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[microuniversity.livejournal.com]

Hi!
I used to post here looooooong ago. Under a different name. I've been crafting muchly as of late so I decided to come back!

( Long post of about a million things I've recently done. )

Sooo. That's all I got for now. I'm working on some other projects and will post them when I'm finished!
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I can't crochet. I need help.

[chylve.livejournal.com]

Is there a site you lovely people can point me to that is to crochet what knittinghelp.com is to knitting? I just can't figure it out. I can't  hold my hands in the positions the books tell me to and my tension is all screwy and since I'm holding things differently than in the pictures I can't even figure out where the stupid hook is supposed to go and what the hell does half double mean anyway and... AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!
 Okay. I can do a chain stitch. I can, mostly, even manage single crochet. People have always told me that crocheting is easier than knitting (I mean no offense by that; it's simply what I've been told... clearly I don't see how it can be true.) yet knitting I picked up easily and crochet is just eluding me. If anybody can tell me where I can turn for simple, very basic, absolute beginner crocheting websites I'd appreciate it ever so muchly.

Sorry about the all text post today, but tomorrow there will be pictures of fun stuff outside my usual milieu. Fabric and wood and aluminum foil and a trip to Ikea. And a word of advice from my crafting adventures tonight: When using aluminum foil in your craft projects, when it is a component you wish to have adhered to another piece, ascertain before attempting to hot glue the foil that it is not actually non stick. Fiasco narrowly avoided simply because I finally bothered to notice that I had grabbed my cooking foil instead of my crafting foil.

New Dolls

[tatteredrags.livejournal.com]

This week I have a couple of Evil Clowns trying to look all cute and innocent and a Creepy Gothy Girl in red stripes!




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you bring the line and i'll bring the pole

[saintlexi.livejournal.com]

a quick update with a few things :)

( chiggity check yourselves )

Almost Done

[lisajerrilyn.livejournal.com]

My very first quilt is finished (almost) and home. I am so happy with it. I have been laying on it for about half and hour looking at all of the stitch patterns on it. Every section has a different pattern. There are apple blossoms, lotus blossoms, ginkgo leaves, and so many other things. She used gold thread so it really stand out. I tried to take some pictures but it's hard to get the color right. The large blue looking blocks are really a very pretty purple in person.

( look at the pictures )

I will do the quilting myself on my next quilt. I just thought the fabric in this one was so beautiful that I wanted the intricate professional stitching. I still have to hand stitch the back of the binding and make a runner for the back so I can mount and hang it. I'll do all of that after finals.

Is it possible...

[trenthamfamily.livejournal.com]

...to add straps onto shoes? I love the wedges that I got off of the Target site but they won't stay on my feet! A common complaint from other people I've noticed. I can't stick the sticky things in the heel part because they won't stay put and can't think of anything else. I wonder if you can add straps somehow...

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[w-k-shoes.livejournal.com]

dose anyone know where to get free sewing patterns from? please!

robots

[yokimon.livejournal.com]

one of my teachers, whom i love, is having a baby
she was saying that there isnt a lot of robot stuff for babies
(she is having a boy BTW)

i wanted to make her baby something so,
 are there any robot stuffed animal patterns out there?
(on the internet or even in a book)

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[brody-bound.livejournal.com]

how many of you have made things and sold them yourselves (either online or by word of mouth, etc) how did it work out for you? Did you make a pretty reasonable profit?

sewing machine help

[laruu.livejournal.com]

Today I made curtains. I was almost done, just had one more side to seam up and I ran out of bobbin thread. I fixed that and then sewed a few more inches, every thing was fine. I stopped for a second, went to start again, and the needle won't go all the way down. When I try to hand crank it, the needle barely passed the feeder things and locks at a certain point. The machine won't even run, it is almost like someone put a lock on the needle. (i hope this makes sense)

We took apart the whole machine and nothing is jammed. No thread is blocking anything. This is a new machine. I have had about 6 months and nothing has ever gone wrong. Does anyone know why it would do this? I don't have the money to get it fixed right now. I am hoping one of you brilliant peeps will know what is wrong, so I can fix it myself.

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[naughtyknitty.livejournal.com]

Quick Question:

Can I use food coloring to dye home-made soap? The dyes at Jo-Anns were pricy, so I'm hoping regular (and cheap) food coloring will work.. 

Thanks