[Angel Spirit Girl]

I wanted to send hair to Locks of Love a couple years ago when I cut my hair, but the hair was slightly too short.

[Kilala Mikal]

Aww. I would've been disappointed.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Never thought of making one's own spindles but I can see how it would be done. Dowel, one of those tiny screw-in hooks from the hardware store, and something heavy and smooth to attach it too. I like this thought. :)

For reference, here's the sort of drop spindle we use, or something very similar:

http://www.spinnerschoice.com/Drop%2...%20spindle.jpg


Bah! I just took the hoop of my cross stitch (not on Aida fabric so it's okay!) and then realized I forgot to do my white backstitching. -.-

[Fauxreal]

I created a cross stitching group on Facebook. The Cross Stitching Mafia.

[Kilala Mikal]

*goes to look for the facebook group*

It's been a while, but I do counted cross stitch, too. :)

[Quiet Man Cometh]

That's what I typically do. I have plain Aida fabric that I've been working with to make new designs, or try to. I'm working on a printed cross stitch right now, which is just the pattern drawn on regular fabric and you stitch it. I'm a little leery of it because I imagine if you lined your stitches up, it would create a weak spot in the fabric where it could tear, unless you drew the design in a way that the lines of the fabric wouldn't separate when threads went between them. I'm using a kit, so no such luck.


Best crafter line from facebook: "They're not hobbies. They're post-apocalyptic life skills."

[Kilala Mikal]

It's been so long since I've done anything... I mostly use the kits my great grandmother sends my way to do for her. Everything has been (just about) Christmas ornaments, or small little magnets, lol. The one big project I was working on, my mother-in-law decided to take over it, and used messed it up. She used the wrong color and then cut the thread so it wasn't long enough for me to use after I'd taken it out. -_-'

And I'm totally gonna steal that phrase. My mom's really gonna get a kick out of it. XD

[Fauxreal]

That is freaking hilarious!

[Kilala Mikal]

Finally took pictures of my granny squares! :D I was making a bumper, but I've decided to make a blanket instead. Once I get everything put together, I'm gonna use the red from the center flowers to do a border around it. *nod*

[Fauxreal]

Wow! They look so great! <3

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Neat. Is that crochet?

I mostly cross-stitch using kits, but I would really like to make some of my own patterns. Get tedious though. Sometimes I look for free ones online and tweak them to make cards or little gifts. My cousin is a boat nut, so I dig up a sailboat pattern and added decorations and "lights" to it for a Christmas card. I'm hoping to turn some of my other pieced into either a pillow or a wine bag or something.

[Angel Spirit Girl]

Nice crochet squares. <3

[Fauxreal]

I totally forgot to take pictures of what I was working on and the girl already has come to pick it up.

[Kilala Mikal]

Thanks y'all. <3

They are indeed, Quiet. :) And that sounds really cool. Most of what I did for Christmas presents were hats. I did wind up making a pretty nifty bright green infinity scarf for one of my cousins though. :) I wish I had taken pictures of everything... -_-'

And aww... Faux... You're as bad as me right now, lol.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I think I'm going to finish off my cross-stitch with some of the embroidery stitches my sister showed me. I'm not all that fond of the stitch the pattern actually uses.

I'll post a picture of it when I get it done.

[Kilala Mikal]

Can't wait to see it, Quiet. :)