A thread for stitchers, crafters, and makers

[Mugshot]

I made a hanging macrame plant pot holder once, my mum used it for a few years, due to feeling of pity and duty I would imagine.

 

[Saluki]

I used to love knitting but managed to lose all my knitting needles and wool in my last house move. This weekend, I am off to Norwich and will get new needles and wool while there. I know where the shops are there, Lincoln is still a foreign place to me.
My BF sews and is very good at it. He has this all singing and dancing sewing machine that does everything bar the washing up.

 

[welsh dragon]

I used to love knitting but managed to lose all my knitting needles and wool in my last house move. This weekend, I am off to Norwich and will get new needles and wool while there. I know where the shops are there, Lincoln is still a foreign place to me.
My BF sews and is very good at it. He has this all singing and dancing sewing machine that does everything bar the washing up.

I have 2 sewing machines. One is electric and i hate it. The other one is an old singer black and gold sewing machine. No motor. Its one that you turn the handle. Made around 1930. I absolutely love it. I would never part with it. I just love the old engineering aspect to if and how it just works so well, never goes wrong. A beautiful machine. Used lots lf times to make curtains etc. Cost me the grand sum of £20 about 30 plus years ago.

 

[raleighnut]

I have a hardanger kit that I was given as a housewarming present 25 years ago - it's been on the go a long time.

And I started a proggy mat at a workshop in 2000. That has turned out to be not one of my favourite crafts.

Some things have taken a long time just because of their size.

I loved rug making, I made 3 as a kid admittedly from kits. Mums still got one and so have I but it's somewhere in the attic cos Maz doesn't like it.

She has even told me to "Throw that old 70s rug away"

 

[Lullabelle]

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 are so cool

 

[hopless500]

They are so cool

Thank you x

 

[ianrauk]

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?

 

[ianrauk]

Thank you x

I agree, lovely things.

 

[hopless500]

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?

I make rugs too. Although mine are done with long bits of wool that get hooked through (bit like a looped sewing stitch). Sounds like the ones your mum did were latch/proddy rugs.

 

[hopless500]

I agree, lovely things.

Thanks Ian!

 

[raleighnut]

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?

Have you got me on 'ignore'

I loved rug making, I made 3 as a kid admittedly from kits. Mums still got one and so have I but it's somewhere in the attic cos Maz doesn't like it.

She has even told me to "Throw that old 70s rug away"

 

[Hill Wimp]

Some of my blankets.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I make the odd mosaic, I'm not exactly prolific as they take ages to do, but when the muses are with me, I do enjoy the whole process. Particularly because you never really know what it looks like until you've grouted it and there's a ta da moment when you're wiping the excess grout off when it really comes to light.

The first I ever did. Technically there are a couple of things wrong with it, but it looks great when viewed at a distance (see later photo).

Another fish one, mosaics lend themselves well to fish and water and the blues and greens are the cheapest tiles (since they are used in swimming pools).

Both in situ

And a fireguard

 

[welsh dragon]

I make the odd mosaic, I'm not exactly prolific as they take ages to do, but when the muses are with me, I do enjoy the whole process. Particularly because you never really know what it looks like until you've grouted it and there's a ta da moment when you're wiping the excess grout off when it really comes to light.

The first I ever did. Technically there are a couple of things wrong with it, but it looks great when viewed at a distance (see later photo).
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Another fish one, mosaics lend themselves well to fish and water and the blues and greens are the cheapest tiles (since they are used in swimming pools).
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Both in situ
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And a fireguard
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Those are fabulous. I love them.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Those are fabulous. I love them.

Thankyou very much, I think so too!

This is a favourite of mine, it's an idea out of a book, trying to recreate the way fishmongers used to display their wares on a bed of ice (the mirror tiles). It's a table top and I'm looking for a base to put it on. I have a picture in my mind of what I want and saw a base in an antique shop a couple of years ago, but stupidly didn't buy it and haven't seen one since.

My interest in mosaics started when I saw an advert in a paper for a tile shop. I cut out the picture and carried it round for years in my wallet, in fact I still do. Eventually I copied the design onto some wood and off I went.