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What creative projects have you been working on?
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I've tried sewing a dice bag for my significant other. It's gone ok-ish but I realize there are some things that could have been much better as I'm not that experienced when it comes to sowing. There's really no time to do another bag when I'm alone before christmas, so I'll have to patch up the current one the best I can. But I think it's good enough that they'll be happy =).
I'm trying to finish knitting a pair of socks for my brother before we leave for our family holiday gathering. We do have a 4 hour drive, and he's not getting there until the next day, so I may just have time.
I've gathered fabric for all the bags that I'm making my knit/crochet friends for Christmas. I plan to start cutting out the pieces tomorrow after work and may get some sewing done this weekend.
The end of the year kind of crept up on me, so I'm crunch crafting (again) this year. I will have achieved my goal of 24 knit/crochet projects by the end of the year when I finish the pair of socks!
I am also in the crunch of sock knitting for gifts, but have resigned myself to the fact that I am wrapping a sock that is half done. Luckily, it is just for my SIL, and I was able to finish the first pair for her but not the second pair. I am impressed at your confidence to knit socks in the car. I am comfortable knitting larger projects, but find sock needles and yarn to be too small to comfortably do in the car
Everyone says socks are a quick and easy knit - I have learned this year that I disagree! I'm doing a sock-a-long with the local knit group next year. The goal is to knit one pair a month for the entire year, not sure how that will go for me.
I use the magic loop method for two-at-a-time socks with a 72" cable. I find the long cable is not as finicky in the car compared to short cords. I definitely don't do the heel in the car. Tried that once and all the stitches fell off my needles. Lesson learned.
I could see socks potentially being quick, since I did manage to squeeze out a pair in under two weeks, but I spent a lot of time working on them in those two weeks. Easy is not something I have ever heard someone describe socks as.
I use DPNs for socks, so am unfamiliar with the magic loop method. I took a look at what that requires and it seems interesting. Doing both socks at the same time seems like it would be a nice process
I use two short circs. I have addis, one pair is silver and the other gold so i can tell them apart (tho with experience i no longer need to)
I can do 2 socks at a time but prefer one at a time.
Work each pair of needles separately. So youre picking up and dropping needles a lot but your stitches are safe. No dpn sliding out wholesale.
I guess easy was the wrong word - they are more mindless, unless you're doing an intricate cable pattern.
The two-at-a-time has helped me finish more pairs of socks than doing one at a time. I have second sock syndrome - making the first sock is easy; starting and finishing the second one seems to be a mountain I just don't feel like climbing.
True, a lot of the sock is mindless. I should try some more intricate sock patterns, and I have never done a cable knit before. Maybe that should be my next project.
My biggest issue with doing one at a time is that sometimes I forget the exact amount of stitches in a few areas and you need to divide the stitches, and am unsure when doing the second sock if I rounded up or down
I'm working on relearning the little I knew about 3D modeling and printing. I used to have an old Ender 3v2 3D printer. It was great for its time but it was all manual. I stopped a while back because my old PC I built had broken, and I didn't have anything powerful enough to run any 3D modeling software. Recently I pulled out the old Ender and tried to print some stuff. After about an hour or two of trying to level the bed and attempting to get a clean first layer I threw in the towel and upgraded to a Bambu Labs P2S. Since then I have been trying to relearn what I once knew and then also build on those old skills. I have mainly just been working on printing part first with designs already made and making some minor modifications or just messing with settings. I've been documenting my adventures on my YouTube (shorts) and Instagram if anybody wants to look (I have also been trying to teach myself DaVinci Resolve). It's been fun mainly printing things people request.
Looks neat! I was curious what glue you're using? It looks nice and thick. I usually glue PLA parts with CA glue, but I wouldn't trust it to hold the hand the way you glued it into the sleeve on the ghost face model.
Thanks!! It's actually just "Clear Gorilla Glue". I was a little weary at first but its actually super strong once it dries. It can take a while to dry though. It was a few hours to a day between each glue.
I think I would be officially categorized as "old", but I have recently had a fun with a traditional children's summer camp activity: acrylic paint. I stumbled into a sale on acrylic paint markers recently and started turning round river rocks from my backyard into colorful bugs and cartoonish monster creatures. I have a lot more of those in mind, but I've also started painting other things around the house like light switch covers. I'm not a super artistic person, but I love doodling, and I've found that shifting my stress-relief doodling energy into paint markers has felt really good.
That sounds really wholesome :3.
It can also be super fun to paint on clothes and stuff. There are some mixers which you can mix the paint and the clothing medium mix thingie seperatly(I am not sure it's called a medium or a mixer). Which makes the whole paint a lot cheaper compared to buying paint specifically only for clothing.
Great idea. Now I'm going to be thinking of tshirt designs.
Putting together notes, ratings, and information on all the coffees I've brewed. Planning on reformatting my large list/inventory of tea and teaware. Hoping to get both of these in a decent format to put on a website eventually.
Compiling my album top lists, my favorite music releases of the year.
Found another couple of ideas to 3D print, and excited about those
Would love to see that website if you get it made! I'm a huge coffee drinker but entered the whole leaf tea world about two years ago and still regularly find new types of tea that I've never even heard of and flavor notes that I never thought were possible in tea (e.g., sweet potato, Miso soup, cinnamon). I still love coffee but tea is truly a whole other ball game in terms of how deep it goes.
Also, I love that Tokyo Tea Room album you listed. It's been a great chill winter album for me.