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[Calypso]

@LabMonkey: That's pretty sweet! What is that, a k5p5 stockingette pattern? I may have to make baby blankets in that style!

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[LabMonkey]

Originally Posted by Calypso

@LabMonkey: That's pretty sweet! What is that, a k5p5 stockingette pattern? I may have to make baby blankets in that style

I tried the pattern first with k5p5 stockinette but with that yarn I liked the way it looked better with k8p8.

[awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by marina

Yay!



I just traced a weird shape, sewed it together, stuffed it and sewed buttons for eyes. It was a hit. I also do the small rectangle/circle/oval/bean shape + larger rectangle/circle/oval/egg shape + 4 long thin rectangles + buttons and various embroidery = dolly/bear/monster just stuff them, sew them together in a humanoid fashion and give them away to children.

Thanks, this the weird shape is what I am planning on doing.

[Lanfear]

soooo I didn't know where to put this so I'll just unearth this old thread:

Desert Bus for Hope is a video-gaming marathon broadcast live on the internet by LoadingReadyRun, a sketch comedy group from Victoria, BC. In the Sega CD game “Desert Bus”, the player controls a virtual bus that drives an eight-hour-long strip of highway between Tucson, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, on an endless loop. The game is a “verisimulator”—a tongue-in-cheek parody of other simulation games—which attempts to approximate the real-life situation of driving a coach bus as closely as possible, including the associated tedium. The player is required only to ensure that the bus stays on the road: if they crash, they are towed back to the start and have to try again. Originally part of “Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors”, Desert Bus is considered to be the most boring video game ever created.

Viewers are asked to donate money via the desertbus.org/ website, and as the dollar total rises, so does the length of time the team must continue driving the bus. According to Paul Saunders, one of the founding members of LoadingReadyRun, “The mixture of generosity and spite is a really powerful thing.” Viewers are encouraged to participate by e-mail or by live internet chat, where they can ask questions of the crew, make requests, bid on donated prizes and become an active participant.

And among the above mentioned "donated prizes" are really cool geeky handcrafted items and I am quite proud of the one I created so I wanted to share

Desert Bus for Hope » Silent Auction Item 9

[amyuilani]

I have a sewing hobby that I have recently tailored exclusively to aprons. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time and when I figured out exactly how I wanted to make it work, I couldn't stop. I have made a few dozen, which are selling well at a gift shop in a trendy part of North Portland, OR. If I ever get to it, I will fix my etsy shop and start displaying them there too.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=539fc859c9

[TeddyPicker]

Originally Posted by amyuilani

I have a sewing hobby that I have recently tailored exclusively to aprons. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time and when I figured out exactly how I wanted to make it work, I couldn't stop. I have made a few dozen, which are selling well at a gift shop in a trendy part of North Portland, OR. If I ever get to it, I will fix my etsy shop and start displaying them there too.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=539fc859c9

Those are gorgeous!!


I've been doing embroidery for years now. Since it's coming up on the holidays I've just put in a big order to do a couple of tea towels for some friends (they're surprisingly useful gifts) and some smaller bookmarks for stocking stuffers.


On my bucket list is still to learn how to knit. I'm left handed, and I know that's supposed to be problematic, but I'm determined to be knitting scarfs, throws and all sorts of gorgeous things soon.

[Lanfear]

Talking about embroidery - this winters project is cross-stich:

Before:
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First part done - I'll stretch and put it in a frame once the second one is ready:
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[amyuilani]

That's pretty! I might even like something like that going down the side of a classic 1920s hat.

[TeddyPicker]

That's gorgeous!
Love the art nouveau style.


Got my cross stitch kits in today. So pretty, post pics when I'm done.

[Sparrow]

i'm gluing things to other things; so far it's tinsel bows and farm animal/dinosaur space dioramas.