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Do you make crafts? Do you like to look at crafts? Would you like to get (or give) advice about crafts? All crafts are welcome. Share photos, stories about projects in progress, and connect with other crafty folks.

You are welcome to make your own posts, and this community will also do a monthly call for people to share what they are working on, or what they've seen which may be inspiring them. Images of projects old or new, completed or in progress are welcome, as are questions, tutorials and advice.

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yourlibrarian

The niece who gets many necklaces from me each year, sent me a bunch more orphaned earrings for Christmas, as well as a variety of broken jewelry pieces for me to remix and send her. I had quite a lot to work with this year!

two crocheted doll heads

faces are done! and they're definitely less derpy than my last amigurumi doll so I'm pretty happy!

(sorry Orlock, your beard counts as hair, and hair won't happen for A While yet)

kind of amused by how much Orlock's fangs vanish into his skin tone, 'cause on the one hand I'm like "I embroidered them, I swear, he's just pale as fuck" and on the other hand that is 100% true to his model and portrait where they're also barely visible lol

anyway! now I can finally get to the fun part: clothing

second one took longer than I'd like for a variety of reasons, but heads are now done!

now for the scary part (facial features)

~~and also I need to figure out if I wanna use sparkly thread for Mirka's eyes~~

two crocheted doll heads without facial features

two crocheted doll heads without facial features

merrileemakes

I haven't been able to do much over the last few months because of Life Events. But what I have managed is knit beanies and crochet dishcloths. So here's some of those.

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I started crocheting this in June. fun story, actually. what inspired me to make this was a fanfic I read at the start of pride month, and it basically queered the gender of one of my favorite characters in a very thoughtful way, it was very meaningful to me. the flower language series by thebiggestrat on ao3.

it's a wheat stitch scarf in nonbinary flag colors. based on a Youtube pattern, but the pattern only used a single color, so I decided where to place the stripes. personally, I think the purple looks a little like lavender! and there'll be a warm yellow at the top, which is also particularly botanically coded.

when I started this, it was only at the second puff stitch row in black that I realized I should be paying attention to the tension at the back of the stitch as well as the front, and after that all the puff rows started taking me an exhaustingly long time to finish. most of them took over a month each, because I had to keep redoing almost every stitch over and over again. it was very frustrating, to say the least. I got scared I'd have to give up on this project.

then, towards the end of the second puff row in purple, something clicked. I figured out how to tension them consistently, and it's flowing much more smoothly now. I finished the first white puff row in a week! huge contrast! this project is sparking joy again :D

in-progress picture of a crocheted scarf worked lengthwise, around 60% completion

in-progress picture of a crocheted scarf worked lengthwise, around 60% completion

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a project I've been focusing on recently is a couple of crocheted Moonlight Peaks dolls, because yes I HAVE gotten that obsessed

been posting progress shots on Pillowfort, so I'll put them here too

( legs )

( bodies )

( wedding rings )

( arms )

( heads )

moem

This was for a wedding. The young couple had asked for monetary contributions, and we were happy to oblige, but giving money is so boring! I decided to place the money inside a card, and then spruce up the envelope by lasercutting a pattern out of it, so it would show the card inside. I chose leaf patterns because the honeymoon will be to a country with jungle and wilderness areas.

The trick was cutting one side of the envelope without harming the other. This was easy: I slipped a piece of trespa board inside, which is very hard to cut, and it protected the back of the envelope.

Pretty simple, but I like the way it looks. I hope the bride liked it, too.

A lasercut envelope with a leaf pattern, containing a card with a leaf pattern

yourlibrarian

This book quilting project made me wonder if you have ever created a craft based on another hobby or interest? Tell us about it, or if you have any photos to share we'd love to see them!

And as a reminder,

nacramamo has begun!

moem

These are soap trays shaped like a park bench; I made them from acrylic sheet using my lasercutter, and I used fiberglass tent poles from a demolished tent (the black sticks).

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Making stuff is such a joy. I thought of these, or rather something like it, in the night as I was going to sleep... then in the morning, I refined the idea, made a design, and by evening they were finished.

Mod, may I please suggest a lasercutting tag?

ysabetwordsmith

Yesterday we went with several friends to the Fall Frolic at Lincoln Log Cabin.

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Current Mood: busy

yourlibrarian

I had some small metallic finish beads leftover from the set I used for the wood disc necklaces. Decided to match them up with some goldstone. Alternated the squares and cylinders and added in some stone hearts. I thought at first they might be labradorite but I think they're quartz.

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yourlibrarian

Had some pale green with tan stone balls. Decided to lean into the tan, so I matched them with brown crackle glass and some metallic finish bicones. Then I put in some tan and white rondelles and shell balls for extension.

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yourlibrarian

I had been thinking about going elegant with the glass rose beads, but their orangish tinge made me think of somehow utilizing the fimo strand I had. So I made it more casual, using them with the copper twist beads and bronze tone glass pearls.

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yourlibrarian

It's September already and soon temperatures will be changing. Does it make a difference to you, inspire some new work? Whether old or new, do you have anything you can share here?

yourlibrarian

Started out with the big diagonal stones, but didn't want another tan color scheme as I did with the rest of that strand. Decided to go for a "big sky country" kind of theme, with brown/gold shell balls, and iridescent grey/blue glass balls.

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yourlibrarian

Decided to go with a different tone using these wood discs than with the last set of necklaces I'd made with them. I had these bright red yellow rondelles and also some bright pink and gold murano balls. Decided to use them together with the gold painted wood to both tone them down and also fancy up the wood.

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yourlibrarian

I really liked these glass balls with painted crosshatches. Paired them with some glass pearls and half toned taupe and gold glass balls, and just used a connector for closure since the necklace was long enough to drop over my head.

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keystonepublishing

(apologies for the blown-out coloration on the first pic)

When I first read this short Project Hail Mary fic several months ago, I knew this was going to be on my to-bind list. Especially since it was inspired by one fanartist drawing Grace with earrings!

There have been many fancanons as how Grace will adapt to life on Erid, but the one that struck me early on was how Grace will take inspiration from Rocky's carapace - studded with green from either stones or Adrian's carapace - to make earrings as a mark of being Eridian.

The material? Could be stones gifted from Rocky and co, or pieces of their carapace, to even special metals crafted into celebration jewelry!

Given the short length of the fic, it was easy to make a pamphlet bind that has room to spare for the original fanart. But because of the sheer length of the drawing (and me not wanting to squish Grace's face) I decided to layout those two pages to be horizontal instead of vertical. An experiment that turned out great!

Full credit to @sebastian217 for writing the fanfic and to @stiffyck for the fanart of earring Grace!

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yourlibrarian

August is now underway, and it's time to check in with Dreamwidth crafters. How have things been going? Anything new (or old) to share?

Do you like to set deadlines for yourself when you craft, or do you prefer to have the mood take you? Are deadlines something you use only for a specific project (such as a gift, or commemoration)?

yourlibrarian

I had these wonderfully colored aqua swirly beads, and decided to pair them with some metal seashell fan beads and light blue crackle glass. For the center I wanted something more noticeable, and added some filigree cages and a larger carved bead.

The whole thing made me think of the decor of seaside resorts last century.

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keystonepublishing

So there I was, scrolling through the drivinglessons tag, and this fancomic came up and immediately grabbed my attention. A comic about Driver and Grace? Where Grace is a science idol? And Driver being a fan?

I immediately sought to make a bind of this fancomic. Specifically, it made me want to try hardcover pamphlet binding after a year since I last did such a format. For the covers, I stuck together pieces of leftover mounting boards and wrapped them with Japanese craft paper (because these boys deserve fancy things). I also sought to add-in the Tumblr post itself as well as some replies and tags from readers, as a way of preserving the fan culture surrounding this crossover.

Since it was so long since I tried hardcover pamphlets, I made some mistakes here and there. I also wished I had more space to put in more replies and tags by readers. But overall, I declare this fancomic bedighted!

Credit to @feriowind for the amazing fancomic!

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Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: That one song during the volcano battle in Ish's Rich and Poor Civilization vid

yourlibrarian

I wanted to shake up the bead mix for these squares, making them different from the last one with this set.

While I found some glass ovals to echo the sea green, and also had white, the bead caps emphasized the gold I was using with the spacer beads, especially since those round beads were a gold sheen green.

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yourlibrarian

Decided to match the blue in the stones with some leftover balls from the candy necklace below, and added some pinched square glass beads. Used the toggle I think of as Flintstone style to echo the irregular shapes.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today we went to the Effingham Artisan Fair at the Tuscan Hills Winery.

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Current Mood: busy

yourlibrarian

I had the tubes of this stone for some time and came across the balls during a trip to Minnesota in 2024. Combined them with some gold and multi color E beads to echo the colors in the stone. It's so lovely to look at, I wanted it to stand as alone as possible in the necklace.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today I came across some references to making hex quilts by starting with circles and folding the sides. This approach works great with hand-sewing.

Hex Quilts Video

Hexagons from Circles

Hexie’s From Circles

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Current Mood: busy

blackcatofmisery

I saw a series of photos on Pinterest that looked straightforward enough. Bead three colors into loops (so put on however many you want, thread a bead with both strings, then add an even number onto either string and thread a bead with both strings, repeat) and then weave.

It was easier in theory.

After I figured it out, I found an actual tutorial by Amanda Rivera on Panda Hall. 🙄🙄🙄

The beads are glass seed beads, size 8. I bought those; the thread, chain, and clasps and rings were previously cannibalized from other things.

Overall, it was easy. I think my loops may be a bit too small, and I know my beads are not a uniform size. The blue beads had some absolute units. If they were all the same size, I might have a neater looking braid, but oh well. Who's going to look so close?

What I'd like to find is a Slovenia charm to add to it. Red, white, and blue can be many countries, but I wanna be explicit in representing my maternal parentage.

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Current Music: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

yourlibrarian

Unfortunately let it slip by me that we hadn't done a June check-in post. So here's one to start off our July!

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

yourlibrarian

Loved this little sloth pendant and the green colors. Decided to have it hanging out in trees, with some light and dark green balls, and some mossy textured rice paper squares. Tied them together with some metallicized plastic gold beads to match the pendant, and a flower toggle.

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keystonepublishing

I watched Project Hail Mary and got sucked into the Goslingverse.

There are a number of fics I'm eying to bind, but I already have a WIP list and they will take far too long for me to tackle. Luckily, I was looking up some Goslingverse crossovers and stumbled across this fic from Twitter user tunariceball, who made a wonderful fic about Courtland (The Gray Man) and Grace (Project Hail Mary) meeting each other in prison. The fic also inspired @chicharonie22 to make a fanart of the meeting that I had to include!

I haven't made a simple pamphlet bind in so long, yet I found myself enjoying my time weaving the pages and gluing the front/back cover strips. Such a simple bind, yet such a perfect form for short fics! Perhaps I can make more of these to tide myself over till I have some more free time.

Thanks to tunariceball for the fic and to @chicharonie22 for the fanart!

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Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "The Raven Haired Maiden" from The Varangian Saga

yourlibrarian

This dragonfly pendant is very light and delicate so I decided to go with something small and light. I used varied shades of grey and black to match.

Included are hematite cylinders and balls, fire polish ovals, and glass seed beads.

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blackcatofmisery

For lack of better title... It could be a keychain; it could be a phone charm. Right now, it's hanging off of my phone.

After seeing a Tumblr post that stuck with me, I managed to find some alphabet beads that matched in color enough to recreate the words. Serendipitously, with three lines, the number of letters matched perfectly, otherwise I was considering sewing the words to fabric stretched on an embroidery hoop.

I think I did a modified square stitch, putting this all together. "Modified", because I think I did it backwards... It's holding together, and I can only hope my knots hold, so I don't drop beads like confetti out of nowhere.

(Original post. I only found this community recently and more recently decided to actually share on it.)

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: Eagles - Hotel California

yourlibrarian

Perhaps because my partner's into auto racing, when I saw these coin beads, I immediately thought of a checkered flag. I got these hematite flat rectangles and thought they looked like the asphalt of a race track. Added in the toggle which looked a bit like a lug nut.

He really liked it and wore it a few weeks ago for the Indy 500 weekend.

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yourlibrarian

Had this set of bold shiny slides, and one leftover bead ring, so put those together with some champagne colored glass for a (hopefully) elegant look.

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keystonepublishing

I've gotten back to journal writing for the past several months and it's been a calming experience to do in the evenings. However, much of the notebooks for sale in the local hypermarket aren't made for handling fountain pen inks. Much of the better-made notebooks are imported and can cost into the triple-digits, and I don't want to be burdened with another hobby that has a high expense rate.

But I do know of a compromise: work notebooks. The company I worked issues new notebooks to all staff every year, and they're pretty durable. I have several already that are unused, and several more that are partially used.

So what if I carve up the partly-used notebooks so that only the unused pages are left, stick them together, and put them back with a cover?

So I did that!

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yourlibrarian

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

If not much has been going on, here's a question for you: what has the biggest effect on whether or not you work on crafts? Is it time, inspiration, materials, company, something else?

yourlibrarian

I loved these opalite cylinders when I got them years ago. Still had a few left so paired them with some fiber optic, frosted glass and milky glass and tied them together with the silver cubes.

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yourlibrarian

I'm not fond of using connectors because my experience is that they tend to tangle. But when I saw these pieces I had to get them because I do jigsaw puzzles. Paired them with some large orange glass and some alternating silver and gold hearts and artificial amber ovals. Then added the roughly hammered toggle because it made me think of papery jigsaw edges.

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keystonepublishing

I'm Keystone, and I'm an old Dreamwidth hand who left for a while but am now returning. I've been searching around for any communities that I can join, and this seems up my alley! I'm a fanbinder, and I'm slowly posting my old binds here as a redundancy measure in case Tumblr bites the dust / becomes inaccessible (something my neighboring country did till 2018). Hope I'll be a contributive member here!

yourlibrarian

The wire wrapped stone was a fairly good size so I decided to go bolder with the gold in the necklace so it would balance it out.

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yourlibrarian

Had some gold toned shell beads that matched the pendant well for size and color, though they look a bit washed out here, I guess because they're reflecting light.

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yourlibrarian

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

What sort of storage or tools do you find particularly useful for your work? Has your use of these evolved or do you still use the same items you started out with?

Hiii, i just wanted to show off how i hung up these feathers on my window!! They're turkey feathers that have naturally fallen off of my grandpa's domestic turkeys. Within the wrap knot on each feather is a short bamboo stick to kind of stabilize it and each one also has spiral half-knots. (there wasn't a macrame tag so i just put tag needed)

hangingfeathers2

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yourlibrarian

I called this my stock market set 😉

For the buffalo, a mix of metal, glass and metallicized plastic. Went with the star that was part of its carving, but also red and roses because Ferdinand was a favorite story as a little kid.

Funnily enough, the red beads show up so strongly in the photo but in life they're barely noticeable alongside the brown!

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yourlibrarian

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

Have you ever created crafts for specific events such as a fundraiser, a contest, a community event, etc.? If so, what was that like? Were you the only crafter, did you get to work with other people?

yourlibrarian

I think of this as my Lancelot necklace because in Merlin, Lancelot was the one to kill the Griffin and it made him Merlin's confidant.

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bookscorpion

I decided to bring my electric spinning wheel home after keeping it at my partner's house, in an effort to stop myself from refreshing the same four websites all the time. It has worked out great and I am making a dent in my stash! It's a very small wheel, an EEW Nano, so I put it on my lap desk on an old pillowcase to catch fibre fuzz, and also because I can fold the pillow case around it and put it aside easily.

I finished three small batches of yarn, pictures under the cut:

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ysabetwordsmith

March is National Crafting Month Bingo over on

allbingo. Drop by the Meet and Greet to talk about what crafts you love and hate or make new crafty friends.

Crafting Bingo banner

Crafting Bingo banner

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

I've been doing some garden crafts lately, so I thought it would be fun to gather project links that might inspire other folks...

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Current Mood: busy

yourlibrarian

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

Last month we discussed shows about crafts, but so many people have learned them from another person directly. Is that how you learned any of your crafts? And have you ever taught someone else how to do a craft?

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