. I like it! I just started something similar, actually, but with cables.
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Post by no1novice on Apr 9, 2022 20:27:27 GMT
I was going to ask what you are knitting, Novice. I like it! I just started something similar, actually, but with cables. Ooh that sounds exciting! I’ve never followed a pattern before so this is a big departure for me. I think I have a couple more to go before I tackle cables so interested to see what you’re working on. |
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Post by ravenna on Apr 10, 2022 0:19:57 GMT
Will this be your first garment? I hope you're finding your pattern easy to follow. I find many of them incomprehensible tbh.
I'm not using a pattern for my slipover, so I have nothing to show yet but 3cm of ribbing. Hopefully it will look as good when I knit it as it does in my head, lol. I want it to have a bit of an oversized fit like yours, same length too, and also a v-neck, but maybe with a bit of a drop shoulder. And then the cables. Cables aren't really difficult, just fiddly.
Good luck with your slipover and summer tops!
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Post by Pixie on Apr 10, 2022 13:23:13 GMT
Last week I sew my very first pair of trousers for me. I completely winged the pattern so a few things went wrong, but they work, and now that it’s snowing again I love to have them. It was also a rather short project, I completed it within the week end so that was satisfying. I also made the vest and shirt I wear on that picture. The vest is really not tailored like it should, but it’s good enough. The shirt is one of the very first thing I ever sewed when I started, it is super easy (from a pirate shirt cosplay pattern lol) Currently working on a new pinafore as one cannot have too many pinafores  |
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Post by tulip on Apr 10, 2022 13:43:12 GMT
Super cute Pixie! I love those pants!
I only sew things for my house -- window dressings, pillows, etc.
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