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Interests => Hobbies => Topic started by: Miss Mia on May 28, 2008, 04:03:40 PM
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I do some crochet, hats and scarves mostly. I don't do anything too fancy on the scarves just a double stitch and the hat is a cute pattern I found for a "skull cap" type of hat.
I haven't been to adventurous. I tried starting a blanket once but I started out making it waaay too long so it would have taken me forever to finish so I just gave up. That's pretty much why I stick with scarves. LOL
Anyone else here crochet?
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Is it anything like knitting? Or needlepoint? My wife does needlepoint.
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I do some crochet, hats and scarves mostly. I don't do anything too fancy on the scarves just a double stitch and the hat is a cute pattern I found for a "skull cap" type of hat.
I haven't been to adventurous. I tried starting a blanket once but I started out making it waaay too long so it would have taken me forever to finish so I just gave up. That's pretty much why I stick with scarves. LOL
Anyone else here crochet?
Is that where one uses those miniature poles with a hook at the end, or a sort of a hook?
My mother used to do that.
And so did Edward VIII of England.
Alas, I have no samples of her handiwork.
I do however have some sort of "baby blanket" that was made for me before I was born, by an ancient Lithuanian woman, a refugee, that took her months and months to make. Some sort of really intricate needlework. It's mostly yellow. I have no idea what this sort of thing is called, but it's not quilting, it's not crocheting, it's not sewing.
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A couple of months ago, I took a beginner's crochet class at JoAnn's Craft Stores. It was two nights for a total of four hours. The class was small so there was lots of personal attention. That was good because I needed it!
I made a nice scarf, almond colored with a maroon edging. I won't wear it much since I live in Phoenix. LOL. But at least it turned out nice.
I haven't picked up a crochet hook since. If I don't have someone standing over me, guiding me, I think I'm forever lost.
I should try and do something small again just to keep the skill fresh in my mind.
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I do some crochet, hats and scarves mostly. I don't do anything too fancy on the scarves just a double stitch and the hat is a cute pattern I found for a "skull cap" type of hat.
I haven't been to adventurous. I tried starting a blanket once but I started out making it waaay too long so it would have taken me forever to finish so I just gave up. That's pretty much why I stick with scarves. LOL
Anyone else here crochet?
Is that where one uses those miniature poles with a hook at the end, or a sort of a hook?
My mother used to do that.
And so did Edward VIII of England.
Alas, I have no samples of her handiwork.
I do however have some sort of "baby blanket" that was made for me before I was born, by an ancient Lithuanian woman, a refugee, that took her months and months to make. Some sort of really intricate needlework. It's mostly yellow. I have no idea what this sort of thing is called, but it's not quilting, it's not crocheting, it's not sewing.
I wonder if that is tatting?
I crochet some. I've done quite a few baby blankets and Christmas stockings.
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Crochet is something I would quite like to be able to do, I can't bear knitting but I'd love to be able to make things like scarves etc.
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I wonder if that is tatting?
I crochet some. I've done quite a few baby blankets and Christmas stockings.
I'm not sure; it's just really fine needlework; one needs a magnifying glass to see the stitches, or whatever they are.
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I can do simple things, like pot holders and such, and scarves. I also make hair scrunchies...got so popular with my daughter's friends I was taking requests for colors and all!
I'm not very good at stuff that requires counting too many stiches....I get lost too easy!!
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I wonder if that is tatting?
I crochet some. I've done quite a few baby blankets and Christmas stockings.
I'm not sure; it's just really fine needlework; one needs a magnifying glass to see the stitches, or whatever they are.
Is it embroidered?
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I wonder if that is tatting?
I crochet some. I've done quite a few baby blankets and Christmas stockings.
I'm not sure; it's just really fine needlework; one needs a magnifying glass to see the stitches, or whatever they are.
Is it embroidered?
No.
I'm Googling "Lithuanian baby blankets" right now, to find an example.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but to me, it seems "embroidery" is where one sews designs onto cloth.
This is hand-made cloth, from stitches.
Or something like that.
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Cross stitch.
and bitchslap for frank for having to make me type this.
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Cross stitch.
and bitchslap for frank for having to make me type this.
You cross stitch? :lmao:
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Well, Googling "Lithuanian baby blanket" doesn't cut it.
Maybe Brown Eyes knows of a web-site that describes stitchery and somesuch?
What we're looking for is a certain sort of peasant handicraft popularly taught girls in the Baltic regions prior to 1940.
I hope that narrows it down.
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I can do simple things, like pot holders and such, and scarves. I also make hair scrunchies...got so popular with my daughter's friends I was taking requests for colors and all!
I'm not very good at stuff that requires counting too many stiches....I get lost too easy!!
A lot of crochet patterns can be made with little counting. The easiest is Granny Squares. Other than getting 3 stitches in each set, you don't really count anything.
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Well, Googling "Lithuanian baby blanket" doesn't cut it.
Maybe Brown Eyes knows of a web-site that describes stitchery and somesuch?
What we're looking for is a certain sort of peasant handicraft popularly taught girls in the Baltic regions prior to 1940.
I hope that narrows it down.
I can't find blankets...just bonnets
{image was the infamous red square. :thatsright: }
http://www15.brinkster.com/lyricalarmy/tat-tradition/tat-trad-more.html
Of course, crochet done with thread and a tiny hook is almost this fine, so your blanket could be crochet.
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My mother and some neighbors had to make a bunch of yarn "book worm book markers" for some type of PTA deal or school function........I had to help Crochet....I could only do the long single row....but did several of them.....someone else would finish them but I was quite the time saver for them....
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Well, Googling "Lithuanian baby blanket" doesn't cut it.
Maybe Brown Eyes knows of a web-site that describes stitchery and somesuch?
What we're looking for is a certain sort of peasant handicraft popularly taught girls in the Baltic regions prior to 1940.
I hope that narrows it down.
I can't find blankets...just bonnets
{image was the infamous red square. :thatsright: }
http://www15.brinkster.com/lyricalarmy/tat-tradition/tat-trad-more.html
Of course, crochet done with thread and a tiny hook is almost this fine, so your blanket could be crochet.
Nope, it's finer than that, much finer.
I'm sure Brown Eyes or Miss Mia or you or bijou would recognize it immediately, although the College of Home Economics at the University of Nebraska said it's a skill long extinct, and dated the blanket from the 1870s, but no, really, it was made for me before I was born, and I was born long long long after the 1870s. An old woman spent something like 6 months making it; as she was a refugee from Lithuania circa 1940, I assume she had learned it as a child.
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Cross stitch.
and bitchslap for frank for having to make me type this.
You cross stitch? :lmao:
:bird:
just because I have anger issues and my ****ing theropist is a ****ing nazi I ****ing cross stitch.
The army says I suffer from being blown up too many ****ing times.
grumble grumble grumble.
didn't bitchslap BEG, but did slap her on the ass.
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Cross stitch.
and bitchslap for frank for having to make me type this.
You cross stitch? :lmao:
:bird:
just because I have anger issues and my ****ing theropist is a ****ing nazi I ****ing cross stitch.
The army says I suffer from being blown up too many ****ing times.
grumble grumble grumble.
didn't bitchslap BEG, but did slap her on the ass.
Did it help?
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Cross stitch.
and bitchslap for frank for having to make me type this.
You cross stitch? :lmao:
:bird:
just because I have anger issues and my ****ing theropist is a ****ing nazi I ****ing cross stitch.
The army says I suffer from being blown up too many ****ing times.
grumble grumble grumble.
didn't bitchslap BEG, but did slap her on the ass.
Dutch, I know a guy who is a former Marine, a former boxer, has a wife, four kids, three grandkids, built his own boat, and runs one of the largest corporation in Dallas. He is also a champion cross stitch artist. It relaxes him.
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(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8784/go****er4.gif)
It's lovely. We can hang it in the living room.
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(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8784/go****er4.gif)
It's lovely. We can hang it in the living room.
:lmao:
Now I think that one might of been made out of anger, not relaxation
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Cross-stitch is where you need a hoop and make little "x" with thread, like the "Go **** Yourself" pictured. I also do this. :)
Crochet is where you hold 1 long needle and use yarn. Knit is where they use 2 needles. I don't know how to knit.
There's also "Punchneedle" which is like an embroidery. I've never done that either.
Frank, is it possibly tapestry that you're thinking of?
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A couple of months ago, I took a beginner's crochet class at JoAnn's Craft Stores. It was two nights for a total of four hours. The class was small so there was lots of personal attention. That was good because I needed it!
I made a nice scarf, almond colored with a maroon edging. I won't wear it much since I live in Phoenix. LOL. But at least it turned out nice.
I haven't picked up a crochet hook since. If I don't have someone standing over me, guiding me, I think I'm forever lost.
I should try and do something small again just to keep the skill fresh in my mind.
I just picked up a pamphlet that told me all the basic stitches years ago. I still have to refresh my memory when I pick it up after a few months.
I did a scarf and hat for my dad's wife for Christmas last year. I used a bright pink fur yarn and a little sparkely white at the same time and it came out really nice.
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Frank, is it possibly tapestry that you're thinking of?
It's a baby blanket, not a drapery.
I'm sure that when Brown Eyes is feeling better, she can direct me to some web-site that illustrates samples of needlery.
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Frank, is it possibly tapestry that you're thinking of?
It's a baby blanket, not a drapery.
I'm sure that when Brown Eyes is feeling better, she can direct me to some web-site that illustrates samples of needlery.
If you find a picture of one, be sure to post it. I'm very curious.
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Frank, is it possibly tapestry that you're thinking of?
It's a baby blanket, not a drapery.
I'm sure that when Brown Eyes is feeling better, she can direct me to some web-site that illustrates samples of needlery.
I was going to suggest tatting. Did it look like this Frank?
(http://www.shakal.org/images/ybaby1.jpg)
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I was going to suggest tatting. Did it look like this Frank?
(http://www.shakal.org/images/ybaby1.jpg)
That's pretty. Sure looks complicated!
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Cross-stitch is where you need a hoop and make little "x" with thread, like the "Go **** Yourself" pictured. I also do this. :)
You also make "go **** yourself" needlepoint?
Did you make that one for Chris?
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Cross-stitch is where you need a hoop and make little "x" with thread, like the "Go **** Yourself" pictured. I also do this. :)
You also make "go **** yourself" needlepoint?
Did you make that one for Chris?
I think I may quilt that very phrase on my customer quilts, real discreet like. :-)
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Cross-stitch is where you need a hoop and make little "x" with thread, like the "Go **** Yourself" pictured. I also do this. :)
You also make "go **** yourself" needlepoint?
Did you make that one for Chris?
:rotf:
I think I may quilt that very phrase on my customer quilts, real discreet like. :-)
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Cross-stitch is where you need a hoop and make little "x" with thread, like the "Go **** Yourself" pictured. I also do this. :)
You also make "go **** yourself" needlepoint?
Did you make that one for Chris?
You find the pattern, I'll make one personally for you. :)
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Years ago my mother had these doilies framed.
This one my great grandmother did. It's (I believe) called a pine cone doily.
I need to ask her about the history behind it. Of course it will be passed down to my son and his family.
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9784/im000751zh7.jpg)
This one is one of a set of 4 that my Dad's mother did. Mother had all of these framed and gave each of us kids one and kept one for herself. Again I need to ask more about them. I'm not sure as to what the design is called.
(http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7858/im000753dr8.jpg)
Pardon the view of my couch. I have these precious heirlooms packed away in a spare bedroom lovingly referred to as the "junk room". Go figure! :p
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Years ago my mother had these doilies framed.
This one my great grandmother did. It's (I believe) called a pine cone doily.
I need to ask her about the history behind it. Of course it will be passed down to my son and his family.
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9784/im000751zh7.jpg)
This one is one of a set of 4 that my Dad's mother did. Mother had all of these framed and gave each of us kids one and kept one for herself. Again I need to ask more about them. I'm not sure as to what the design is called.
(http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7858/im000753dr8.jpg)
Pardon the view of my couch. I have these precious heirlooms packed away in a spare bedroom lovingly referred to as the "junk room". Go figure! :p
What a cool way to show them off. I have a couple that my great grandma made, I wonder if I could clean them up and starch them so I could frame them.
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Years ago my mother had these doilies framed.
This one my great grandmother did. It's (I believe) called a pine cone doily.
I need to ask her about the history behind it. Of course it will be passed down to my son and his family.
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9784/im000751zh7.jpg)
This one is one of a set of 4 that my Dad's mother did. Mother had all of these framed and gave each of us kids one and kept one for herself. Again I need to ask more about them. I'm not sure as to what the design is called.
(http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7858/im000753dr8.jpg)
Pardon the view of my couch. I have these precious heirlooms packed away in a spare bedroom lovingly referred to as the "junk room". Go figure! :p
Wow, what a family treasure!
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I crochet...but I can't do a damn granny square to save my life. If someone can point me to a good website for learning how to do that, I'd appreciate it.
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Granny square
Chain 4, join last to first to make a ring.
Chain 3, Double crochet 2, chain 1, (double crochet 3, chain 1) x 3 = 12 DC counting original chain 3 - join to original chain 3.
Now you can turn, or chain ahead (that isn't the word, hope you know what I mean) to the first chain 1 space.
Chain 3, double crochet 2, chain 1, double crochet 3 in first space. DC 3, chain 1, DC 3 in the other 3 chain 1 spaces.
Next round, make 3 DC, chain 1, 3 DC in each corner, and just 3 DC in the middle spaces.
Repeat until it's big enough.
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Granny square
Chain 4, join last to first to make a ring.
Chain 3, Double crochet 2, chain 1, (double crochet 3, chain 1) x 3 = 12 DC counting original chain 3 - join to original chain 3.
Now you can turn, or chain ahead (that isn't the word, hope you know what I mean) to the first chain 1 space.
Chain 3, double crochet 2, chain 1, double crochet 3 in first space. DC 3, chain 1, DC 3 in the other 3 chain 1 spaces.
Next round, make 3 DC, chain 1, 3 DC in each corner, and just 3 DC in the middle spaces.
Repeat until it's big enough.
That is just a bunch of jibberish. :p
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Granny square
Chain 4, join last to first to make a ring.
Chain 3, Double crochet 2, chain 1, (double crochet 3, chain 1) x 3 = 12 DC counting original chain 3 - join to original chain 3.
Now you can turn, or chain ahead (that isn't the word, hope you know what I mean) to the first chain 1 space.
Chain 3, double crochet 2, chain 1, double crochet 3 in first space. DC 3, chain 1, DC 3 in the other 3 chain 1 spaces.
Next round, make 3 DC, chain 1, 3 DC in each corner, and just 3 DC in the middle spaces.
Repeat until it's big enough.
That is just a bunch of jibberish. :p
Yes, it is! LOL. Which probably explains why mine always turn out lopsided.
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Granny square
Chain 4, join last to first to make a ring.
Chain 3, Double crochet 2, chain 1, (double crochet 3, chain 1) x 3 = 12 DC counting original chain 3 - join to original chain 3.
Now you can turn, or chain ahead (that isn't the word, hope you know what I mean) to the first chain 1 space.
Chain 3, double crochet 2, chain 1, double crochet 3 in first space. DC 3, chain 1, DC 3 in the other 3 chain 1 spaces.
Next round, make 3 DC, chain 1, 3 DC in each corner, and just 3 DC in the middle spaces.
Repeat until it's big enough.
That is just a bunch of jibberish. :p
Yes, it is! LOL. Which probably explains why mine always turn out lopsided.
LOL
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Vivis Mom & BEG, do you know the different basic stitches: single, double, triple, and chain stitch?
Can you start and do a long chain?
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Vivis Mom & BEG, do you know the different basic stitches: single, double, triple, and chain stitch?
Can you start and do a long chain?
I have enough hobbies, I don't need to start crocheting. :p Actually I tried once. My Mom showed me and even bought me a book. I just couldn't do it. I can make a chain bit it looks like crap so I gave up. Maybe it's because I'm left handed....yeah I'll blame it on my left handedness. :-)
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Vivis Mom & BEG, do you know the different basic stitches: single, double, triple, and chain stitch?
Can you start and do a long chain?
I have enough hobbies, I don't need to start crocheting. :p Actually I tried once. My Mom showed me and even bought me a book. I just couldn't do it. I can make a chain bit it looks like crap so I gave up. Maybe it's because I'm left handed....yeah I'll blame it on my left handedness. :-)
Well, you left handers are freaks, so that does explain why you can't crochet. :-)
My crochet vs your quilting, the quilting wins hands down. :)
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Vivis Mom & BEG, do you know the different basic stitches: single, double, triple, and chain stitch?
Can you start and do a long chain?
I have enough hobbies, I don't need to start crocheting. :p Actually I tried once. My Mom showed me and even bought me a book. I just couldn't do it. I can make a chain bit it looks like crap so I gave up. Maybe it's because I'm left handed....yeah I'll blame it on my left handedness. :-)
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um, I crochet left handed...no problems at all! :uhsure: