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I enjoyed knitting Snoopy the dog. The man's best friend https://knitnunique.etsy.com

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you know that its serious when you've finally settled on a gift for someone for christmas and before you start knitting you go "okay wait. it's gauge time"

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When was the last time you cleaned your sewing machine? It's a simple task, and something I do between projects. Have you noticed your thread tangling or tearing? Stitches being skipped? A funky noise that shouldn't be there? Chances are your machine needs to be cleaned. Cleaning it will prevent it from breaking down and requiring repairs, and that can get very expensive.

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so uhh tell me about this weaving interest you have ...

Soooo meet my floor loom Kettricken:

I got her for free over a year ago and still have those practice "towels" (crochet cotton from Micheals) on her.

This is Patience, a little table loom I bought from my guild, she is still waiting to be dressed.

I have a problem when it comes to feeling like I'm going to "do it wrong" regardless of how well I've measured my warp and so, I hope that by swamping my senses with weaving that I can gain more confidence to just make a thing

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Front and back for a phone belt bag.

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The life of a lace knitter is sometimes that you work from home but right behind your desk chair there's a mat with 50-100 pins stuck in it, chilling and waiting for you to have time to unstick the blocked shawl after work

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Finally buckled down and finished assembling this quilt top. It's so colorful! Trying to decide if I should put a border on it and what the backing should be, but no rush it's not for anyone

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Decided to start sharing my crochet projects sometimes on here. First one to share is this bag I made for my bffs birthday

Took a while but her reaction was worth it lol

(Bonus points if you know what the squares mean :P)

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Links to my free sewing patterns! - big manta ray - smaller manta ray - monster friend (those monsters with horns I’ve been making lately, but without horns) - pie slice - Fred, the Fish of Minimal Effort - tiny cat (aka Jiji) - mini mothman - whale shark/donut whale shark - juggling frog/toad (aka my smallest, simplest frog pattern of the three I’ve made) - large frog - tiny hedgehog - minecraft bee - minecraft zombie - blorbo - Strawberry Hearts quilt pattern - starfish - little octopus - canvas tote - basic bat and ghost

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All I do is make rats now apparently 🐀💙

Pattern

[Image description: a knitted rat with a blue striped body and pale pink inner ears, feet and tail. First image is a view of the front, second image is a view of the side. End ID]

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Does anyone have suggestions for sweater patterns? I want to knit a sweater, but there’s too many choices. I’m thinking about doing something with colorwork.

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Kitting for the first time! I’m making a scarf and I’m 1/4 done! I’m so proud of myself!

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I’ve been knitting my way through this book by making friends gifts of hats they want. Its been great.

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Genuine question as a knitter but like what do people knit out of those really pretty hand-dyed or variegated yarns? Like I see sooo many really pretty skeins of yarn that are such a beautiful combo of colors but I feel like it would look weird as a hat or like as a whole sweater? Also I only usually have the money to get like one at a time.

Maybe I'll take up weaving and weave a scarf out of them? I think I prefer woven to knitted scarves. Maybe knit a shawl? Idk.

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This evening’s dyeing thread. Aiming for a solid color and also trying for a speckle for the first time. Wish me luck. Always happy to hear advice if you have any :)

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Made a lil guy. Got help from my gf with stitching the legs on

This friend was made by following the Rat crochet pattern by @nichet-crochet