Crafts - Blog Posts
Pleated Slim Pink Pencil Pouch
Here is another video of the gift I made for my BFF. She was very excited to have this. Many many thanks to her @emerald-notes for always appreciating my works and taking very good care of them.
A gift specially made for my bff @emerald-notes on her birthday
This is my first post on Tumblr . I made this sunshine crossbody bag myself with the help of some videos from YouTube , taking instructions . The ultimate product I made is from the available things in my house .
Please share your ideas , if you have any . I’ll appreciate it greatly .
fcuked up shark guys : the sequel
Anyway enjoy my 5/5 fish
who’s stopping you from making the most fucked up little shark guys? That’s right, nobody
I haven’t actually shared it yet here because I forgot but I really really really love making origami cranes.
like I will sit down and fold them for hours when I feel like it because they’re so cute and I love them !!
I’ve made around 300+ cranes (including the exact 200 I’ve counted for a project I’m working on) And the smallest one I’ve made is the size of a grain of rice. It’s in the picture :D Also the biggest one pictured above is my favorite one that I’ve made. I just think it’s the prettiest and it was made 5 years ago.
I’m starting to work on cranes made out of odd materials, like fortune cookie fortunes or jolly rancher wrappers or shiny wrapping paper.
so yeah just wanted to share, I’d consider it a passion ⛹️⛹️
feel free to ask stuff, idk if I’d be able to answer precisely but I’ll try !
Repost from my old account because it was glitching out of hell and I couldn’t figure it out and then I accidentally deleted it but that’s ok because this one actually works teehee
this is also posted on scratch
More Ellies
James Fitzjames
William Gibson
John Smart Peddie
Today's Ellies: Cornelius Hickey
And Nedward Little (he's little-er than the others!)
So I was calling this ellie John Bridgens, but then I started doing this
Re-naming him Jirv, obviously.
More ellies: the icemasters
James Reid and Thomas Blanky.
Also everyone's golden boy
Harry Duncan Spens Goodsir.
Been making these little elephants
Decided they're going to be named for Franklin Expedition Personnel.
From top: Graham Gore, John Bridgens, Henry Dundas Le Vesconte (because he's lemony), William Pilkington.
This one is William Orren, of course. (added info in comments)
Terror brainworms: I had to make a welsh-wig.
I decided not to do the 'curls' as they are on the show because they absolutely *eat* yarn and I didn't have that much left of this grey (that matches my Terror-inspired fingerless gloves). I think these garter-stitched double-ups will be just as effective as curls or bobbles would be for the purpose of a welsh-wig (they stop water dripping down the back of your coat).
I made them by knitting the current row of stitches together with picked up stitches from a row 7 rows previous (basically - pick up a stitch from row 7 rows behind, knit it together with current stitch, pick up new stitch...and so on).
This is in dk-weight (8ply) 100% wool at 6 stitches per inch, like my gloves (not historical as it's not fine enough, but yarn I had on hand, plus some close-but-not-that-close darker yarn when I ran out, which I think they definitely would do in the 1840s). I feel like one (at least) of the Terror boys would have mended their wig with some other yarn!
I've put this on Eric, a stuffed hippo, who is why my tumblr is called 'hippocrafty' - the original plan was for Eric to model my crafts. I'm a) cursed to live in a warm & fairly dry climate & b) have long hair, so I won't get much use out of a welsh-wig for its original purpose, but it's a warm comfy beanie with a bit more to keep my neck & ears warm when I have my hair up so I'm very happy with it.
Had to make myself some grey fingerless gloves. Terror brainworms made me do it.
I noticed when looking for reference pictures to explain to my non-The Terror friends why these gloves were so necessary that the characters whose gloves are closest to this either have full fingers (Crozier) or are fingerless but without ribbed tops (Blanky and Jopson), but I'd already made the ribbed tops of fingers. They're very comfy & utilitarian though, I'd bet money that at least *one* of the guys had ribbed-top fingerless gloves!
They're in 8ply 100% wool, so not completely historical (they would've had finer yarn in the 1840s) but made with what I had (historical in spirit then, since 'use what you've got' is historical). I knit loosely so these are on 2.50mm double point needles at 6 stitches per inch.
I'm cursed to live in a warm climate so I won't get that much use out of them but sometimes I make things for the *vibes*
My bobbin-lace off the pins. Still monochrome to keep the secret of what colour it is in the remote chance my friend reads my tumblr. I wound too much thread onto the bobbins so I probably have enough to do a second one now 😃
I don't post my craft here much but decided I'd like to try to. This is what I'm working on at the moment:
I make bobbin lace: at the moment I'm making a bookmark for a friend (what colour it is is a secret, hence monochrome photos) in Gütermann 100% silk on 12 pairs of bobbins.
I remember doing this months ago, but since I didn't post it anywhere at the time I just put it aside, (for some reason I felt guilty if I posted it, despite it being mine, very weird). Anyway, here's a Toothless made out of bottle caps! Honestly, it took me like a week to make it, and if you're wondering why it's hanging on the wall like that, it's because it was in an exhibition at my university. Advantages of creativity class: I can use my special interests as assignments.
((should I post it on other sites too? Or do I really only have a certain amount of time to do so?).
a rainbow loom platypus?
Perry the rainbow loom platypus???
I just realized that my most productive moment during quarantine was when I made a steam punk, plague doctor mask.
Which moment during quarantine do you think was your most productive?
INDEX: Sewing, mending, and crafts
General information:
Fabric types
Basic hand sewing stitches
Hand sewing needles
Knitting 101
Embroidery 101
Visible mending
Crafting on the cheap
How to fix sewing machine issues
Yarn types
Clothing fasteners
Circular knitting
So you want to buy a sewing machine? (by Runeberry)
Sewing vocabulary
Introduction to bead embroidery
Embroidery stitches database (by Chanceyknits)
Yarn bowl alternatives
Tutorials:
How to sew buttons
Disability aid tutorials
How to DIY custom patches
Make some pocket extenders for your pants (by Quixiify)
How to darn holes in woven fabrics (by Delicatefury)
How to mend holes in the thigh area of jeans
How to make buttonholes (machine+hand)
How to make pockets
How to use a seam ripper
Three knitting bind-offs
How to sew a zipper
Bias tape 101
How to thread a needle
Interchangeable circular knitting needles
Patching a hole (by Bronzeagecrafts)
Knitted picot edging on button band
Making paper (by Ofmushroomsandmoss)
How to use dye plants (by Toadstoolgardens)
Game sprites and pixel-based crafts
Hand-sewing: how to start and how to finish
Tailoring masculine clothes with Stylish D
Weaving in ends to finish a knitting project
How to mend torn belt loops
How to knit buttonholes
How to bind a neckline with bias tape
How to hem your jeans
How to sew a rolled hem
Two ways to make your shirt bigger
Tailoring terms explained
How to upsize a sweatshirt with front and back panels
How to make bottlecap pins (by Coveredinredpaint)
18th century buttonholes (by Vinceaddams)
(If a link has a Tumblr username in brackets behind it, the link leads to a post I reblogged from someone else instead of a post I wrote myself.)
Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing
I'm so artsy, could you tell?