What all do you do craftwise?

Aud. I'm familiar with hardanger embroidery and have done a bit of it. I love the designs and would like to do more sometime if my eyesight can manage it. I've never heard an English word for it.

If you have the tools, why not give it a try. I would try birdhouses and such to begin. It is nice that Matthew knows how to use the tools and could help you learn to use them as well. My DD's girlfriends father does woodworking and makes furniture to sell and I find myself always peeking into the barn to check out what he has going.

Diane

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I'm Joan in CT and I knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, crewel and hook rugs. Lately it's mostly knitting and crocheting as I have taken up doing blankets for Project Linus. I do have a question - what is moebious? I am unfamiliar with that term. Thanks.

you! I only usually get 'wow' from my 7yo and 5yo :) nobodyelse notices

Gotta show off the kiddies, ya know! :)

Michelle

It's a mathematical type of shape that has one edge and one surface. Try this to find out more

the thing is to make them as scarves that don't fall off, in either crochet or knitting.. Mirjam is the moebius Queen. And they're great fun to make, and very easy (and warm and elegant) to wearTry this to see how it works & higs Christine

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I start with a wooden mould, sometimes I can buy them ready covered in thread, otherwise if I have something specific in mind I get DH to turn one up for me. Either I allow him to polish it or paint it for me. There has to be a ridge at the bottom for attaching the skirt.

Then I make the tassel skirt. I have my own device for doing that. One that I thought up. I like to use viscose, rayon and silk threads, threads that have a swish to them. I do not like cotton because it has no swing to it.

Then I wire the skirt on to the mould. I make a hanger by twisting some of the threads.

Then starting at the top I start to bead. I have no set pattern in mind I just go where my creativity takes me. Usually I do it in netted pattern and then I go back and fill in any spaces with focal beads.

I then bead over the skirt letting the dangles hang down.

Shirley

Hi I'm Cher from the UK....I knit crochet sew stitch weave spin ... all sorts Braiding Kumuhimo great pastime that one it sort of soothes the soul...

You get to a stage where you just '''have'''' to have a go at something else and before you know it you have another craft behind you...

cheers.....cher

There you go... you could go (speaking nicely of course) up to a water buffalo (we mentioned bison last week) and while distracting him by talking to him be plucking tuffs of underbelly fur from him to spin. Then back away slowly and then turn and run like hell and make sure you have a fence or something to jump over to get away, because he may not take too kindly to you plucking his underbelly fur. LOL

Or.. what about fur from the butt of a yak? I *had* to ask that... I have a standing joke with my son's best friend and call him YakButt from time to time. LOL

Gemini

A scarf or cowl with a twist in the center. Here are a few that I just found. :o)

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Well, we don't have all the tools needed for most things. Besides at the moment it is a bit cold in the garage and I would rather stay in the warm house. Maybe in the spring or summer. :o)

Gemini

Thanks Mirjam.

I like the knitting part because I can do that fast. The purling part is a whole other story.

I just got Cat Bordhi's The Treasury of Magical Knitting so I can try her Moebius stuff.

Jenn in CA

How interesting! I never would have guessed that's the method. Again, stunning results. :)

Michelle

Careful Jenn ,, moebiouses are infecting ,i have 2 for myself , both are wide enough to be worn over my sghoulders , and one is Imortalized on my portrait [ that was painted by Blaise Patrice a year ago.] , the Studio was freezing thus i kept it on my shoulders ,, the nice thing is how it lays flat on your `stomach` .. the other one i made very free and voluptious so i can wear it as both the head cover and a shoulder Woolfall .... Everybody that got one from me is addicted ,,,, mirjam

Our buffalo (Cape Buffalo) www.africanBush\Hansen\Hansen1.htm is more like a cow, and not likely to have fur I could spin with! :-)

Of course, I could try to get the fur off a lion cub, leopard, or some such, but I think I'd be braver learning to spin with feathers.

Catherine

Oddly, we call it "but work" and my mother used to do it all the time.

Higs, Katherine

I think that cutwork and hardanger are very different. With hardanger, we work in squares, while cutwork can be other shapes. That is my memory from my mother's doind it (cutwork) when I was a child. Years later, when I was doing hardanger, she admired it, and explained how it was different from what she did.

Higs, Katherine

Knit Crochet Counted Thread Embroidery (this includes counted cross stitch but also includes many other beautiful stitches) Needlepoint (not my favorite) Sewing Oil Painting (It has been awhile, but I still count it)

BonnieBlue

I'm Jane in Ohio, am a knitter, and I lurk here a lot too. Right now I'm in a cross stitch mood and since I will be a grandmother for the first time in Sept. am working on a baby alphabet afghan/blanket in cross stitch. I hope I finish it before the wee one arrives! My DIL's mom crochets so the new arrival will have lots of blankets, etc.

As to the woodworking, that is my other passion. I got the table saw with the divorce many years ago but just learned to use it in the past few years. I started out with bookcases (you can get the wood cut at the lumberyard, Lowes, Home depot, etc) and other projects that were sorely needed at the time. When I retired from teaching I was determined to redo the kitchen and learned how to build the cabinets and doors, tile, lay flooring, do wiring and build countertops and it looks great!

You don't need a lot of tools. A circular saw and drill will enable you to do a lot of projects. I constantly use the library for inspiration, plans, and how to's. The internet (newsgroups, information pages, etc) has also given me a lot of confidence to build things the way I want them. I ask a lot of questions (for example the glass shop was very helpful on tips to secure the glass in my cabinet doors) and haven't encountered too many "brushoffs" because I am a woman.

I encourage you to look around google and the library and to take the plunge. I always look at every project as a learning experience and I always end up knowing more than I did before. Some people have every power tool known to man but it isn't necessary. You also don't need to buy the most expensive wood. Lots of good looking furniture is made of pine.

Jane