A thread for stitchers, crafters, and makers

[User32269]

What a great thread!

 

[MontyVeda]

Another thing my mam used to make was rugs. Using a special matting, short bits of wool and some sort of tool. You followed the pattern on the rug backing.
Anyone remember those?

Yes... although we used rags rather than wool. The prodder was made from a wooden dolly peg.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

View attachment 387325 Being ill for a week has rather buggered things. Over the next few days I shall mostly be making trees like these. I've just had another order come in

They're lovely

 

[Hill Wimp]

They're lovely

They are even better in real life and available in @hopless500 Etsy store

 

[MontyVeda]

this is my friend's knitivity set... knitted by her mother years ago, probably from a pattern.

Baby jesus has no legs

 

[Hill Wimp]

this is my friend's knitivity set... knitted by her mother years ago, probably from a pattern. View attachment 387390
Baby jesus has no legs

That's lovely and that must have taken some time to do too.

 

[hopless500]

They are even better in real life and available in @hopless500 Etsy store

It's about to shut for Christmas.. the custom orders I'm working on now will be the last to get made and make the Christmas post.
Having said that I have a small number of trees left that haven't made it to etsy that can be popped straight in the post should anyone be interested

 

[annedonnelly]

I have posted these pictures before, but they are so stunning that I think they are worth repeating. NB: Not my work! I went to an exhibition of quilting, not expecting to be all that interested, and discovered an incredible art-form that I knew next to nothing about. This one is called The Nightingale's Nest, and the poem is by John Clare.

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The Festival of Quilts is amazing if you get the chance to see it. Many of the quilts are works of art rather than something you would dream of putting on a bed.

 

[Dave 123]

I'm not the best artist in .... well, in my house but I enjoyed painting this Swaledale ram in watercolour the other day

 

[Pale Rider]

My grandmother taught me to knit which I quite liked doing.

Never got any further than a plain stitch which I think we called 'moss'.

Small hands meant I could only use short needles, in turn this limited me to knits no more than a few inches wide.

 

[Cycleops]

This was her last knitted gift to me....

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Very appropriate for a Salty seadog.

 

[MontyVeda]

My mum has the same set and it is her main Nativity set. Her sheep look more Jack Russells.

is Jesus a chipolata with arms too?

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Stages 1 and 2 of the very limited leathercraft I have learned. I have just about completed the actual knives and now comes trying to create something to keep them in.

We have a couple experimental pieces ready to be cut out but this 3-4mm veg tan leather is very tough stuff. More to follow if it isn't too far off topic. There will be some stitching eventually!

 

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 5082896, member: 9609"]Does anyone know much about using one of these ? It has been in the attic for years, it seems to work and I have got it all oiled up - would love to be acble to use it properly.
Going by its weight it is easy to understand that it was made by a company more famous for Tanks and War Ships - beautiful piece on engineering

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Did you delete the attachment?

 

[hopless500]

[QUOTE 5082896, member: 9609"]Does anyone know much about using one of these ? It has been in the attic for years, it seems to work and I have got it all oiled up - would love to be acble to use it properly.
Going by its weight it is easy to understand that it was made by a company more famous for Tanks and War Ships - beautiful piece on engineering

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I have a similar style Singer - bought a while back. It's now clean and oiled and has a new bobbin winder rubber.