lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
First finished object of the year.
Hell, first finished thing since like, November.
Pattern is Scotch Broom by Wool & Pine designs. Yarn is Merino sock dyed by indy dyer Little Acorn Yarns and was part of her Witcher Pre-order, named "Francesca".
this is the 3rd time I'm making this pattern and I absolutely adore it. So good to be able to get a good looking top that I adore, that fits me, with only 2 100g skeins (800m total) of 4ply yarn.
Took longer than expected, I always underestimate the time large single color blocks take. Letters are glow in the dark thread which is miserable to work with but in the small amount here it wasn't too bad
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I've seen other people complain about that stuff before, but I've never used it. What's the bad thing about it? I imagine it might be stiff and inflexible?
I've seen other people complain about that stuff before, but I've never used it. What's the bad thing about it? I imagine it might be stiff and inflexible?
The coating that makes the thread glow causes the individual strands to not want to clump together, which makes rough to draw through the fabric and the higher the count, the worse that gets. And threading it into the needle is incredibly frustrating because the ends fray so much.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
That does sound annoying. Still, cool glowy thread which is rad. I might try and use some if I find a project that would look good with it. Does it just look like regular white thread in the light?
I always use a needle threader anyway because I prefer really small needles so gave up on threading them manually ages ago.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I'm working on about 8 different things at the moment but most of them are huge and I've not done much yet so they don't look like anything. But this is a quick thing I've been doing when I don't want to have to think much.
It's really neat going line by line and suddenly seeing it change from random shapes into a face. Makes me want to do more silhouette stuff. My phone even recognised it as a face when I took the photo.
That does sound annoying. Still, cool glowy thread which is rad. I might try and use some if I find a project that would look good with it. Does it just look like regular white thread in the light?
I always use a needle threader anyway because I prefer really small needles so gave up on threading them manually ages ago.
Yes, just looks white. I believe now there's other colors with glow too but haven't tried them
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
I hope someone here might have a good answer (including “you are overthinking it). I remember as a kid making a ton of friendship bracelets with embroidery thread (most of them ended up being bookmarks, I had a lot of books. Not so many friends), and I remember making a cardboard “loom” that was just a flat piece with a slot at the top to hold the starting knot and some slits at the bottom to hold the individual strands. I want to set something like that up for Sapling, because I think she would have fun doing this, and I’m sure it will help with fine motor skills (she’s 5). But I also remember the length of the board and the length of the finished bracelet being a little unintuitive. Does anyone have a good idea how long I should cut the board/threads? (I also feel like embroidery thread is cheap enough I shouldn’t be too worried about it, just make it too long, and cut off the excess at the end because it’s not worth the time worrying about exact ratios.)
"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
What I vaguely remember is about 1 yard each of 4 or 5 colors of floss for a basic striped friendship bracelet. (Quick Google search confirms this)
Yeah, my sister just used a safety pin clipped to whatever, I also recall about a yardlength of floss, and she did complex designs. (Well, more like 2 yards, folded in half.)
I don’t know why, but every search I tried wouldn’t list a suggested length, and it was driving me crazy. Thanks!
I would posit because it's contextual/subjective and learned from experience.
The required amount would vary depending on the:
-- thickness of the thread (thicker takes more comparatively),
-- method for the ends (knotted together, button fastening, single loop for a keyring, etc),
-- complexity of the design,
-- length (even for a bracelet, think child vs lumberjack wrists),
-- skill level,
-- technique (eg, single strand vs double-stranded & folded)
So it's really not universal, and I guess serious hobbyists are that flavor of pedantic? Which, yeah, relatable.
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
What I vaguely remember is about 1 yard each of 4 or 5 colors of floss for a basic striped friendship bracelet. (Quick Google search confirms this)
Yeah, my sister just used a safety pin clipped to whatever, I also recall about a yardlength of floss, and she did complex designs. (Well, more like 2 yards, folded in half.)
I don’t know why, but every search I tried wouldn’t list a suggested length, and it was driving me crazy. Thanks!
I would posit because it's contextual/subjective and learned from experience.
The required amount would vary depending on the:
-- thickness of the thread (thicker takes more comparatively),
-- method for the ends (knotted together, button fastening, single loop for a keyring, etc),
-- complexity of the design,
-- length (even for a bracelet, think child vs lumberjack wrists),
-- skill level,
-- technique (eg, single strand vs double-stranded & folded)
So it's really not universal, and I guess serious hobbyists are that flavor of pedantic? Which, yeah, relatable.
I mean, fair enough. I definitely started to feel like “if it’s too long does anyone really care” towards the ends.
Edit: I also remember getting pretty crazy design wise towards the end of making them in middle school.
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"I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood."
knitdanIn ur baseKillin ur guysRegistered Userregular
Finished up a small project that’s been dormant for awhile
It’s a wallet!
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
I'm making some outdoor furniture and I'm testing the design with some hardware store pine 2x4s
I hadn't noticed before, but pine dust is actually pretty gross. Maybe it's different with drier wood but this stuff is like, fluffy powder that's a tiny bit sticky. No thanks.
I'm making some outdoor furniture and I'm testing the design with some hardware store pine 2x4s
I hadn't noticed before, but pine dust is actually pretty gross. Maybe it's different with drier wood but this stuff is like, fluffy powder that's a tiny bit sticky. No thanks.
Its the sap. Stuff like cedar and redwood are much nicer.
I love the smell of fresh cut cedar. If my dad is making things out of it in his shop I’ll steal a few chunks of leftovers and put them in a bowl in the house.
It's also the only one that I've fiddled around with.
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
More arts than crafts.
But I'm getting it as a canvas print, it's going on the wall. Harry August Jansen (originally Jensen) was a Danish magician who performed under the name of Dante The Magician, given to him by Howard Thurston who also commissioned Dante to refine what ended up as one of the most iconic tricks in magic, sawing a woman in half, creating most of what we now consider the classic routine.
Tough to learn? Mrs Phane is strongly hinting she would like me to start making those along with cross stitch and paper models, 2 hobbies already known for leaving one with plenty of free time lol
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knitdanIn ur baseKillin ur guysRegistered Userregular
I kind of just made it up, but if you can do toe-up socks you can make that, because it’s basically a pair of mismatched socks that have been closed up and stuffed before reaching the heel.
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
Tough to learn? Mrs Phane is strongly hinting she would like me to start making those along with cross stitch and paper models, 2 hobbies already known for leaving one with plenty of free time lol
Sounds like an opportunity for Mrs Phane to pick up a new hobby
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First try at an eel
The tail is a little short because i ran out of patience and scrap yarn
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
So, I'm going to try something a little different in regards to arts and crafts, in that this is a magic trick that I've been working on. But it's also literally arts and crafts.
But also literally a magic trick.
You can show someone six different postcards from six different locations in the world, have them select one of them and then show that on your phone, you have one Google Image Search tab, and one GIS tab only, of that specific location they chose. You can dress it up in different ways ("I'm looking into vacation destinations, and one really speaks to me, but I want to see if you also feel the same way", "I have these six different locations and I'm going to try to influence you to pick one specific one", "I murdered a person and need a place to lay low, you pick one for me. What? Oh, yes, of course I'm just kidding, but do be quick because I can hear sirens") and you can do a lot of fun stuff with this method. It's not big, it's not important, you ask someone to look at colorful pictures, pick one and do your reveal. So if you want a little magic and you're allergic to card tricks, then I think this is a fun little trick that I wanted to share.
Hey, did you know NFC tags can be set up to do Google Image Searches?
Basically, you need three things:
A number of postcards from different locations in the world. I bought mine from Zazzle.com, but you do you.
Some NFC tag stickers. This model is Sanpopo YE-Sticker-W-50 and I just got them off Amazon.
Some stamps. I bought a cheapo random grab bag from a local Philatelist store and just went through and pulled out some that were either from the right location, or just looked usable.
So, to start with, take one of the postcards:
Take one of the NFC stickers and stick it on the back:
And then grab however many stamps you need to cover that sticker and glue them on.
Then you need an NFC reader/writer of some sort. On Android I use NFC Tool:
And I use it to add a Search record:
What happens now is that if you bring the tag near the back of your unlocked phone, it opens up a new tab in your browser, goes to Google Image Search and searches for "Rio de Janeiro":
And that's it. You just need to do that with all six.
As for the actual trick, you obviously need to have one of them picked and then surreptitiously place the NFC tag near the back of your unlocked phone. How you do that is going to be different depending on who you are, where you keep your phone, and so on. For me, the easiest way to do it is to do it standing, put my phone in my front pocket (I also change my settings so it stays unlocked longer), go through the whole bit of getting one postcard picked, I take the postcard, look it over, then drop it to my side while I ask why they went with this one location in particular. The phone vibrates when the NFC tag is read, so I know if I need to move it around a little to hit the sweet spot. Soon as I feel the vibration, I can bring the postcard back up, ask them to hold it while I show something on my phone. Reach into the pocket, hit the power button to turn off the screen as I pull it out and then I can open it in front of them, hand it to them and ask them to open the browser (remember to preemptively close any tabs you might previously have open with GIS images or, you know, porn).
You can also do it sitting with the phone on the table face-down in front of you, take the postcard they chose, look at it, then tilt it down on the phone as you ask them why they chose that one, but it will either vibrate as the tag is held near, which could be suspicious, or you can turn off vibrations before doing it but then you don't know if it hit or not. With practice, you will know where to put it, but still, it's nice to have that confirmation. If you have something soft, a scarf or knitwear or something, you could put the phone on that and dampen the vibration.
Obviously, this is just one thing you can do with NFC tags. The stickers are small enough that you could put them on a lot of stuff and you can also have them do lots of things. You can make it open Google Street View to a specific location, you can point it at a YouTube video (pick the one that's not a RickRoll... surprise!), you can have pictures of different celebrities and when they pick one, your phone is already opened to their Instagram. I also found some NFC tags that were small plastic rectangles that just happened to fit perfectly (he said, hiding a pair of scissors) into these clear plastic keychains, which also opens up new opportunities.
I know this is niche stuff, but as I said, I just think this is a fun little pick'em effect that anyone can do without it necessarily feeling like a capital M, capital T Magic Trick. And making stuff is just fun in and of itself.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
I'm making some outdoor furniture and I'm testing the design with some hardware store pine 2x4s
I hadn't noticed before, but pine dust is actually pretty gross. Maybe it's different with drier wood but this stuff is like, fluffy powder that's a tiny bit sticky. No thanks.
minor incidentexpert in a dying fieldnjRegistered Userregular
I was planning on some backyard furniture for a spring project and I’m going to shamelessly rip off some of your design (most specifically the drink ledge on the tops of the backrests).
Looks awesome! I’m curious what you did for the transition in the corner. Is it just open there on the backrest?
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
Thanks! yeah I'm very big on having horizontal surfaces within easy reach. The design started off from this plan, chopped down in lots of dimensions to fit the Ikea cushions (about 49" x 49"). After putting together the sofa pieces I had to cut about 6 inches off the legs, the cushions made the seat a bit too high. Also I kept the two parts separate; it's basically an L-shaped Tetris piece made of four 50" x 50" squares, split into two 1x2 pieces.
The corner on the back ledge was one of the more finicky parts; in the plan it's just a 45 degree miter, but of course it didn't line up right, so I had to cut a connector piece. It'd probably be smarter to have the base put together before cutting the ledge pieces. I can take some more pics of it later on but it just started raining.
lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
My hubby is actually building me some furniture.
we're using mdf just because it's easier and slightly cheaper.
But It's a tall wardrobe with a door, attached to a small drawer.
the wardrobe is hopefully going to have a mirror on the outside, there's going to be bookshelves somewhere. the wardrobe interior is going to have multiple storage shelves so I can store my head scarves but also all my knitted jumpers/garments/shawls
This was basically my initial sketch that I showed Ecco to ask him to do.
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First finished object of the year.
Hell, first finished thing since like, November.
Pattern is Scotch Broom by Wool & Pine designs. Yarn is Merino sock dyed by indy dyer Little Acorn Yarns and was part of her Witcher Pre-order, named "Francesca".
this is the 3rd time I'm making this pattern and I absolutely adore it. So good to be able to get a good looking top that I adore, that fits me, with only 2 100g skeins (800m total) of 4ply yarn.
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
The coating that makes the thread glow causes the individual strands to not want to clump together, which makes rough to draw through the fabric and the higher the count, the worse that gets. And threading it into the needle is incredibly frustrating because the ends fray so much.
I always use a needle threader anyway because I prefer really small needles so gave up on threading them manually ages ago.
It's really neat going line by line and suddenly seeing it change from random shapes into a face. Makes me want to do more silhouette stuff. My phone even recognised it as a face when I took the photo.
Yes, just looks white. I believe now there's other colors with glow too but haven't tried them
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I don’t know why, but every search I tried wouldn’t list a suggested length, and it was driving me crazy. Thanks!
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
I would posit because it's contextual/subjective and learned from experience.
The required amount would vary depending on the:
-- thickness of the thread (thicker takes more comparatively),
-- method for the ends (knotted together, button fastening, single loop for a keyring, etc),
-- complexity of the design,
-- length (even for a bracelet, think child vs lumberjack wrists),
-- skill level,
-- technique (eg, single strand vs double-stranded & folded)
So it's really not universal, and I guess serious hobbyists are that flavor of pedantic? Which, yeah, relatable.
I mean, fair enough. I definitely started to feel like “if it’s too long does anyone really care” towards the ends.
Edit: I also remember getting pretty crazy design wise towards the end of making them in middle school.
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
It’s a wallet!
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I hadn't noticed before, but pine dust is actually pretty gross. Maybe it's different with drier wood but this stuff is like, fluffy powder that's a tiny bit sticky. No thanks.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Its the sap. Stuff like cedar and redwood are much nicer.
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I love the smell of fresh cut cedar. If my dad is making things out of it in his shop I’ll steal a few chunks of leftovers and put them in a bowl in the house.
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From this picture of Smolf with me when she was around 1-1/2 years old.
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It's also the only one that I've fiddled around with.
But I'm getting it as a canvas print, it's going on the wall. Harry August Jansen (originally Jensen) was a Danish magician who performed under the name of Dante The Magician, given to him by Howard Thurston who also commissioned Dante to refine what ended up as one of the most iconic tricks in magic, sawing a woman in half, creating most of what we now consider the classic routine.
Bluer. Anyway, it's up and I like it, it adds color to the room. I have a Penn & Teller coming as well and I wanna do a Paul Daniels too.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
And the boys:
Sounds like an opportunity for Mrs Phane to pick up a new hobby
The tail is a little short because i ran out of patience and scrap yarn
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
https://instagram.com/stories/doopdoopdoop/3103695305623446314
Edit: not like that, clearly. I'll fix in a bit.
But also literally a magic trick.
You can show someone six different postcards from six different locations in the world, have them select one of them and then show that on your phone, you have one Google Image Search tab, and one GIS tab only, of that specific location they chose. You can dress it up in different ways ("I'm looking into vacation destinations, and one really speaks to me, but I want to see if you also feel the same way", "I have these six different locations and I'm going to try to influence you to pick one specific one", "I murdered a person and need a place to lay low, you pick one for me. What? Oh, yes, of course I'm just kidding, but do be quick because I can hear sirens") and you can do a lot of fun stuff with this method. It's not big, it's not important, you ask someone to look at colorful pictures, pick one and do your reveal. So if you want a little magic and you're allergic to card tricks, then I think this is a fun little trick that I wanted to share.
Basically, you need three things:
A number of postcards from different locations in the world. I bought mine from Zazzle.com, but you do you.
Some NFC tag stickers. This model is Sanpopo YE-Sticker-W-50 and I just got them off Amazon.
Some stamps. I bought a cheapo random grab bag from a local Philatelist store and just went through and pulled out some that were either from the right location, or just looked usable.
So, to start with, take one of the postcards:
Take one of the NFC stickers and stick it on the back:
And then grab however many stamps you need to cover that sticker and glue them on.
Then you need an NFC reader/writer of some sort. On Android I use NFC Tool:
And I use it to add a Search record:
What happens now is that if you bring the tag near the back of your unlocked phone, it opens up a new tab in your browser, goes to Google Image Search and searches for "Rio de Janeiro":
And that's it. You just need to do that with all six.
As for the actual trick, you obviously need to have one of them picked and then surreptitiously place the NFC tag near the back of your unlocked phone. How you do that is going to be different depending on who you are, where you keep your phone, and so on. For me, the easiest way to do it is to do it standing, put my phone in my front pocket (I also change my settings so it stays unlocked longer), go through the whole bit of getting one postcard picked, I take the postcard, look it over, then drop it to my side while I ask why they went with this one location in particular. The phone vibrates when the NFC tag is read, so I know if I need to move it around a little to hit the sweet spot. Soon as I feel the vibration, I can bring the postcard back up, ask them to hold it while I show something on my phone. Reach into the pocket, hit the power button to turn off the screen as I pull it out and then I can open it in front of them, hand it to them and ask them to open the browser (remember to preemptively close any tabs you might previously have open with GIS images or, you know, porn).
You can also do it sitting with the phone on the table face-down in front of you, take the postcard they chose, look at it, then tilt it down on the phone as you ask them why they chose that one, but it will either vibrate as the tag is held near, which could be suspicious, or you can turn off vibrations before doing it but then you don't know if it hit or not. With practice, you will know where to put it, but still, it's nice to have that confirmation. If you have something soft, a scarf or knitwear or something, you could put the phone on that and dampen the vibration.
Obviously, this is just one thing you can do with NFC tags. The stickers are small enough that you could put them on a lot of stuff and you can also have them do lots of things. You can make it open Google Street View to a specific location, you can point it at a YouTube video (pick the one that's not a RickRoll... surprise!), you can have pictures of different celebrities and when they pick one, your phone is already opened to their Instagram. I also found some NFC tags that were small plastic rectangles that just happened to fit perfectly (he said, hiding a pair of scissors) into these clear plastic keychains, which also opens up new opportunities.
I know this is niche stuff, but as I said, I just think this is a fun little pick'em effect that anyone can do without it necessarily feeling like a capital M, capital T Magic Trick. And making stuff is just fun in and of itself.
End result (minus the Ikea cushions):
Looks awesome! I’m curious what you did for the transition in the corner. Is it just open there on the backrest?
https://www.731woodworks.com/store/diy-modern-outdoor-sofa-plan
The corner on the back ledge was one of the more finicky parts; in the plan it's just a 45 degree miter, but of course it didn't line up right, so I had to cut a connector piece. It'd probably be smarter to have the base put together before cutting the ledge pieces. I can take some more pics of it later on but it just started raining.
The table is this plan: https://kingsfinewoodworking.com/collections/project-plans-for-sale/products/outdoor-patio-tables-coffee-table-and-end-table
with some hand slots cut in the top slats so you can pick it up with one hand. Though it's a bit heavy for that.
we're using mdf just because it's easier and slightly cheaper.
But It's a tall wardrobe with a door, attached to a small drawer.
the wardrobe is hopefully going to have a mirror on the outside, there's going to be bookshelves somewhere. the wardrobe interior is going to have multiple storage shelves so I can store my head scarves but also all my knitted jumpers/garments/shawls
This was basically my initial sketch that I showed Ecco to ask him to do.
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with bonus workshop crocs
Really like the drape of this one
I’m pretty close to perfecting this as a single-ball design with relatively little finishing work required
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades